Fiber Fun!

This past weekend was the Great Basin Fiber Festival. Unfortunately I was out of town and couldn't make it, but because I have the most wonderful Mother in the world she went for me and spent even more money then I could have! She is planning on giving me some for birthday and Christmas and gave me a "small" amount of fiber to keep me busy until then. It ended up being a pound of very soft white alpaca! Very beautiful fiber and it allows me the opportunity to continue my dying experiments. I recently came into more fiber when my toy poodle became a crazy poodle mess of hair and I trimmed her myself. And no, I am not anything close to a groomer! Here are some pictures. A picture of Cleo all shaggy after playing in the sprinklers, a pile of fiber halfway through her haircut, and Cleo halfway through her haircut. Oh and another picture of my Dad's dog in a sweater I made for her!

The Cassatt Scarf

The new Cassatt Scarf, named after Mary Cassatt. The beautiful pink that is portrayed in many of her paintings are now within each stitch of this scarf. A scarf that is an exhibition of womanhood and the beauty of women everywhere. This version is made with 50% Angora, 25% Merino, and 25% Polyamide. It is incredibly soft and I want to keep it for myself, but to prevent spoiling myself I will share it with you.

Cloche Patterns written up, Piper and Chloe, and new Etsy Site!

I got a request the other day for my Cloche patterns (all three!). I had written one but this got me to write up the other two. And all at once Ravelry let me upload my patterns. So now my patterns are up for sale on Ravelry (finally...). You can check them out by searching for: BrookeBowen, and then going under my original designs.

Piper and Chloe is coming up again this year. For fall/winter it is going to be the first weekend of November at the same fine venue it was for spring! They will begin featuring vendors on their blog in a couple weeks: http://piperandchloe.blogspot.com

I have been working on changing my etsy shop to http://BelugaFiber.etsy.com . I have decided to begin switching over all my items in September, in time for fall. I will also be posting some of my new fall items that will also be for sale at the fall/winter Piper and Chloe showcase! New Changes A'Comin!

Ravelry Swap!

I decided to step out a little more at Ravelry (a knitting and crocheting online community) and I joined a fiber swap! I am very excited to show you what I got! Nancy sent me this package and made the bag, roving and stitch markers herself! How lucky am I?

Blossom Headband

I just posted this item on Etsy ( http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26965716 ), I have been meaning to put it up for weeks and haven't! When I post things on Etsy I pull out the item from my stock and handle it, to remember how enjoyable it was to make each beautiful item. I posted this Blossom Headband this morning and pulled it out of it's box, I had completely forgotten how beautiful the yarn I used and how gorgeous it looks put together. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

New Ideas for knitted items!

As I have been finishing knitting orders I have been dreaming up some new designs for fall/winter. I am planning on participating again in the Piper and Chloe showcase in the fall and I want to build more product for that (so again I will be knitting nonstop!). So here are some of my new ideas, that I will post on etsy and prep for Piper and Chloe when I get the designs down.

Everyone who is a twilight fan loves the gloves that Bella wears in the movie, including me. There are quite a few people who are selling their version of Bella's gloves, but I don't think that they are quite what I am looking for. There are some small details that have gone amiss. I plan on adding small cables up the sides of the fingers and a few other details. I am very excited for this, and all wonderful fiber too. This will be a more expensive item.

Okay another movie idea, I was going to make a version of Scotty's hat in Star Trek. Enough said.

If you have any other ideas that you would like to see, comment below!!

Photo Shoot

I have the best sister in the world! I called her up to see if I could use her as a model for my items and she let me use 4 hours of her Saturday to take pictures! Some of them are items that I haven't posted yet on etsy, and many others are better pictures of ones I already have up on etsy. I have already replaced most of the pictures on my etsy site ( http://brookebowen.etsy.com ) and am working on listing new items. Here is a sneak preview! Check out the updated pictures on my esty site too!