Preparing for Bendigo Sheep & Wool Show

Happy Fibre Arts Friday! There are so much going on in the fibre world at the moment, the Bendigo Sheep & Wool Show is only three weeks away, Sparrow and I are busy planning and preparing for the stock. This will be our first show as Cat & Sparrow because last year I piggy backed with her, we are so excited and slightly panicky, but mainly excited!

Here are some sneak peak of what we are taking to the show:

This is a new colourway called Brass Monkey. I like the funkiness of it and the fibre base is a luxurious blend of Polwarth, Baby Camel and Silk, the same base as the 'Go Lassie Go' I showed you last week - it's our favourite blend, so easy to spin.

Here's another one, which is part of a theme we are bringing out, think Game of Thrones (yes we are both obsessed!) it's all I can say for the time being ;)

Now show us what you have been up to!

Oh, yes, I also got this...

... but I'd better not start on these just yet or I'll never get anything done, besides, hubby and son number one are both champing at the bits to lay their hands on these, so maybe I'll just let them fight over it for now ;-)

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Tricky Tricsi, and some other stuff...

Hello there! Hope you're having a relaxing Friday winding down for the weekend. I had a a rather hectic week so not much was done in the crafting department, but I haven't been entirely idle with my hands so lets take a look...

Tricsi is a cute cardigan design by the talented Asa Tricosa, all of her designs are lovely and I have a few queued up. But I was particularly interested in the construction of Tricsi, it starts from the mid of the back collar, and you knit one half of the back collar plus a bit of the back on one side; then you knit the other half of the collar and the other side of the back, like this:

... then all are joined, and you're instructed to CO/pick up for the sleeves and fronts... sounds confusing? a bit lost? well, when I read the instructions I couldn't make the head and tail of it, but I was so intrigued by the idea that you could knit a cardigan top-down with build-in collar and sleeves and that it is totally seamless and self finishing, I forged on anyway...

Can you see the cardigan taking shape now? It certainly is a challenging project, one that demands your full attention as well as taking careful notes or marking off sections one by one as you complete them. Having come this far I think the trickiest parts are almost over, hopefully the rest would be plain sailing! I'm making this little cardi for my goddaughter Ericka whom I'm hoping to see at the end of this year or the beginning of next year. I'm also making an adult version for her mum, so in theory by then I will be an old hand at this "tricky" design ;-)

The annual Australian Sheep & Wool Show is going to be in July this year, a spinning friend of mine is taking part in a Co-op that will occupy a booth at the show. In a moment of madness (?) I asked to join her and contribute to her stock. The idea of making some pocket money from spinning has been brewing for quite some time, I thought this would be a good opportunity to test the waters. It's quite a challenge consider I've got three assignments to hand in before that as well as fit in work (shame!), but this is much more fun so I'm going to give it a go, wish me luck!

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