Getting Crafty with Cake And Lace

This past weekend we had an open house for our two oldest boys.  I know, I know it’s late but that’s life here at the Peck household.   Technically Joey graduated last year but he still had math to finish.   He became very sick and was diagnosed with colitis.  Since Joey’s finished in December we decided to do them both this summer.   On a whim I decided to try my hand at cake decorating!

How’d I do?  :)

I am also busy getting ready for the Michigan Fiber Festival where I will be working in a booth with Allison from Great Lakes Pygora and Ewe Spun Woolworks.   Since Allison sells beautiful pygora in one ounce packages we really needed to have a sample to show what one ounce will do.

I spun it lace weight and knitted it as a single using the ostrich plume pattern.

Family

Peaches and cupcakes oh my!

There are bushels of peaches sitting on my kitchen floor and cupcakes to be made for a graduation party….but don’t bother me, I’m knitting!

(Don’t worry I am on my way to get back to work!)

A good day…

I feel like I have been burning the candle at both ends juggling all that needs to be done.  Today I am at home waiting for someone to pick up a lamb and I am getting so much done it is refreshing!

I am knitting up a sample of lace from handspun pygora and it is heaven.

I had some downtime and used it to download the lovely Liesl pattern that I will use this linen yarn to knit up.

And although all the yarn this shawl was knitted to display was sold I am finishing up the knitting it and am very nearly finished!

Finally, here’s a sneak peek at what’s in the dye pot.

Oh, I even had time to make some blackberry cobbler!

Hello World!

Last year was our first year doing fiber festivals (I say “we” because Great Lakes Pygora/Ewe Spun Woolworks and I have a partnership called Wooly Friends and we travel to fiber shows together) and we made a lot of mistakes.   This year we feel a bit more confident and a bit more ready to meet the world.

 

A lot of my knitting time right now is spent on samples for the booth but I pick patterns that I can wear and enjoy so it doesn’t take any of the joy.

I have cleared out some of the extra debris in my fiber room and now I am focusing on fiber batts.  I just love to spin these things so I am just as happy spinning them myself if they don’t sell!

My first weaving project is off the loom and looking very much like a first weaving project but I am still pleased as punch!   This is going to be a bag.

The dye business has grown enough that I am now dyeing 4 days a week or so!   I am very thankful :)   The farm store is being update weekly unless I am close to another fiber festival.  Please stop by and check it out!

I have a loom!!

I have been waiting, even praying (yes, really!) for one of these :)  

It is a Structo Artcraft Loom.  I haven’t had a chance to do my research to find out when it was made but it’s at least vintage.

I spent most of the evening attempting to warp it.

I am not quite done but all things considered it’s going pretty well.  I will share pics when it’s done.

In between all the drama…

With all that is going on here at the farm…illnesses,  a sick lambs, sick kids…I still managed to get a few things done :)

a lovely sock

applique on a quilt top (almost finished!)

even some dying!