Get knitty with it

New video tutorial up on my YouTube channel on my crochet Fairy Lights Afghan! Find me on youtube @crochetmelovely! Like and subscribe! 🧚‍♀️💗✨️

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wip update ~ still loving this process, two short sleeves and a block to go 🦨

First time trying tapestry crochet 🌿

Inspired by something similar I saw on here, I used a dragon pattern I bought on Etsy to make this tapestry.

Mounted on a branch I stripped of bark and stained dark brown.

Its the season of knitted socks !!

Historically it was made from murex snails and was hugely expensive and used by royalty, but chemically it’s similar to indigo so the class was able to create it in the lab without snails.

Yikes, it's taken me way too long to post the finished pictures of this plushie.

I got a wonderful little love tag from @himluv for the Happy Birthday Veilguard post and thank you so much! I realized I needed to finally post this because there isn't really a better time than now.

So without further ado, here is our loveable warden!

And some WIP's while I was doing his hair

Have to drive to town for a paved walking path, but we couple it with errands or hitting the grocery store on this side of the mountain. Recently tried knitting while walking and it's a lot easier than I feared, so now I like to bring along a little project when I can.

Every year, California’s largest sheep and fiber festival, Lambtown, takes place in Dixon, CA. On the second day of Lambtown, teams of eight compete in a “sheep to shawl” competition, where the teams must start the day with un-spun wool and end the day with a 72” woven shawl. Teams may “warp” a loom ahead of time (where you thread the loom with its foundation of parallel threads), but on the day of competition they must spin their wool into yarn and weave it into a complete shawl.

This year competition was stiff, and very very close, and the winning team finished their shawl with two and a half minutes to spare.

I frequently hear about “needing to keep “politics” out of fiber arts, but art is inherently political.

These were beautiful, masterfully spun, woven, and finished shawls and that in itself is worthy of note.

But watching this team of eight would fight for hours, and pour their love for their community into their art was deeply moving and I am still reveling in the opportunity to have seen this win.

I finished this just in time for EGGTOBER!!!!!