Hat # 3 Late night knitting!!

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Tonight I am up late knitting the night away!!! I had to work today so I starting knitting after my husband and I had dinner together. I had some beautiful maroon and tan with black and white flecked yarns to work with tonight. This hat is double thickness, and very insulating. I am trying to decide whether I am going to add any amazing buttons to this, or whether it should stay the same. Any suggestions?? I would love to hear them. For now I will let it sit.

Hat two day two... Black and Gray Alpaca

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I think you might find this amusing.... as I was finishing todays hat my husband walks in and is admiring it. I said to him that I would like for him to get a picture of me in it for the blog, and that I wanted to take a picture of him in it so that my blog fans can see that it is a hat that can also be worn by a man. So..... i took some pictures and I started to cook dinner. I noticed the house was awfully quiet, but I was busy so I wasnt paying much attention until my husband walks back into the room with a big smile on his face and a check written out to me!! He said he could not let anyone else have day two's hat, that its his.

I wasnt expecting that... Look at the big smile on his face!!!

I really like working with this yarn, it is a baby alpaca fiber, and it is even softer than the other alpcas fibers I am used to working with. ( which is pretty hard to believe!!). Because it is the most wonderful yarn ever I think I will buy a few more skeins for later in the hat project... be on the lookout..

20 hats in 20 days day 1

Hello Everyone!! Welcome back for year two of the hat project! I hope you are as excited as as me !!! This year I have a website, and a etsy store. You can access my store through my website by visiting the about page and clicking on one of the product pictures. My website address is www.thewoolgatherer.moonfruit.com. It isnt too late to sign up to have your own hat made in the project, or to give me feedback on the colors and types of hats you would like to see me made during the project. You can either post your coments here to the blog or you can post them on my facebook page!!! Above is todays hat which I made this morning and is currently sitting on its adult hatmold!! Todays hat is a purple hat with a handmade felt rope rim on the outer edge. The wool is Andes wool from Peru. The rope is made from raw wool that is local. Check back for another hat tomorrow!

A Hat fit for a cold winters day

It feels good to be working on projects again!!!
This last week I made a Turquoise and Grey hat for a customer. It is made from very soft wool of the Andes that comes imported from Peru.
Let the project season begin!

Baby Hat

Hello, it has come to my attention that this picture did not upload on my last post, here is the felted Baby hat. -Cherie

Let the felting begin!!!!

Hello Everyone,
I have not been working on projects for the last 6 months because I have been ill. I have been on many medications that make me sick to my stomach etc..... I am feeling better now and I am back to work on projects. These are two projects that I was comissioned to do. A very soft and warm baby hat and some potholders. I will be doing the 20 hats in 20 days project again this year, only this time in November. I will post information about this next week on my blog. This year I will have a etsy store and a website. These two things will be up and running by November when I start my hat project. The purse I was making in the demonstration will be continued shortly. I will post pictures so you can see the rest of the process and how I make a purse from raw wool. Glad to be back again. I am sorry it took me so long to get back to the blog. I hope you will all continue to follow my projects in the months to come. Thanks -Cherie

Purse project to start in May or June, more info to follow

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I am still working on the purse from the last post... I hurt a muscle in my back while I was in Maine and it is healing so I will be able to finish the purse soon. I will let you know when the project is back in progress so you can follow the rest of the tutorial. When I am making my own piece of fabric for a purse such as this one I have to do a lot of rolling of the fabric by hand, which is going to hurt my back if I do it right now. I saw my DR a few days ago, I should be feeling better soon. I am knitting right now until I can go back to my raw wool felting. I am looking at starting a new project in May or June. 20 purses in 20 days!!!! I should be feeling better by then and should have no limitations. Right now I am working on some prototype purses, so you will see those posted on here as I get them done, as well as the hand felted purse I will resume working on. By the time the new project starts I will have a etsy store set up to attach to my blog so that if you want to purchase one of the purses and you are not local you can do this from my etsy store. If you would like to sign up to have a purse made especially for you in the project contact me. Leave a comment on my blog with your information or leave a note on my personal msgs on facebook.
I am attaching some of my most recent projects to this post.