Lately the highlight of my year is the day I go to the County Fair and see what ribbons I've won for my knitting and spinning. Today was the day and I'm excited! I only entered two items into the knitting division; a sweater and a shawl, and they both were awarded blue ribbons. That's great, but everyone who meets a certain set of standards gets blue. Now I'm after the special rosettes! My spinning hasn't ever won any rosettes, so I was thrilled to find three this year. I made an infinity cowl from some Southern Cross Fibre Polwarth/Cashmere/Silk. This spun beautifully and made a wonderful, soft, squishy yarn. I used all but a tiny bit for the cowl and loved it when I had a chance to wear it last spring. Here's the yarn and the finished cowl. And here's how it looks now. Creative award, baby! The second item is a shawl. I spun this yarn a couple of years ago and tried three times to make it into a shawl b...
It's a good day when yarn comes in the mail....