Something "Blue" for the WGSL May 2017 Challenge

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I'm working on something blue for the Weavers Guild of St. Louis 2017 Challenge - which is to make something in blue in honor of a long-time former member, Laura Blumenfeld. She loved the color blue. I actually purchased a blue hand-knit sweater that she made at our WGSL annual sale several years ago, for my daughter. Happily, it still fits.

Here's what I'm working on:



The yarn is a light-worsted weight hand-spun wool yarn that I purchased at the WGSL sale last year. (I finished another item in blue last weekend, and will choose between the two. The other item is lace-weight mohair with some beads.)

Our sale is one of the few places where a lot of hand-spun yarn is for sale. Also hand-dyed yarn and fiber. And a lot of beautiful hand-woven items and many other hand-made things involving fiber. The sale occurs in October of each year, usually the third weekend, and in recent years has been held at the First Congregational Church of Webster Groves.

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