A rainy June day!

I am doing a lot of knitting: socks, a sweater, another sweater! Last week I won a gift certificate to Not Just Yarn in Brattleboro, VT. Hooray!

These socks are the Regia yarn from Kaffe Fassett. Don't you love the colors?

Fall will be here before we know it. Here is my project to wear this fall:

I love this yarn. It is my favorite Blue Mountain colors and side to side sweater is designed by an artist who works with the Elegant Ewe in Concord, NH. Picky thought he should get the attention just as I clicked!

Typical of an Min Pinscher!

Here is a photo from the knitting directions.

Most of my time, lately, has been working on the first annual Surface Design online auction.

http://www.surfacedesign.org/ is the site to see what it is about. Save the date of October 1 so you can log on to bid and buy.

It has been a while since I posted to my blog. I finally published my website: http://www.terrilipman.com/. Through traffic builder, I spent the day posting it to the search engines.

But spring has finally come to New Hampshire. Kayaking on Forest Lake was delightful. The gardens and homes are terrific. Recently I spent three hours on the Connecticut River. The families of Canadian Geese were a sight to behold. (I longed for my camera!). Soon I will post photos of the kayaking trips!

Another snowy day!

We have had three snow storms in a week! And I live near MA so most of NH has had much more snow than us. We have had 100" of snow plus since December 1. Please, Spring, come soon. This is a 100 year record!

But the contrast of light/dark and brown/green and white is breathtaking. The mountains, especially in the sun's light, are truly alive! The scenery is magnificent. This majesty will be here while the temperature rises, hopefully soon.

Skiing is terrific. Snowshoeing is better. Last week I was on Pinnacle Trail in Fitzwilliam, NH.

The views were fabulous - literally a sight to behold as one could see 100 miles away.

UFO is all done!

Finally my Fair Isle socks are done. This is a kit from Red Bird Knits from the days when I belonged to the sock knitting club. I LOVE these!

No, these are not many skeins of yarn. Robin of Red Bird Knits has a very clever way of knitting fair isle socks. The colors are the self striping sock yarn and I just cut out the little pieces of yarn which had short color and white - by the inch. Therefore, I used a skein of white sock yarn and only the solid color part of the second skein.

Snow is forecasted for tomorrow so I will wear them for snowshoeing!

Art Cloth

Several years ago, when I decided to change my art focus, I took a class with Jane Dunnewold.

This year I spent a week with Rayna Gillman. Both are very talented, sharing and caring fiber artists. From their inspiration, I have fallen in love with making art cloth. Here is a photo of a just completed piece, a fat quarter, for sale.

The processes include dying, screenprinting, batik and more dyeing. Just love it. I only wish my photography would improve. I will be posting more photos of the art cloth in the future. In the meantime, feel free to send me an email if you wish to buy one. These are pieces of art for quilting, ATC's or anything you wish.

Sorry, folks, I live in NH and we are having our 7 or 8th snowstorm this month. I am off to shovel more snow. It sure is beautiful. Here is a photo as of 4pm today.:

Tomorrow will be a good snow shoeing day. The scenery is a sight to cherish! Happy New Year!

Cleaning out, de stashing, selling off!

Too much stuff in my barn. It is getting to me! Time to clean out and sell off this stuff.

I just listed a few things on ebay but I have lots and lots to do. Yarn, all new, from a smoke free home, for sweaters, hats, etc. Mostly wool but some silk too.
Cones of chenille yarn to dye. Ephemera! Antique doll carriage. Two sets of X-C skiis with the shoes (size 10 W and 9 M), Books, etc.

Sure you can contact me directly or you can search ebay. I will post some links soon.

Knitting

Finally, some of my many knitting projects are on their way to completion. For several months I have done some artistic freeform knitting and crochet scarves which are on sale at the Cambridge Artists Coop, Cambridge, MA. Soon I can post photos of them.

But I did complete Selbhu mittens this week-end. The Frog Tree alpaca is sooo soft. Of course, I can't follow the directions precisely and if you look closely, the two mittens have some slight variations but that is my life! I love Fair Isle or stranded knitting. Soon I will post a pair of fair isle socks which I will never wear or they wear out!

Oh, by the way, I am teaching FreeForm knitting and Crochet at the Sharon Arts Center this fall. It is 5 consecutive Monday nights.

Hiking in New England

My favorite thing to do in the Fall is to hike the many trails or mountains of New England. The nights are cool, the days are warm, the sky is so blue, it is hard to resist!

Last week I hiked Mt. Sugarloaf in Deerfield, Mass. Look at the views of the Connecticut River!

Last year I climbed Little Monadnock in Fitzwilliam, long after most of the foliage was down. The contrast with the light and dark trees is remarkable.