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Gearing Up!

Posted by kenleighacres on October 21, 2011
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I have been madly preparing for a couple shows coming up in November.  The first show is Fiber Mania in Grants Pass, November 12-13.  I am really excited about this one because my friend Joan from Mud Ranch is going to come up from California and share a booth with me.  The second event is a Handmade Holiday Sale in Eugene, November 26-27 at the Spencer Creek Grange.  This is the first time I have done any shows in November, I am trying really hard to stay ahead of schedule (instead of putting things off until the last minute) so I don’t feel overwhelmed with Christmas just around the corner.

Here is what I have been working on…

Felt Soaps – If you haven’t tried these, you need to!  It is your wash cloth and soap all in one.  Wool is an excellent exfoliant.  Your soap will last longer and you can reuse the wool scrubby when the soap is gone.  The scents I have done so far are – Lemongrass, Honey Almond, Lavender, and Jasmine.

Dyed Silk Scarves – I have been dyeing these silk chiffon scarves that will then be nuno felted.

Here is what the finished scarves will look like.  The wool is felted through the silk resulting in a very lightweight scarf.

Awhile ago I sent a LOT of wool off to Zeilinger to have processed into Batts.  The Batts are VERY large, so I have been sorting them into smaller, 4 oz. batts.  I have approximately 20 of this dark gray and…

20 lilac packaged.

I haven’t started on them yet…but I have a lot of bag ideas circling around inside my head 😉

and last, but certainly not least…are all of the little felt sheep that are occupying my office!

We have the natural colored crew – all made with wool from jacob sheep.

The colored crew – made with wool from jacob sheep and wool from a friend’s border leicester and a little bit of dye.

and the ones that wanted to be a little special.

A little scarf to keep them warm this winter 🙂

Please come say ‘hi’ if you happen to be at either of these events!

A little longer than planned!

Posted by kenleighacres on March 29, 2011
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My whippet, Paisley, and I headed over the mountain to attend the High Desert Wool Growers Fiber Market Day over the weekend.  The original plan was to leave Saturday morning and come home Saturday night.  When I looked at the road cameras of the passes on Friday morning, my plan changed to staying with my grandparents on Friday night and driving over from there.  Staying with them, put me an hour closer, cutting the drive time to 2 hours instead of 3.  However, that plan changed again when I looked at the weather forecast.  I didn’t want to drive over the pass in the snow in the dark, so I made reservations at a hotel and drove over Friday afternoon.  I was determined to enjoy myself and not worry about getting home until that time came. 

There aren’t very many hotel choices in Prineville, Oregon and even less when you wait until the last minute.  So I had to take what I could get.  Unfortunately, that was a room right above a bar that had a happening night life.  The building was innocent looking in the daylight.  The music was so loud, I could feel it thumping in the room!  Morning came very early!

Paisley did her best to convince me that we needed to go back to bed.

It was a wonderful show and was well attended.  I had ‘May’ with me and she displayed my nuno felted scarves nicely…

These were a new project and very fun to make.  The base is a chiffon silk scarf and the wool is finely felted on the top and through the scarf. 

I also had a lot of bags…

I wish I had had a chance to walk around and visit the other vendors, but Paisley wasn’t willing to watch the booth.

I checked the road conditions mid-day and it didn’t look good.  I really wanted to go home, but again I didn’t want to drive in the dark and the snow and ice.  After I packed everything up, I made the choice to stay in Bend and drive home in the daylight on Sunday.  All of a sudden my quick one day trip, wasn’t turning out to be so quick! 

Paisley and I enjoyed a nice, quiet stay in Bend and woke up to snow on the ground…not a good sign for driving over the pass!  It was apparent the roads weren’t going to improve much, so I left at noon and headed up the mountain.  It was much worse in my imagination.  I was glad to be home and Paisley quickly crashed on her bed in front of the fire 🙂