Two Ewes Fiber Adventures

Technical difficulties in the last episode meant we lost half of the audio. We’re back and announce the winners of the Summer Spin In and discuss project updates. Marsha shares details about her trip to upstate New York and the New York State Sheep and Wool Show.

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Auckland Bound: by Maddie Mo. Finished. Used Alaskan Yarn Company DK in colorway Spruce.

Auckland Bound: by Maddie Mo. Finished. Used Hazel Knits Cadence DK in colorway Wonderland Trail.

Emotional Support Chicken: by Annette Corsino. I’ve knitted a bit on my chicken. Decided to make a rock climbing chicken for Ben. Found tiny carabiners online.

Sockhead Slouch Hat: by Kelly McClure. Using Done Roving Yarns Frolicking Feet in colorway Irish Moss. Hibernating.

Why Knot?: by Rachel Illsey. Using Weird Sisters Wool Emporium Carroll in colorway Westport Treasures. This project is on hold. I cast on and ripped out twice as the unusual stitch patterns made me completely confused. Hibernating.

Graphito: by Heidemarie Kaizer. Using Purls Before Swine Robusta in colorways Good Jeans (blue) and Toxic (pink). Cast on just before I left for New York. Got stuck on the brioche. Too much drinking and talking. Now that I’m home I’m back on track.

Ames Beanie: Stephanie Larson. Using Purls Before Swine Hometown Worsted in colorway Seaglass.

Finished Desert Lavender socks out of Smirligan’s yarn. I’m thinking about starting a new pair for watching the election coverage. Purl2W2 Coconut Tree. 

I’ve split off the sleeves and finished the body of Graphito by Heidemarie Kaiser. I still have to try it on before I decide to start the bottom ribbing or knit it a little longer. The yarns are Seismic Yarns Butter Silk as the contrast yarn and Invictus Yarns Seraphic as the main yarn–both fingering weight. 

I started the Maple Vest to have something to knit in the car for the reunion trip. Interesting pattern. I joined under the arms and then split again after about two inches. I’m all the way down to the ribbing on the front panel. Had to rip back a couple of rows this morning because I made a mistake on the cable crosses in one of the pattern repeats. 

Nov 3, 2024 - March 31, 2025 Join in with your weaving! Share on our Ravelry group!

October 9-22, 2023

New York and the New York State Sheep and Wool Festival

Cornwall Yarn Shop

The Endless Skein

Storm King Art Center

Springwood (FDR house)

Culinary Institute of America

The Dia Beacon

Shady Glen

Lyndhurst House

Sunnyside (Washington Irving House)

Manitoga (Russel Wright House)

Staatsburg House

Vanderbilt Estate

Walkway Over the Hudson

Val-Kill Cottage (Eleanor Roosevelt Home)

Just the chat today. We had some technical difficulties with the knitting part of the show. We'll try to troubleshoot once Marsha returns from Rhinebeck. If you like the chat, welcome! If you're here for the knitting, we'll see you in episode 235. 

We have lots of discussion topics this week ranging from Kelly’s dogs now having two legs, the fleece auction, to Marsha’s cast on frenzy. 

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Alexandria: The Art of Yarn Skein: Finished! 50/25/25 merino/silk/bamboo. 4oz and 454 yards.

Socks: The Artful Ewe Clackamas. Finished!

Socks: Regia Design Line by Arne & Carlos in colorway Garden.

Emotional Support Chicken: by Annette Corsino. I’ve knitted a bit on my chicken. Knit through the third stripe. Not sure I like the colors I picked.

Sockhead Slouch Hat: by Kelly McClure. Using Done Roving Yarns Frolicking Feet in colorway Irish Moss.

Auckland Bound: by Maddie Mo. Using Alaskan Yarn Company DK in colorway Spruce.

Why Knot?: by Rachel Illsey. Using Weird Sisters Wool Emporium Carroll in colorway Westport Treasures. 

I’ve split off the sleeves and am knitting down the body of Graphito by Heidemarie Kaiser. Calling it my NoCKRs Sweater since both yarns are the retreat yarns (2023 and 2024). Seismic Yarns Butter Silk and Invictus Yarns Seraphic–both fingering weight. 

Still working on Desert Lavender socks out of Smirligan’s yarn. Soft green, purple and natural white variegated yarn. One sock is finished and I’m knitting slowly down the leg of the second sock.

Bought only one fleece! Was joined by Emily and Sonia from work and Micheline from the Bay Area. Also saw Alene that we met at the NoCKRs retreat. Between us we supported a lot of wool growers! I bought a Romeldale, 5.5 lbs. (white)

Announce winners in next episode

September 26-30

Purl 2 Walla Walla has closed but they will have a pop up shop in partnership with Old Homestead Alpacas at the:

Maker Market

Showroom on Colville

70 N. Colville Street, Suite 105

Walla Walla, WA  99362 

September 28, 12:00pm-6:00pm

September 29, 12:00pm-4:00pm, We’ll be there around noon on Sunday.

The Two Ewes report on their finished projects, new projects, and future projects. Plus, just a few more days of our Summer Spin In. 

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Poppy Tee: by Jo Cottle. Finished! Used Rowan Purelife Revive in the colorway Loam. Picked up in the NoCKRs 2024 destash room. 

Socks: The Artful Ewe Clackamas. Finished first sock and about halfway through leg of second sock.

Emotional Support Chicken: by Annette Corsino. I’ve knitted a bit on my chicken. About to start the second stripe.

Pinot Noir Purchase Targhee: I’ve been spinning the giant (2.2 pound) ball of Targhee roving I bought from an attendee at last fall’s Fort Worden Knitting Retreat. I have dyed four batches of fiber at 4 oz each. A little disappointed that the Spruce and Turquoise, and the burgundy and Hot Fuchsia look the same. May take a break and spin something smaller to get my mojo back. 

New Sweater! Started knitting Graphito by Heidemarie Kaiser. Calling it my NoCKRs Sweater since both yarns are the retreat yarns (2023 and 2024). Seismic Yarns Butter Silk and Invictus Yarns Seraphic–both fingering weight. 

Using my new election season project bag from Good Stuff Crafts, Brenda. Check out her store.

Still working on Desert Lavender socks out of Smirligan’s yarn. Soft green, purple and natural white variegated yarn. One sock is finished and I’m on the second sock. Top down on birch double pointed needles, size 0.

Finished a 3-ply skein of BFL: School House Rock colorway from Greenwood Fiberworks

Started carding the washed Shetland for my Shetland Suint experiment. I have only about a good day’s worth of work to get this carding project finished. I hope to finish the carding before September. I started with about 4 ounces each of washed and unwashed fiber from a suint bath process. 

Maple Vest

Bifurca Vest

Why Knot Tee

Started Memorial Day - Ends on Labor Day

May 27 - September 2

September 26-30

Purl 2 Walla Walla has closed but there will be a pop up shop the weekend we are there. No details but I’m on their newsletter list and will be notified. 

Monterey County Fairgrounds

We have lots of discussion about dogs and house projects, and yes, knitting and spinning. Our Summer Spin-In is underway for a few more weeks. 

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Socks: The Artful Ewe Clackamas. Finished first sock and about halfway through leg of second sock.

Emotional Support Chicken: by Annette Corsino. I’ve knitted a bit on my chicken. About to start the second stripe.

Poppy Tee: by Jo Cottle. Using Rowan Purelife Revive in the colorway Loam. Picked up in the NoCKRs 2024 destash room. I’ve knit about 10” of 13” total for the body.

Pinot Noir Purchase Targhee: I’ve been spinning the giant (2.2 pound) ball of Targhee roving I bought from an attendee at last fall’s Fort Worden Knitting Retreat. Last episode I talked about how the fiber made me sneeze. I removed the outer layer of roving and started spinning again with no sneezing.

Kelly suggested I dye some of the roving so I’ve dyed 4 oz each burgundy and green. The roving is very thin and delicate. I wound the roving on the knitty noddy and tied it in six places. I tied the roving more tightly than I would for yarn, but I wanted to be sure the weight of the water didn’t felt or pull the roving apart. I plan to dye more colors.

Finished: 13.8 ounces of Jazzman (CVM x Merino x Columbia) 3-py. 

Use all the Spinning Tools Challenge: Wyatt Norwegian wheel is now spinning a Greenwood Fiber BFL braid. School House Rock colorway. It will be a three-ply fractal that I plan to use for socks. 

Also started: Desert Lavender socks out of Smirligan’s yarn. Soft green, purple and natural white variegated yarn.

Rachel Illsley colorwork sweater patterns.

Started Memorial Day - Ends on Labor Day

May 27 - September 2

September 26-30

Purl 2 Walla Walla has closed so we will not have a meet up there. ☹️

Monterey County Fairgrounds

Marsha is home from her Alaskan Advent-Ewe and we have lots to catch up on. Join our discussion of project updates and spinning for our Summer Spin In. 

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Socks: The Artful Ewe Clackamas. Finished first sock and about halfway through leg of second sock.

Emotional Support Chicken: by Annette Corsino. Sweet girl on hold while I was in Alaska.

Poppy Tee: by Jo Cottle. Cast on using Rowan Purelife Revive in the colorway Loam. Picked up in the NoCKRs 2024 destash room. Cast on and worked on this almost exclusively on my Alaska trip. I have completed the yoke and about 5” of the body.

Pinot Noir Purchase Targhee: Started spinning the giant (2.2 pound) ball of Targhee roving I bought from an attendee at last fall’s Fort Worden Knitting Retreat. You know I cannot resist those large balls! The woman I bought it from said she got it from a weaver’s estate. It seems pretty dusty and I was sneezing like crazy last night. I’ll have to wear a mask while spinning.

Finished: Pride dish towels in German Birdseye weave structure. I used three variegated skeins of fluffy cotton singles plied with a thin thread of something else (polyester or nylon?). For the stripes around these three I used cotton or cottolin yarn in red, orange, green, and blue. I used all those solids as warp and also used a royal blue cotton, a brick red cottolin and some bobbin leftovers from the last project.  I ended up with 5 dishtowels and a square. I love these towels and can’t wait to do another stash busting warp like this. 

Two skeins of Jazzman (CVM x Merino x Columbia) are finished. I’m in the process of topping off the bobbins before doing more plying. It’s turned out to be a lighter yarn than I expected–fingering weight. It didn’t plump up as much as I thought it would after washing. 

Use all the Spinning Tools Challenge: I’ve finished and wound off a second ball of the green singles from the tahkli. I’ve been taking it with me in the car and to dog class where we have a break between classes. 

I also spun up small samples (about 6-8 grams) on the other two spindles.  Still to go: Charkha, Salish Spinner, Great Wheel, and Norwegian

Found buttons for Marsha’s baby sweater. Have three baby items to make–two for baby boys and one for a baby girl. 

Anna sent me information about a colorwork sweater that I should make for myself. It used to be called Choose Your Own Adventure, now called Your Outdoor Adventure.

Started Memorial Day - Ends on Labor Day

May 27 - September 2

September 26-30

Met our ship Noordam in Vancouver, BC

Ketchikan: Took a city tour and visited Potlatch Park.

Juneau: It was pouring rain but we did a city tour and drove to Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center and hiked to the waterfall and to the glacier viewpoint.

 Changing Tides (their yarn is One of a Kind)

• One of a Kind - sock - 80/20 merino/nylon

• One of a Kind - lace - alpaca/merino/silk/yak

• One of a Kind - mini skeins - 80/20 SW merino/nylon -  “Midnight Sun Memories”

Skagway: Had a short city tour, visited the cemetery and drove over White Pass into Canada.

 Aurora Yarns

• Raven Frog Fibers - Marvelous Merino worsted - 100 SW merino - “Totem Spirit” (3X)

• Nunavut Qiviut - lace - 30/60 arctic fox/superfine merino - natural color white

• Aurora Yarns - lace - 100 qiviut

Quilt Alaska: Bought fabric squares with Alaskan flowers prints to make napkins.

Anchorage: Visited the Musk Ox Farm and the Spirit Houses, an Athabascan/Russian Orthodox cemetery.

Food: Tequila 61, Whisky & Ramen

Musk Ox Farm - lace - 50/50 qiviut/silk

The Fireweed Studio - project bag with musk ox print

Wooly Mammoth (the shop is located inside Cabin Fever gifts)

• Alaska Yarn Co - sock - 75/25 SW merino/nylon - “Crayolas”

• Alaska Yarn Co - sock - 65/15 merino/Donegal nep - “Spruce”

Denali: Park organized wildlife tour. Saw a grizzly bear.

Polychrome Yarns:

Bad Sheep Yarn - fingering - 75/25 SW merino/nylon - “Sockeye Salmon”

AK Venture Co - sock - 85/15 SW merino/nylon - “Mizzle” (2X) and “Midnight Sun” (2X)

Fairbanks: Panned for gold at Dredge 8 and rode the Riverboat Discovery.

Very nice shop but yarns I can buy at home so did not purchase anything.

Food: The Library, Jazz Bistro on 4th (Cuban), The Crepery

Are you spinning as part of our Summer Spin In and the Tour de Fleece? Join us as we discuss our spinning and weaving projects and wonder why Marsha can't find buttons for her baby sweater. No worries, though. The crazy button steward will look through her collection. 

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Socks: The Artful Ewe Clackamas. Finished first sock and cast on second sock.

Emotional Support Chicken: by Annette Corsino

Poppy Tee: by Jo Cottle. Cast on using Rowan Purelife Revive in the colorway Loam. Picked up in the NoCKRs destash room. Wish me luck on this project!

Ten strips are sewn together on the woven squares blanket. That is half of them. 

A sixth Mother Bear is finished. Lifetime bear #42.

Two bobbins of Jazzman (CVM x Merino x Columbia) have been spun and I started the third bobbin last night. Soft gray with some brown. This is a pretty fine fleece, very clean and well sheared. 

Suint Bath Shetland project

Pride dish towels in German Birdseye weave structure are almost done. I’m on the fourth towel out of five. 

Towel 1: Tabby treadling (rib weave). Gamp color technique making stripes with the same colors as weft.

Towel 2:  “Tromp as writ” treadling. Used half red and half orange.

Towel 3: Birdseye treadling. Used half turquoise blue and half green. 

Towel 4: 3-1 twill birdseye on edge. Switched to the TAW treadling for the main body of the towel. Was worried that all the floats would make the wrong type of fabric for a towel. This towel will be an interesting sample.

Use all the Spinning Tools Challenge: I spun a small amount of fiber on the tahkli and I’ve put it all into a project bag so I can easily do more. 

Started Memorial Day - Ends on Labor Day

May 27 - September 2

June 29-July 21 along with the Tour de France

Spin every day of the tour.

Our Summer Spin In is in progress. What do you have on your wheel? Plus we report on our project successes and tragic failures.

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Sweet Baby Cardigan by Alena Byers: Finished! Used Blue Sky Fiber Printed Organic Cotton and Hikoo by Skacel Simplicity Solid. 

Mountain High Combo Spin #3: Finished but I’m heartbroken. Sweater felted when I washed and blocked it. Such beautiful handspun and it headed to the trash. I’ve lost my mojo.

Socks: The Artful Ewe Clackamas. Finished first sock and cast on second sock.

The Wine and Cheese socks are finished.

Mother Bears: Two more crocheted bears finished. (5 total)

Added another strip and a half to the woven squares blanket. 

Almost finished carding about a pound of Jazzman (CVM x Merino x Columbia). Soft gray with some brown. This is a pretty fine fleece, very clean and well sheared. 

Weaving project: Pride dishtowels decided they needed to be on the loom. 

Started Memorial Day - Ends on Labor Day

May 27 - September 2

June 29-July 21 along with the Tour de France

Spin every day of the tour.

Our Summer Spin In is underway and we talk about our plans for spinning over the summer. What will you be spinning? We announce the winners of our Out-of-Hibernation-Along. Plus, it's the Two Ewes, so you know there’ll be a rant or two and we'll get off topic!

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Socks: The Artful Ewe Clackamas. Starting toe of first sock.

Sweet Baby Cardigan by Alena Byers: Using Blue Sky Fiber Printed Organic Cotton and Hikoo by Skacel Simplicity Solid. I decided against using the pattern, Baby Surprise Jacket by Elizabeth Zimmerman.

Mountain High Combo Spin #3: Finished body and halfway done with first sleeve.

Combo Spin #5: Finished! A little over 1,000 yards of sport/DK weight

Accountability check: the Classic Knitted Ripple baby blanket, Bouclé Chicken and the Dream Shawl and the Corrie x Targhee x Merino spin are all completely finished. 

The Wine and Cheese socks

Mother Bears: Three crocheted bears finished

Finished Spinning: 

2+ ounces of Polwarth and silk and 1+ ounce of merino spirit fiber spun and plied. Plied them together and then plied the rest of the Polwarth/silk on itself. Lace Weight 2-ply and a nice quick spin. 

2+ ounces of a Lincoln cross from spirit fiber. 2-ply to add to my rug yarn stash.

Ended June 1. Over 300 posts, with 28 people cheering each other on and 44 projects linked in the thread. 

Prizes from Ale Sheep Company: Shepherd’s Balm and Herder’s Healer. They have a Fibershed Certified flock of suffolk sheep and sell lamb, pelts, felted products, and skin care using the sheep tallow and lanolin.  

Listen to find out if you won!

Winners should send address and let us know if you are vegan or allergic to lanolin or need an alternative prize for some reason. Get in touch on Ravelry or email [email protected]

Started Memorial Day - Ends on Labor Day

May 27 - September 2

Our Out-of-Hibernation-Along is ending June 1st. There is just enough time to enter your projects. Plus, we report on our “close enough” finished projects.

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Nanny Meier Tea Cozy: Finished! Inspired by Lily Pulitzer using Cascade 220.

Camella Hat: by Katie Pomper. Using Meeker Street Olive’s Outerwear DK in the colorway Dragon’s Breath. Don’t really like it. Thinking of frogging.

Fine Sand: by Heidi Kirrmaier. Using West Yorkshire Spinners Illustrious. Finished the second sleeve but I don’t really like the sweater. Hibernating until I decide what to do.

Socks: The Artful Ewe Clackamas. Starting toe of first sock.

Baby Surprise Jacket: by Elizabeth Zimmerman. 

Mountain High Combo Spin #3: Finished body and halfway done with first sleeve.

Combo Spin #5: Spun two skeins for about 640 yards between Sport or DK.

Navarro Vineyards and Full Circle Wool

The Classic Knitted Ripple baby blanket is almost finished. I’ve used all of the black and red and have just enough gray to bind off. I still have almost full skeins of white, light pink, and dark pink.

The Bouclé Chicken is waiting to be stuffed and sewn up. Made with wool and silk boucle spirit yarn from this year’s NoCKRs destash table. This is my third Emotional Support Chicken and probably won’t be my last. 

I finished knitting the Dream Shawl (The Drifter by Tamy Gore) but I still have to weave in the ends and block it.  

The Wine and Cheese socks are chugging along and doing their job as the take-along knitting.

I'm almost finished with spinning the Corrie x Targhee x Merino wool that I processed and dyed last summer. I should have the 3-ply yarn done by the time the episode is out. 

Is ending June 1. It’s not too late to enter your projects.

Memorial Day - Labor Day

May 27 - September 2