tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-158749162024-02-18T18:12:35.131-08:00Paint Spin KnitAll things fibery like dyeing, spinning, knitting, felting and weaving. A place to share with fiber friends, current projects, handspun and hand-dyed yarns, information about fiber events. In pursuit of keeping these arts alive and in getting more people interested and involved.LORI LAWSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00769435128424412202noreply@blogger.comBlogger191125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15874916.post-9551617126024086812016-09-20T16:08:00.000-07:002016-09-20T17:17:35.012-07:00Leaf Prints<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the past couple of weeks (with Fall and Winter shows looming), I decided to get out the dyepots and get my dyeing mojo back on. I have just been having the best time. Using a stash of silk scarves that provided the canvas for some beautiful leaf prints, I began dyeing with local eucalyptus I collected and plants from my garden. Days have been spent rolling up leaves in between the folds of fabric, and then after hours of simmering and stoking the dyepots, the "reveal", hoping for success and not a big disappointment. Just a smattering of the results:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Very happy with the results but not as happy as I am about the drops of water falling from the sky. Yes, it's true, we've had a bit of rain thanks to Hurricane Paine in Baja California.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Some additional results on silk -- hanging to dry. They are a little more intense when wet and will be a little more subdued when dry and ironed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have been continuing with my exploration of wet felting. I am intrigued by the different flowers I can create using a wet felting technique. Then, they come alive when I stitch on them with my handspun yarn and add a felted bead and some glass beads.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This particular felted flower found itself in the onion skin dye bath that I had going. It came out a beautiful bronze. So glad I took that leap of faith and threw it in the onion dye bath.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I had another idea swimming around in my head for a few weeks -- to needle felt on some prefelt to create a textural piece. After wet felting, I then dyed it. This will make a nice table runner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now, I am anxious to create even more texture on a felted piece. This week is going to be lots of fun. And thankfully the heat wave of last week has passed, making it easier to work.</span></div>
LORI LAWSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00769435128424412202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15874916.post-40111140290221122112016-07-30T16:09:00.002-07:002016-07-30T16:09:41.424-07:00Summer explorations continue<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even through the brutal heatwave we've been having, I have been working hard on pieces for my Fall shows. My experimentations with different felting techniques continues and I am very happy with the outcomes. Here are a few of the scarves and shawls that I will have in my booth at Artistic License on October 28th and 29th at Estancia Park in Costa Mesa. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The summer journey through the heat continues and I'll get a short break to the Pacific Northwest in mid-August to visit my dear little granddaughter. </span></div>
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LORI LAWSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00769435128424412202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15874916.post-35587674915790524872016-07-18T08:08:00.001-07:002016-07-18T11:21:18.060-07:00Summer projects<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Just a short check in. This summer has been an adventure in trying new techniques, specifically in the area of wet felting. For a long time, I have been wanting to learn how to make felted hats and felted flowers. I bought a wooden hat block at Convergence in Vancouver (2002?) but had never used it. I tried the template that came with the hat block and did not like the result. Then, I watched a few YouTube videos but they were way too basic. So tenacious as I am when I want to learn something, I just decided to wing it to see if I could teach myself. Here are a few of my "experiments". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This last hat with the bright red flower, won a blue ribbon at Black Sheep Gathering, which made me very happy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Then on to some different materials and techniques.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And in the evenings, I plunk myself down at my spinning wheel, watch Netflix, and spin yarn, with a nice glass of wine by my side. </span><br />
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LORI LAWSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00769435128424412202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15874916.post-29472030183728807192016-04-10T11:02:00.000-07:002016-04-10T11:02:30.447-07:00Winter Hibernation is Over<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have been hunkered down this Winter, chilling out, traveling, knitting a bunch, and doing lots and lots of handspinning. Having my first grand baby in February has also caused other interests to take a back seat -- but a very welcome back seat -- as you can see. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Happy Springtime! This is also time to finish up my plans for attending Black Sheep Gathering at the end of June and the Taos Wool Festival in early October. </span>LORI LAWSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00769435128424412202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15874916.post-54796635284401383362016-03-22T08:11:00.000-07:002016-03-22T08:11:40.918-07:00Spin In 2016<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Since the beginning of the year, I have been doing a lot of spinning. My stash of handspun yarn had dwindled down to about 8 skeins and was looking a little sad, but since the beginning of the year, I have spun about 7,700 two-ply yards. As my friends who are spinners know, spinning is a zen like experience and really gets you centered. The process of making yarn with your own hands is one of the best experiences.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>LORI LAWSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00769435128424412202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15874916.post-78398444005941167762015-12-17T10:48:00.000-08:002015-12-17T10:48:04.938-08:00Getting a Start on 2016 Goals<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First, I wanted to thank everyone who attended the Holiday Artisan Faire at Chemers Gallery on December 5th. It was a fabulous event and very successful. I had a wonderful time and so happy to have been included as one of the artists. It was the icing on the cake of a great 2015. Now I am on to fulfilling my 2016 goals, one of which is to knit some super cute sweaters, dresses and other things for my first grand baby who is due to arrive on February 22nd. Here's her first sweater. This is the Babies and Bears pattern. I have knit this a dozen times, and it is fun every time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another goal that I have set for 2016 is to start dyeing sock weight yarn again. I have been on a sort of hiatus from sock yarn for the past couple of years but this past week, I got my dyeing mojo on again and began working on that goal -- only a few colorways so far, but here are the results. I will be selling my sock yarns in my Etsy shop in the very near future. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So once I get a good inventory of sock yarn, I will photograph and get them listed in my Etsy shop. Phew, a jump on 2016 goals. I'm on track for a great year.</span></div>
LORI LAWSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00769435128424412202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15874916.post-35927511276468190482015-11-12T18:38:00.000-08:002015-11-12T18:38:03.432-08:00Holiday Faire<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last year, I participated in the Holiday Artisan Faire at Chemers Galley in Tustin and had a great time. The gallery was packed with art lovers and holiday shoppers. I am so honored to have been asked to be a part of their holiday faire again this year. It will take place on December 5th from 11:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. There are some wonderful artists who will be there with their work so I hope you'll stop by, enjoy the festivities, and take home some very special holiday gifts. Check out the Chemers Gallery Facebook page to see the work of some of the artists who will be there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This past week, I journeyed to New Mexico with my good friends, Michelle and Janet, for our annual Fall retreat to Chimayo, Santa Fe and Taos. It's a week of girlfriend time, relaxing, stitching, knitting, exploring and taking in the Taos Wool Festival. This year we invited two friends to join us, Dinah and Lorraine, and we think they had as great a time as we did. They got a real education in fiber. Our first nights are spent at Casa Escondida in Chimayo, an out of the way little B&B -- that's after we stop at Maria's in Santa Fe for enchiladas "Christmas" style on the way up.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We spend a day in Santa Fe, shopping for fabrics, beads, Indian fetishes and just generally poking around until it's time for lunch at one of our favorite places, Il Piatto. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We were very fortunate to have been able to watch Patricia Quintana judge the fleece competition. Because it's such a small venue, we were able to get an up close and personal education on judging a fleece. Patricia has a small sheep ranch down the road from where we stay in Taos -- Rancho La Fina. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And it wouldn't be the Wool Festival if we didn't come home with piles of wool. I distinctly remember the conversation before our trip -- we don't need any more fleeces. We're not going to buy any fleeces. Yeah . . . okay . . . . Well, I thought I came home with more, but then again, I think I agreed to split a couple of fleeces, too. It is very hard to walk away from the extremely clean, beautiful fleeces at the Taos Wool Festival. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">2.2 pounds of the Grand Champion fleece (one quarter of the whole fleece) -- gotta have it! Lincoln/Cotswold/CVM. This is a variegated gray that runs from light gray to charcoal.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A 2.6 lb. Blueface Leicester fleece -- white. Oh this is so beautiful. It's gonna wash up white, white, white. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And a 2nd place from a 3-year old colored Blueface Leicester, 2.6 lb. Had to jump on this before someone else got it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Handspun angora from Sharon Dalrymple of Woodlake Woolies (Elbert, CO). She does an amazing job of spinning the fiber from the angora rabbits that she raises.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And a lovely skein of handspun Wensleydale and Teeswater lamb from Wendy Luna Clarke of Animal Spirit (San Cristobal, NM). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And no trip to the Taos Wool Festival would be complete without a trip to the colorful mohair curls salad bar at Lisa Shell's Kai Mohair booth. What an amazing color sense Lisa has. It doesn't get better than this. </span><br />
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LORI LAWSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00769435128424412202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15874916.post-82956325781167364442015-09-26T10:37:00.002-07:002015-09-26T10:37:34.759-07:00Late Summer Playtime<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've always got a knitting project(s) on the needles, especially with all the traveling I have been doing this summer. I can't imagine sitting in the airport or on the plane staring into space. So here are a few of things I knit up during the summer while sitting around waiting in various airports.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love this pattern I found on Ravelry, called the Swiss Cheese scarf. What a great way to use up a lot of those small but precious balls of left over handspun yarn from other projects.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And upon returning from Pam De Groot's class at the Eugene Textile Center, I scoured my local environs for plant materials to do some experimenting with a few of the things I learned in my workshop. I thought I was done with that eco-printing but I'm having some fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have been having brutal weather here in Southern California -- 90's seem to be the new norm around here -- and frankly, I've had it, so I am off to New Mexico next week -- Santa Fe, Chimayo and Taos -- with my special peeps for our annual girls retreat for a week of relaxation, bonding, conversation, wine, roasted chilis, fine dining, knitting and stitching and, of course, the Taos Wool Festival. The weather report promises 70's but we'll see. </span>LORI LAWSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00769435128424412202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15874916.post-50537803000035935892015-09-20T18:09:00.002-07:002015-09-20T18:12:11.563-07:00Freedom Construction<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Two weeks ago, I had the great pleasure of taking a workshop from Australian felt artist, Pam de Groot, "Freedom Construction". The class was held at the Eugene (Oregon) Textile Center and was one of the highlights of my summer. Not only is Pam an amazing artist, she is also a wonderful and patient teacher and a delightful person. Here is what I brought for my class, my suitcase stuffed to the gills with my "raw" materials.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After two days of work, I had a ginormous garment hanging from the ceiling to the floor, ready to be felted to a garment that actually fits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">During the workshop, we created fabric (nuno felt), then constructed a garment, a tunic or dress. The garment was felted to a desired size and then dyed and eco printed. Natural dyes were used in the class. We had a dyepot of onion skins, another one with logwood and one with black walnut. I dyed my tunic in the black walnut dyepot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I feel so lucky to have seen the advertisement for Pam de Groot's class and then to have signed up immediately. And I hope that some time in the future, I will again be lucky enough to take another class with Pam.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The week before I went to Eugene, OR, for the workshop with Pam, I had made a short tunic, using my own felt techniques. I was not happy with the results and almost threw it in the trash. However, upon returning home, I used some of what I learned in Pam's workshop to complete, fit and dye the tunic. I now feel like I turned a lemon into some lemonade. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In another week, I will be winging my way to New Mexico where I will meet three of my peeps for our annual week of relaxation in Chimayo and Taos. While there, we will also attend the Taos Wool Festival.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And in between travels, I will complete my preparation for the Artistic License Fair that will be held on Friday, October 23rd, and Saturday, October 24th, at Estancia Park in Costa Mesa. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Also on tap is the Weaving and Fiber Festival (also known as the Torrance Show) sponsored by the Southern California Handweavers Guild. The Torrance show will be held on Sunday, November 1st, at the Torrance Cultural Center. My Capistrano Fiber Arts Studio will be a vendor at this show.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">And finally, I have been invited back to participate in the holiday fair at the Chemers Art Gallery in Tustin on Saturday, December 5th. This is a beautiful art gallery with many great artists and is well worth attending. Many of the artists will be at this holiday fair and will be showing and talking about their work. </span></div>
LORI LAWSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00769435128424412202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15874916.post-58164467334088907002015-08-05T10:52:00.000-07:002015-08-05T10:52:50.727-07:00Eco dyeing fun<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've signed up for a four-day felting class with Pam De Groot in September at the Eugene Textile Center. [<a href="http://www.pamdegroot.com/">www.pamdegroot.com</a>] It's called "Freedom Construction". Here's the description of the class:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"We will produce prefelt yardage to create garments with twist, pocketing and swales using minimal patterns. We will exploit the amazing properties of felt for garment creation. Once finished, we will naturally print the pieces. This course challenges the maker to trust the process of discovery and let their creativity run free. Be prepared for a roller coaster ride! 4 days."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">In preparation for my class, I decided to do a little eco-printing yesterday just to see if I still have the basics. Both of these were done on silk scarves/shawls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A couple of Sundays ago, July 19th to be exact, I participated in a Bandhani workshop with some of the members of the South Coast Weavers and Spinners Guild. We traveled to Cameron Taylor Brown's "Arts Garage" in Los Angeles for the workshop, and it was a wonderful day. Bandhani is the Indian way of shibori and the class was taught by several men from India. One of the pieces I did was a silk scarf that was dyed in indigo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This workshop got me all excited about dyeing with indigo again so the following week, I set about making a new indigo vat, using Michel Garcia's 1-2-3 method that I had learned from Yoshiko Wada at her Shakerag workshop in 2014. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My first attempts were a little light and then after the pot sat around and was tweaked for a few of days, I started to get more medium colors. For experiment purposes, I bought some </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">cotton napkins and am dyeing a set for my son and his wife, both of whom love indigo. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After I felt confident that my indigo vat was working as it should, I decided I would try dyeing the silk piece I had stenciled with a rice paste resist in Akemi Cohn's Katazome workshop at Shakerag this past June. I am very happy at how crisp my stencils turned out. I dipped this piece four times in the indigo vat. Because I did not want to disturb the rice paste resist and have it begin to deteriorate, each dip lasted only about 15 to 20 seconds. Then it was left to dry thoroughly before the next dip.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of the skills we learned in the Katazome workshop was drawing and cutting our own stencils using a smoked mulberry paper. It's a very tough paper and you can use the stencil over and over. From MAIWA in Vancouver, I have purchased all of the supplies I need to do Katazome over this summer. I am also planning on using other natural dyes, such as lac, weld, and madder, as well as my indigo vat. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Another exciting venture coming up is a workshop September 8th thru 11th with Pam DeGroot an amazing felt artist from Australia. I just happened upon something on the internet that led me to her website only to find that she would be teaching a four-day workshop at the Eugene Textile Center in Eugene, Oregon. Of course, I signed up immediately. I can hardly wait. </span></div>
LORI LAWSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00769435128424412202noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15874916.post-84782445754378816732015-05-11T07:55:00.000-07:002015-05-11T07:55:19.926-07:00A Tale of Two Good Kittens<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just a brief checking in. I'm still having fun knitting kittens. These two good little girl kittens were commissioned by my daughter-in-law for her nieces, ages 4 and 6. It was quite fun making dresses and headbands so that they would look more girly. I still have to name them. </span></div>
LORI LAWSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00769435128424412202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15874916.post-39938281051206144422015-04-24T10:45:00.000-07:002015-04-24T10:45:36.852-07:00More Kittens and Bunnies, Too<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">At the end of March, I spent a couple weeks in Issaquah, WA, near Seattle, house and pet sitting for my son and his wife while they soaked in some sun and warmth in Maui. My friend, Melody, who lives close by came for a visit for a few days and we embarked on a knitting marathon. Melody has been knitting the most fabulous stuffed animals and cats and so under her tutelage, I learned how to knit my first stuffed animal, a rabbit, and there was born a new obsession. Here are the fruits of my labors -- all knit since the beginning of April:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">There is a bit of a story behind the materials I used in these little animals. Before my trip to the Seattle area, I of course had to search out nearby yarn/fiber stores that I might need to visit. One of the stores that popped up was Tolt Yarn and Wool, which looked like an interesting shop in the farming community of Carnation about 20 miles from my son's house in Issaquah. So, Melody and I decided to take a field trip to Carnation in the Snoqualmie Valley. The drive there was so picturesque as the road followed the Snoqualmie River through a beautiful farming valley. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The town of Carnation is about two blocks long so you can't miss Tolt Yarn and Wool. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">What a delightful shop. I have to say it is one of my most favorite shops. Beautiful yarns, very friendly staff. It reminded me of an old timey rustic general store, warm and homey. One of the </span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">things I most loved about this shop is that they carry a variety of yarns from locally sourced wool, grown by small farms in Washington and they also carry handspun yarn and some spinning supplies. (<a href="http://www.toltyarnandwool.com/">www.toltyarnandwool.com</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As soon as I walked in, I saw a cute hand knit rabbit that looked like a good starter project for me, so I got the pattern, "Bunny Love" by Susan B. Anderson. Because I was drawn to the local yarn, I decided I wanted to knit my animals with natural locally sourced wool, so I set aside some yarn from Snoqualmie Valley Yarn, a Blueface Leicester and Clun Forest wool yarn. I bought three of their natural colors and several that had been dyed by Local Color Fiber Studio on Bainbridge Island. Local Color used indigo, madder root, grape skins, and rudbekia for their natural dyeing. I also bought three natural colors of yarn from Small Blessings Farm from Enumclaw, WA, 100% Romney wool.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once I got home and had knit up my first bunny, I decided to embark on the cat pattern, "Meowww Kitty" by Sherry Moore. And . . . I took off. Using the wool yarn I bought at Tolt, I combined it with some of the Cormo wool yarn I have purchased at the Taos Wool Festival from Elsa Wool Company of Colorado, another family owned sheep ranch. And some of the clothing for my little critters was knit with natural dyed yarns from Rainshadow Farms (Kingston, WA) that I bought at the Black Sheep Gathering. I also used some of my handspun yarn that I have dyed with indigo and eucalyptus. It remains to be seen how big my stable of kitties and others is going to grow. Many ideas swirling around in my head -- which is not a bad thing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So that's about it for now. I am motoring down to San Diego tomorrow to spin with my spinning buddies down there, a great group of women. Love the camaraderie that the fiber world nutures.</span></div>
LORI LAWSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00769435128424412202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15874916.post-76493049882989044912015-03-10T11:43:00.003-07:002015-03-10T11:43:46.700-07:00Kittens, Kittens, Kittens<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My friend in Washington, who I am going to visit later this month when I house/pet sit for my son and his wife, has been making the most adorable knitted stuffed animals. Her latest are the cutest little kittens with hand knit sweaters, too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These little cuties are for sale on Etsy at <a href="http://melsnorthwestknits.etsy.com/">MelsNorthwestKnits.etsy.com</a>. Meow!</span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span>LORI LAWSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00769435128424412202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15874916.post-19713330513565952242015-01-28T11:34:00.000-08:002015-01-28T11:34:21.852-08:00My New Toy Arrived<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A week ago a lovely new spinning wheel arrived on my doorstep: my Watson Marie wheel (with beautiful Victoria trim). The wheel is American black walnut with accents of purple heart and blackwood and was handcrafted flawlessly by Andrew Watson from Burlington, Ontario, Canada. His work is awesome, indeed! Needless to say, I have been doing a lot of spinning getting to know my new wheel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This skein is 346 yards (4.0 oz.). I plied one of my new colorways "Tanager" (100% BFL) with a blend of BFL/tussah silk in my "River Dart" colorway. I spun this on my new Marie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On another note. I had an email from my friend, Debra Sposa, who teaches art at Whitney High School in Cerritos. She is one of the most amazing teachers I know and has been so fortunate to teach at a school that values art. Inspired by a number of her artist friends, and after a class with India Flint three summers ago, Debra assigned her students a project using quilting, eco dyeing, stitching, appliqué. The work of her students is extraordinary and can be viewed at her blog here: <a href="http://www.artisun.blogspot.com/">http://www.artisun.blogspot.com</a> What lucky students they are to have an inspirational teacher like Debra. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So back to dyeing and spinning, and spinning and dyeing . . . .</span></div>
LORI LAWSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00769435128424412202noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15874916.post-61465383859939699262014-12-19T07:42:00.000-08:002014-12-19T07:42:55.570-08:00Anticipation <div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Just a quick check in. I am so excited that my Watson spinning wheel has been completed and that Andrew Watson will be shipping it right after the first of the year. I have been patiently waiting for four years and after looking at the pictures he sent me this week, it has been worth every single minute of the wait. Andrew is an amazing spinning wheel maker and craftsman. There's only one word for his work: awesome. So now I have this itch of anticipation and can hardly wait for the time when a big crate is delivered to my door. Here are a few pictures. Can I possibly contain myself for the next couple of weeks???</span></div>
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LORI LAWSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00769435128424412202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15874916.post-64963256924727236552014-10-30T19:57:00.003-07:002014-10-30T20:01:53.596-07:00Torrance Weaving and Fiber Fest This Weekend<div style="text-align: justify;">
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LORI LAWSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00769435128424412202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15874916.post-18825337984290557852014-10-21T07:38:00.000-07:002014-10-21T07:38:17.678-07:00Artistic License Fair This Weekend<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Looking forward to the Artistic License Fair this weekend -- Friday and Saturday, October 24th and 25th, at Estancia Park in Costa Mesa. Just working on some last minute items for my booth. Here's a little peek at some of my felted pieces which have hand stitching on them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'll also have lots of my handspun yarn and pieces knit and crocheted from my handspun yarns. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The Fair is from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. each day. Hope to see a lot of new, as well as old, friends there. Stop by and see me in Booth #1. (Check out the Artistic License Fair Facebook page.)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The postcards for the Artistic License Fair have gone out. That means the fair is fast approaching. It is Friday and Saturday, October 24th and 25th, at Estancia Park in Costa Mesa, a lovely outdoor setting. Here's a picture of this year's postcard featuring my dear friend Michelle Hoffee's "Living and Dyeing" booth. You can visit her web page and see her one-of-a-kind superbly and artistically crafted garments: <a href="http://www.livinganddyeing.com/">www.livinganddyeing.com</a></span></div>
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LORI LAWSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00769435128424412202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15874916.post-64259054008926731122014-09-27T12:14:00.000-07:002014-09-27T12:14:32.745-07:00More Mountain Spinning<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Last night, I plied more of the yarn that I spun while on my vacation up in Lassen Volcanic National Park. This two-ply skein weighs 4.8 oz. and has 338 yards. One ply is my hand painted roving called "Fernleaf" and is a blend of Blueface Leicester and Silk (75%/25%). The other ply is another Inglenook Fibers batt called "Cosmos". </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">That's all for now. I have to get back to dyeing. I am working very hard to restore my inventory of spinning fibers for my two Fall shows coming up. In the 90+ heat, this has presented quite a challenge. I hear it's to be cooler today. Oh joy! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">One of the perks of driving somewhere on vacation is that you can take things with you that you can't take on a plane. So . . . my spinning wheel drove up with us in the back seat. What an idyllic setting, sitting on the porch of the cabin, spinning and looking at the trees and lake.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I managed to spin four bobbins of fiber on the trip and when I came home, I have so far plied two of the bobbins. One ply was my hand painted roving of Blueface Leicester and Tussah Silk (a 75%/25% blend) called "Indian Paintbrush" and the other ply was one of the luscious Inglenook batts called "Looking forward to Autumn" -- how apropos. This was one of my most favorite Inglenook creations. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is a nice big skein of 450 yards, weighing 6.1 oz.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now, back to more hand painting of fibers and getting ready for Artistic License (Friday and Saturday - Oct. 24th and 25th) and the Torrance fiber festival (Sunday - Nov. 2nd.)</span></div>
LORI LAWSONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00769435128424412202noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15874916.post-87449105482298263102014-09-20T12:32:00.001-07:002014-09-20T12:32:04.306-07:00Log Cabin Scarf <span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I debated on what to do with my handspun log cabin squares and finally chose to knit them together with garter stitch rows into a long scarf. I am very pleased with the outcome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After knitting the squares together, I knit several garter rows up the sides and did a picot bind off along the side edge.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Next, I finished off the edges with knitted I-cord fringes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A little closer up view.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I really love the log cabin squares that allow you to use up a lot of the little balls of yarn that are left over from other projects. I have already assembled some yarns for my next log cabin project and will try to combine some natural colored handspun yarns along with some colored ones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On another note, I just returned from 5 days in the Lassen Volcanic National Park up in Northern California. My husband and I stayed in a camping cabin at Manzanita Lake campground within the park. This is one of my favorite national parks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Evening glass off on Lake Manzanita</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Me spinning on the porch of our camping cabin -- now that was idyllic!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My next trip is just around the corner. My friends, Michelle and Janet, will join me for our annual girls' Fall retreat to Santa Fe, Chimayo and Taos, New Mexico. We will be attending the Taos Wool Festival and will also stay at Casa Escondida in Chimayo for a couple of days before our stay in Taos. I can barely contain my excitement. </span></div>
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