Hee hee – no, I did not bring home a llama from Shepherd’s Harvest on Saturday! I’m pretty sure that neither Chaos nor the downstairs neighbor would’ve approved. Plus, that llama looked like a spitter to me, too.
I’m bummed that I didn’t run into anyone I was hoping to run into! I got back to Building B a bit late (around 1:30 pm) and didn’t pull my knitting out because it was too flippin’ cold to knit. Or for the spinners to spin, apparently, so the Spin In area where we had all planned to meet never got set up.
I enjoyed the class I took on dyeing self-striping sock yarn Saturday morning. Here’s the warping board we used to create the long skeins – yarn was atached at the upper right corner, wrapped back and forth to the lower left corner, then back up. I think this setup makes skeins with a 20-yard loop size, but you could obviously make much longer skeins, too.
Here’s one of my dyed skeins, drying on a rack in my bathtub, Saturday evening:
Part of the Blackberry Ridge booth – I managed to resist, because I haven’t knit up the yarn I got from this booth last year!
An angora bunny, sitting patiently on a chair waiting to be plucked – at least, I’m pretty sure this was a bunny and not an overgrown tribble:
Another angora bunny, looking more like a baby yeti than a rabbit, getting plucked:
And a very cute book I found, on sale for $3.22!
Cough! Are you sure you were photographing the head end of that bunny?!
Love the knitted cats book – very cute!
*snort*
I thought that bunny was a slipper.
The bunny does look like a tribble. Or a seat cushion! I can’t wait to see how the self-striping yarn knits up- I think that’s got most of the PS year covered, too.
I love the knitted cats book! Chaos, don’t worry, it’s the technical challenge, that’s all.
Great warping and dyeing.
Looks like a tribble to me.
It looks like a fun time even if the weather was chilly and you didn’t get to KIP and meet up with others. I can’t wait to see the socks you knit with that yarn!
Tell me you’re not gonna knit socks with the yarn
Aw, I’m sure Chaos would like a kitty pet.
Great find on the knitted cats book! Can’t wait to see how your yarn dyes up.
Looks like you had some fun……….Did you get to pluck a bunny?
Chaos says … “dye that fluffy thing bright red, add some sparkley goodness, and it will be mine …”
Wow, thems some fuzzy little beasties.
Love the yarn you dyed!
I’m with Mrspao – hard to tell what’s where on a bunny like that! Those events must be fiber sensory overload!
Knitted cats! too funny!
I have the same book- this is Freudian on some level, but I’m not sure what one.
Great pictures!! Love the angora pictures – which end is which???
Sorry you didn’t meet up with your friends. That yarn you dyed looks fabulous – show us some picture swhen you skein it and knit with it!
Wow! Those bunnies do look like tribbles. Too cute. What a fun knitted cat book you found too!
The bunny looks a little scarey, maybe Chaos will prefer the knitted cats over the mouse toys.
I always wondered what those bunnies must think when they are finally plucked and can see the world for a little while (and hop easier) — then it all grows back!
Cute book — the orange one has nice eyse! You’re right, that yarn certainly is bright! Did you only dye one skein?
I remember knitting in the cold — bamboo needles were much better then! Knitting in gloves (in Fargo while waiting for work to open) was quite an experience!
) Looks like the weather dampened things a little, but you still had fun!
Maybe if you fill your knit kitty with catnip Chaos will enjoy his new friend
Wow! That yarn you dyed is bright–what did you use?
The images of that rabbit are priceless!
Can you even see the bunny under all that fluff???
I can see a kitty friend for Chaos coming soon
If thats the head end of the bunny I sure don’t want to see its arse!
I’ve been wanting to try dyeing self-striping yarn that way. It looks like fun. Can’t wait to see how it knits up.
Poor Chaos. The thought of being replaced by a mere knitted kitty! Such an indignity. Perhaps it should be filled with catnip. They’d be very close friends, then.
Those bunnies always look so goofy to me. I wish I cound have made it this weekend. Next time!
It really does look like a tribble! LOL
it’d be funny to see if he’d play with a felted kitty cat though. glad you had such a great time! can’t wait for our local fiber festival… (are you coming?)
My god, that bunny/tribble is cute. I wonder if I could convince Inca & Guinness that it was just another cat…
And, I love the sock yarn! What great colours, I’ve been meaning to try self-striping dying with some koolaid sometime soon. You’re making it seem awfully easy though, I’m sure its actually terribly difficult and fiddly. Yeah.
Don’t Llamas spit? It wouldn’t have been a good match with Chaos. You probably did the right thing…
Great warping board
And what a cute puffball…
The bunny looked like a weird hat. I love the knitted cat book.
The bunnies! The cuteness! But how do you pluck a bunny? Your blog is ever informative
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The spinning area was where we were doing the sheep-to-shawl contest/demo. I found that out at the end of the day. Did you see us spinning? You could have just joined us! It was so cold there though…
oh, look at your pretty yarn! Will you show us how it stripes?
Knit Chaos a doppelganger if you dare!
Wow…that’s some self-striping sock yarn, little Miss I-Only-Knit-in Black.
The yeti-bunny is hilarious…he needs a “This End Up” sign.
knit cats would be just too cute! looks time consuming.
the rainbow yarn is delightful.
Seriously? Those are bunnies? I can’t tell what the few parts that aren’t fur are…I’m not sure I want to know.
I think you should knit up some decoy Chaoses. Think of the tricks you could play.
I had to click on the rabbit picture to be sure I was looking at its mouth and nose. Yup.
Blackberry Ridge and Blackberry Hills Farm were my favorites. Hmmm, must be the berries. Sunday wasn’t so cold, although I would have loved to take the self-striping yarn class on Saturday. (I thought it was offered again at 9 am Sunday, so I was up at 6 to be there in time. Darn. I need to pay more attention the FIRST time I read something…)
Josh believes it is indeed a tribble and not a angora bunny. Perhaps people should be warned about the impending tribble menace? My favorite is the “yeti” bunny. Knitted cats look like fun, but it looks like a little too much sewing for me. Stuffed llama’s and sheep for me!
What fun! I just wrote up the description for my dyeing class for this summer!
Perhaps this book is just a new way to get another ‘phantom paw’ when Chaos is not cooperating?
Did you see any rabbit agility demos? I ‘ve seen dog agility but not rabbit. Or was it too cold/rainy?
trish
Oh my God! I was sure that rabbit was an overgrown tribble too! It was all I could do to keep MFF from buying an angora rabbit!
Which end of that angora did you photograph?
Are you sure thats a bunny????? I know Thunder loves to lay under our feet like a rug, but I’m positive that really is one very fuury rug!
Love the yarn BTW!
ok….I have to find that book! The Meezer needs a kitty or three…(not to mention my 3 DGS’s). I love the bunny shots, but The Meezer does NOT need a bunny. Looks like you had a good time, and congrats for managing to avoid the lure of Blackberry Ridge!
(((hugs)))