Fiber Festival in Yellow Springs, Ohio

I told my buddies that I wasn't going to blog about our trip to Yellow Springs, Ohio because of my being embarrassed by my having purchased MORE yarn on this jaunt!  However, we had so much fun that I can NOT totally ignore the event as I journal my knitting life!

Sally drove us to Yellow Springs in her WONDERFUL motor home on Friday.  Friday evening found us sharing cheese and crackers, a bit of wine, Mitzi's wonderful chili that made a great taco salad with the added ingredients that Dar had brought.  It was topped off with Sally's cobbler that "was to die for"!  And, of course, the featured event of the evening was our knitting!  And discussing the plan for the next morning's shopping event.

We agreed that we would leave the motor coach in time to "hit" the tents that housed the vendors when they opened their doors at 9.  And we had agreed that we would go to the vendors that were the most popular last year first.  So our first purchases were at Wolle's and at Fiber Optics.

I will add to this post as I find time.  But I have to add that Sally is a wonderful driver and that I would ride with her ANYWHERE!  Great trip!

Betsy's Poncho

Betsy shared the recently finished poncho in beautiful shades of purple today at the Wild Ramp.  Betsy graciously allowed me to put information on my blogsite so that I could recreate something similar from my stash.



It is knit as a large rectangle and then sewn together to create a poncho.  Betsy made her rectangle 28 inches by 56 inches.  She cast on 85 stitches and knit with a size 10 and1/2 needle.  It requires 1000 yards of yarn.  Below is a close up of the stitches:



This week Betsy brought two more ponchos that she had knitted.  One is black and the other has three colors of mohair knitted in stripes.









She shared the pattern that she used with us.  I have filed it as Betsy's Poncho in Using Stash in the kitchen knitting file.  This pattern calls for 700 yards and size 15 needles

Children's coat

Love knitting sent an e-mail this morning that features a darling coat for children in sizes 2-12.  

The project calls for 3-4 balls of main color and 1 ball of contrasting color of yarn meant to be knitted on size 8 needles.  It is shown in Berroco Remix which is a recycled yarn made in France that has Nylon, Cotton, Silk, Linen and has a tweed look.  It is very pretty.  There are 216 yards in a ball and it runs about $11 on both Webbs and Love Knitting.

Too tempting!

My arm being wrapped makes me do too much piddling.....no ambition....

Looking at Noro Shiraito Yarn on Craftsy....I bought several patterns that are a possibility for this yarn.  One is a book of ponchos (PonchiniVol1EBook) that I filed on Drop box in the Poncho file.  The specific poncho that I liked is Ponchini Grande.  Gingersnap on Ravelry says she used two skeins of Noro Shiraito to make this poncho



The other is Boneyard Shawl that I filed in dropbox in Shawls.  The below photo is a version  knit by knitwit3 in Noro Shiraito Yarn that I found on Ravelry.  She used three skeins.



I bought a total of 5 skeins in two colors to make both projects.

The other very nice yarn on sale is Rowan Fine Art Aran.  It turns out that I have already saved the perfect pattern for this yarn.  It is in Dropbox in shawls/cowls and is called Rowan Fine Art Cowl.  The pattern calls for one hank in color Bachata and size 7 needles.





The Paisley Lace Shawl which is shown in Grey in the book:



I could not find this pattern in the book, but it is available on Ravelry by typing in Paisley Shawl.  It is by Ann Modesitt.  I ended up buying an e-book of 27 of the patterns that I have filed on dropbox in Knitting books.

Sally's Gorgeous Yarn

I am not able to knit this week because of my lymphedema treatment.  However, I just can not stay away from the Wild Ramp Knitting Group and the Temptations of the yarn!

Today's Temptations were Sally's Beautiful Yarn and Mary Ellen's gorgeous Jane Austin Book and the wonderful color changing yarn that Linda brought.

First are Sally's Yarn:








The Below says 60% Cotton and 40% linen









Next is Linda's Color changing yarn:

browsing Knit Picks

I love the Luminance Lace Yarn on the site.  It is not on sale.  It is $10.99 for a 439 yards hank.  It is lace weight.  It is 100% silk.  I liked the Zen, Strength, Indulgence, Balance and Benevolence,

I love the Stroll Tonal Sock Yarn.  It is $10.99 for a hank that has 462 yards.  It is fingering weight and suggested for 1-3 needles.  My favorites are Deep Waters, Blue Violet, Wine Tasting,  Pansy, Malbec.

There is a very pretty Fingering Yarn Called Diadem Solid Fingering Yarn.  It is 50% Baby Alpaca and 50%Mulberry Silk.  It is on sale for $10.79 because because there is a low stock.  It is in a very pretty in Ruby.

Reversible Listado Knit Cowl by Laura Nelkin

Craftsey advertised a very pretty cowl named above.  However they were sold out of the color way that I liked.  The other color ways did not tempt me even though they were on sale.  So I bought the pattern and filed it on dropbox in the folder labelled scarfs and cowls,







The designer  suggests  Merino Alpaca Sport Color Change by Cloudborn.  It is knitted on size  6  needles and requires 270 yards of yarn.  She uses a striping yarn with long stripes.

This is a long striping yarn with color changing stripes ranging from about 55 yards to 68 yards, depending on the number of colors in the skein.