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Here are a few more pics of items being blocked. I expect to have most of these recently-completed items in the WGSL sale. The yarn on the bottom left item in the first photo is Berroco Boboli lace, and the crescent shawl at the top of the photo is Queensland Uluru (discontinued, I think - no animal fiber, nice colors & texture). In the 2nd photo above, the top item is a "scrap" shawl in a crescent shape, and the bottom item is Pattons Classic Wool, about 2 1/2 balls.  I also got started on the project I blogged about earlier (July 27, 2016) - working the same design in several different undyed yarns. Here is the start of a scarf using the Brooklyn Tweed lace-weight yarn. I'm placing a bead on each edging point, using a fine crochet hook to place the bead on the end stitch. The yarn has a really nice feel and body, soft but springy to work with.

Blocking a few more items this morning. The light-colored scarf is a lace-weight yarn, alpaca, silk and some cashmere, held double. (Manos del Uruguay Lace Multi) The darker shawl is a sock-weight yarn. (Madelintosh Merino Light) Both items have a leaf motif knitted in. Size 9 US needles for both. Both yarns are very soft to the touch. The bag on the left side of the photo contains more items waiting to be blocked.

The Weavers Guild Sale is October 21 and 22 this year. I've started blocking a few items for the sale. The photo below is of a crocheted table mat ("doily") on top of two knitted shawls. The shawls are crescent-shaped, with Old Shale lace patterning. Here's a link with more info about the sale, which is an annual event:   WGSL 2016 Sale

Wild Bird Rehabilitation  is holding its annual Trivia Night on Saturday, November 12, 2016. I just selected several items to donate for their silent auction at the event. The organization is a rescue center for injured, ill and orphaned songbirds. Here's a pic - although once again you must excuse the mess in the background! The top two items (both scarves) are crocheted; the bottom one (green) is knitted. The striped scarf is a crochet pattern of mine that I have made many times . The light green knitted item is a pattern I call my "Angel Wing" shawl. The small pink scarf (a triangle kerchief shape) is a crochet experiment but it turned out well, I think.

I have three special skeins of yarn, and am contemplating some sort of project to compare them by knitting similar items from each of them. The skein on the left is hand-spun, lace-weight mohair from Tajikistan (purchased on-line from Clothroads ). Approximately 400 yards, two-ply. The middle one is a slightly heavier 2-ply Suri Alpaca yarn from Alpacas d'Auxvasse , which is located here in Missouri. Approximately 300 yards. I purchased this yarn at Knitorious here in town. Both of those have a nice lustre. The third one, on the right, is something I just ordered from Brooklyn Tweed , and is laceweight Rambouillet Wool, grown in Wyoming, dyed in Maine (though from the color it could be undyed). 440 yards, two-ply. This yarn has a matte texture. I may use one of the patterns shown in the photo below. Pardon the mess on the edges of the pic - this was a quick shot to submit for an exhibit for the Weavers Guild of St. Louis .

I'm having a busy summer (understatement), but have been having fun with some randomly purchased yarn. This is Feza Glitz, rayon and metallic, knit on the bias. The eyelet rows are also random, though I have made several similar scarves with more of a pattern to the eyelets. I'm enjoying working with this yarn - it has a cotton-y feel. Also pictured is a copy of Hand Woven magazine which arrived in yesterday's mail.

Thought I would post a photo of the finished object I was working on earlier in the week - the prior post showed what looked like a pile of yarn, I think. Here's the finished shawl, not yet blocked (and a quick photo) --- As I said, scrap yarn projects like this are fun to knit, at least to me. I work all the tied ends to one side, so one side has a deconstructed look.