Catching up

I was busy and productive last week.  

I started a hat from the ribbing I used for class and helical stripes are fun to knit and a nice option instead of a solid color.  The gray is carded with color bits of mohair locks and sari silk.  The colors pop beautifully against the brown striped fabric.

On Thursday, the plain air painters had to work inside.  Paul and Cathy opened their home to us.  It was a fun session...

...I worked on another painting in progress and blocked in this portrait of Gus.

Wearing my newly-patched bibs and continuing to spin the Finn roving from Gale Wood Farm.

Mary and I washed our Lincoln Longwool fleeces (from Snake River Acres).  We will be prepping and spinning up this beautiful, silvery gray fiber.  I am taking the time to read about the sheep and spinning the lovely wool into yarn appropriate for knitting and weaving.

Gus continued to work on his artistic blanket series.

Jim and I went to the zoo on Friday.  We went in the afternoon, and while some of the animals were napping, there were a few that were awake and fun to watch.

The wolves came running when their keeper was in the area outside the fence.  

The beaver was busy!