Taos Wool Festival Bitterroot and Chevron

Here's my stash from attending the Taos Wool Festival. I bought more, but sold some to friends in my knitting group. I loved shopping at Brook's Farm and Plain and Fancy Sheep and Wool Co. I also got some nice laceweight downtown Taos at Weaving Southwest. I like my nice pretty spindle and look who got one too, Mary-Heather aka RainDayGoods and Sue aka Mango2oo on the Ravelry.com. I got to visit with Tara Jon Manning, I have and love her books, "Compassionate Knitter" and "The Gift Knitter." I finished my Ten Stitch Triangle and Bitterroot all the same day, yesterday! I finished the Chevron scarf on my trip to Sheridan, Wyoming! I have been getting around since the last post!

Tres Ripples

by Terri Lynn Watson
This scarf is for cold winter days. It wraps twice with an overhand tie for added warmth around your neck. I named it Tres Ripples because you work it in three single crochet stitches and three repeats to form three ripples! This is a very fast crochet taking approximately 20 hours to complete, including the fringing and beading!
Materials:
Size G Crochet Hook
500 yards dk/sport weight.
I used Brooks Farm Duet:

Fiber Content	55% kid mohair / 45% fine wool
Yardage	Approximately 500 yd/8 oz skein
Type	DK/Sport US 5-7 @ 5 1/4 - 5 3/4 st/inch

Measure out 18 yards of yarn to reserve for fringed ends.
104 assorted matching color glass beads, size 6-8 approximately needed for beading fringe.

Pattern:
Chain 30, turn.
Row 1. From third chain from hook(counting one on hook)working back loops across chain, *sc in next three chains, work 3 sc in next chain(top of ripple), 3 sc in next three chains, skip next two chains(bottom of ripple). Repeat** to last two chains. Skip next stitch, sc in last stitch bak loop. Ch 2, turn.
Row 2. Skip first two sc,working between sc of previous row(spaces),*sc in between next three spaces, work 3 sc in next space(top of ripple), skip next two spaces(bottom of ripple) sc in between next three spaces* repeat** to last two chains. Skip next stitch, sc in last stitch. Ch 2, turn.
Repeat Row 2.
Cut 27, 6" lengths of yarn from yarn reserved for fringe. Loop in half and with crochet hook, pull through stitches on one end of scarf, yarn over the end of halfed length of yarn and pull through loop, tighted loop. Repeat across 27 bottom stitches. Repeat for other end. Place beads on yarn using looped dental floss. Place yarn through loop, place bead on straight end and slide bead on yarn, remove dental floss. Knot yarn below bead varying placement on yarn.
Wash and block if needed. Wear proudly!
edited 12/31/2007 for errata on row two(I had left out sc in between next three spaces after skipping next two spaces (at bottome of ripple). Thanks to Anna for pointing this out!

Estes Park Wool Market - The Market - Part Three

It was so much bigger than I remembered from , what, like 15 years ago? I went and bought some beautiful Ironstone mohain in a rich sapphire blue with glorious fleck of pink, white and black.

Fast forward to 2007, WOW, Dorothy, I don't think were in Kansas anymore, so much more to see. I totally was so frenzied at Brooks Farm, I forgot to take pictures, or did I?

This first booth had the cutest stuff to collect and the yarn was great also.

Then I came across some vintage collectables, I saw this mag and thought, yeap, I remember doing my hair that way, which to me describes the ultimate bad hair day!

And then the little porcelains and glass sheep, just too cute.

Interlacements, yes, there's Judy L. Ditmore in the bottom right-hand corner! I love her yarns! The mohair just barely, barely sheds and the colors are trippin' the light fantastic! People were moving fast in her booth! She was printing off patterns like crazy!