Friday, January 25, 2013

Fiber Arts Friday - First FO's of the Year

Welcome to Fiber Arts Friday!  Another week has passed with countless hours of knitting, spinning and weaving and I finally have something to show for it.  Hooray!  That's the hard part about working on larger projects...the progress always seems slow even though you seem to work and work and work on it.

First I finished plying all of the bobbins of yarn that I've been spinning.

Then, I decided to knit a Hedgehog for Sister Bear.  She wants one as a pet...NOT HAPPENING, so I used one of the adorable patterns written by Linda at Mama4Earth.  Of all the Hedgie patterns I've seen, hers is the cutest.  Mine didn't turn out quite as well as hers but definitely has character.

I'm finally on my second Evenstar Mitten.  While casting on  the new mitten, I immediately found a major mistake in my first mitten.  ARGH!  So...I shall continue with the second mitten and may tear the first out completely depending on how the second turns out.

Finally, as promised a month ago, a photo of Grumpy modeling his Thor scarf that I wove.  Now, share your adventures in Fiber Arts!


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25 comments:

  1. Hedgie is very cute, and I like your wools names. Coming up with them must be a whole art it itself.

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  2. Love the Riddles in the Dark...and the hedgehog is adorable..we must put our own stamp on these projects! Love the picture of Grumpy with scarf...

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  3. Andrea--The new Poppy yarn and your hedgehog are adorable!!!
    ...and your woven scarf must be magic, since Grumpy looks...well... happy in it! :)

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  4. A great start for the year! The yarns look amazing. Riddles In The Dark YUM! Someday mine will look, hopefully something like that.

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  5. Poppy really pops! What are you planning to make with it? Or are you selling it?

    Study of Dude! What a great name. Care to share how you come up with it?

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    1. Study of Dude was named because the fiber was donated from a boy named Dude. I have spun a bunch of yarns from him and this is yet another experiment with coils using his yarn. Plus I had been watching A Study in Pink (Sherlock) and was inspired.

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  6. I think my grandsons need the hedgehog. Thanks for the link

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  7. I really like the Poppy....And the hedgehog! :)

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  8. I love love love Poppy and Study of Dude, they're gorgeous. Grumpy looks pretty smug in his handsome handwoven scarf!

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  9. Wow....you did have a productive week! I really like all your yarns but Metallic and Study of Dude sure look interesting. Hopefully Sister Bear is content with her cute little friend and Grumpy looks quite dapper with his new scarf.

    Good luck tomorrow at your show.

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  10. That poppy yarn is gorgeous! I started spinning a bit of alpaca a full month ago and haven't had a chance to get back to it since. I will be making it a priority this weekend. Thanks for the inspiration. I always find a nice dose of inspiration at Fiber Arts Friday.

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  11. Your spun yarns look so yummy!! Hedgie is soooo cute, I bet your daughter loves him! Thanks for sharing a picture of the scarf.

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  12. That hedgehog is TOO CUTE!! Love the yarn too, especially riddles in the dark. Your Mr. is an excellent model!

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  13. Super productive week.

    The hedgehog is really cute. Hopefully it will placate Sister Bear until the desire passes. ;-)

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  14. Aw, I think your hedgehog is super cute! And I love all your handspun, luscious!

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  15. Your Thor scarf is very nice - you did a beautiful job. The colors are very interesting together.

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  16. Wow. Your yarns are beautiful! And, I think the hedgehog looks cute!

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  17. What fine yarn you've got to display this week - excellent plying, missy! And I'm with Cathy, Grumpy is looking pretty smug and cool in his Thor with his sunglasses and all. :)

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  18. Beautiful yarn, I have some plying to do this weekend, I will use your finished yarn as inspiration! The hedgehog is really cute, I am with sister bear, a hedgehog would be an amazing pet

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  20. Hi Andrea! Your yarns are so beautiful! I wish I had the 'Poppy' on my needles! Very cute hedgehog! x Teje

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  21. Look at all those beautiful yarns! And the little hedgehog is super cute, I would totally adopt him for a pet :D

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  22. Witam. Robisz fantastyczne rzeczy. Pozdrowniena z Polski. A przy okazji zapraszam cie na mojego bloga.

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  23. You have been BUSY! The hedgehog is adorable and I'm sure it will become a longtime favorite of your DD. I'm wondering if I knit myself a big sheep if that will help me get over wanting one! ;) Have a wonderful weekend!

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  24. Better late than never...I'm late to the party. It's been so cold my brain hasn't wanted to do anything constructive all week. Your spinning is looking great Andrea. That orange/red yarn is especially pretty to me. It's always fun to see hedgehogs knit up. I hope that SisterBear enjoys hers. Nice job Mom.

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