And a Happy Mother’s Day!

We really do have spring fever, as in I’d rather be planting than doing much else. Dan and I are enablers when it comes to buying plants. Even at MD Sheep & Wool, the plant stands beckoned to us and we came back with a “haul” from there. These lovelies blooming now were brought from the farm, at least the seeds and everyone of them sprouted I believe. They are very invasive, but oh so pretty in big drifts in front of the house. Here’s hoping we remember to pull most of them up after they stop blooming.

Morning Primrose

People? What people?

If you have ever been to the MD S&W show you understand exactly what I mean. And being a vendor adds a whole other level of stress to the picture. But, we got to see people we hadn’t seen in a year, catch up with a few snatches of conversation and generally had a good time. I even broke away and went to the sheep barn, and found some Romneys to hug on, shed a few nostalgic tears, and got my sheep fix for another year.  And my dyeing class was wonderful adding a new dimension to what I have previously been doing. Vickie Jensen of ProChem is a great instructor with a wealth of knowledge to draw on.

Look at what’s been going on on the Island while we were gone! Foals are dropping.

And what’s happening in the shop? We’re finishing up classes – the market bag, top-down sumer cardigan and coming up is the next installment of the washcloths. A new one every month to increase your knitting skills with new stitches. In October we’ll make soaps to package with them as possible Christmas gifts.

Two socks at one time!

Who thought they couldn’t do it? Most everyone came with a bit of trepidation – is this going to make sense to me?  But, thanks to our excellent instructor, Melissa Morgan-Oakes, we were led through the intricacies of knitting two socks at one time from the toe up. That’s not to say it didn’t take concentration and determination but we did it!

More photos will be posted on the SoXperience page once MD Sheep & Wool Show is over. Sorry, we have been preparing the MD show, teaching classes, dyeing yarns, and have not even gotten our newsletter out for April. We have many new yarns that I can’t wait to show you. Some, like the Tiffany, are selling out in the shop before I can even get them on our website. But be not dismayed. We are restocking of course. So, check back, watch for our newsletter coming out the beginning of May with all the goodies.

Look what we’ve been doing!

We have been busy traveling around the Island and coming up with new yarn colors. Can’t wait to show everyone our Dusk on Chincoteague, Oyster Bay, Woodland Trail and more. Look at this pile we have to finish up for you.

Tiffany yarn

Besides the yarn being a little splitty, Tiffany by Filatura di crosa was a perfect yarn for this shawl. It is a cotton/viscose blend with a little sparkle added. I thought this would be lovely for any evening on the town.

Knitted from the bottom up, there were a lot of stitches to deal with , 200+, in the lace portion, but using markers kept life simple because you certainly didn’t want to be at the end of your row with the wrong number of stitches. Things would get ugly at that point. The lace is followed by a short row section and then garter stitch border before cast off. I did add a row of eyelets in amongst the garter stitches. The weight of the Tiffany shawl is very nice to rest on your shoulders.

Look what Adrian with UPS delivered yesterday! Silk Garden Sock yarn in beautiful colorways. We love this yarn for shawls and scarves (do I say Bermuda shawl!) Also, I am so happy to receive yarn where the price hasn’t jumped from the last shipment. We’ll have these colors up on the website this week.