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Sheep to Shawl, Gogh Gogh Style

May 14, 2008 By Carole

Yesterday in the comments Martha asked, “Wait, Sunday was even more exciting? How could that be?” I’ll tell you how it could be more exciting – Sunday was the Sheep to Shawl competition and my good friends were competing.

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Here we see Betsy, Vicki, Terry, Cheryl and Kelly each doing their part for the competition. Each team had 3 hours to start with a fleece and end with a shawl. They were required to have a theme and The Gogh Gogh’s theme was “Starry Night” or something like that. They took their inspiration for the shawl from Van Gogh’s painting and they ran with it.

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They painted a gorgeous warp in advance of the competition.

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They knitted sleeping caps and made pajamas to wear as costumes.

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They won the blue ribbon!

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And made a really gorgeous shawl to boot. It doesn’t get any more exciting than that, Martha.

It was lots of fun to watch and I’m so proud of my friends. Next year, though, they’d better watch out. I think there will be a new team in town. Hee hee!

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  1. Leslie says

    May 14, 2008 at 6:46 am

    What fun! It’s amazing that all that could be done in a day.

  2. Manise says

    May 14, 2008 at 7:04 am

    Wish I had been there for the second day! Great photos and kudos to our friends for their blue ribbon! Stunning shawl!

  3. Lucia says

    May 14, 2008 at 7:10 am

    Ha ha! They need some competition besides those poor adorable children. (Need a spinner? Hi!)

  4. margene says

    May 14, 2008 at 7:15 am

    Sound like they met all their goals, including getting more people to participate. How fun to see them hard at work and having fun, too!

  5. Michelle says

    May 14, 2008 at 7:17 am

    Wow. The shawl is gorgeous, and I love the team name and how caught up in the spirit everyone was. How fun!

  6. Norma says

    May 14, 2008 at 7:36 am

    Ohhh, I wish I’d stayed an extra day to be able to see this. They did such a wonderful project! I love it.

  7. Kim says

    May 14, 2008 at 7:45 am

    I wish I could have gotten back to watch the grrls compete. How fun!

  8. Karen says

    May 14, 2008 at 7:45 am

    I can’t believe I was there and I missed that…

  9. Meredith says

    May 14, 2008 at 7:54 am

    That’s really cool! I like how they dressed the part. And the shawl is very pretty.

  10. Cheryl says

    May 14, 2008 at 8:02 am

    Well, to be fair, I actually didn’t make my own pajamas. I just pulled them out of a drawer and wore them. But I did knit the sleeping cap!

  11. Ruth says

    May 14, 2008 at 8:20 am

    They ROCKED those sleeping caps, didn’t they? It really is a beautiful shawl … who got ultimate custody of the finished product, I wonder?

  12. Beth says

    May 14, 2008 at 8:47 am

    How cool! They’re very talented and the shawl is beautiful.

  13. Robin in VA says

    May 14, 2008 at 9:14 am

    WOW…the colors are amazing! Congratulations to the winners!!

  14. PumpkinMama says

    May 14, 2008 at 9:19 am

    I’m so bummed to have missed Sunday.. I would be very cool to get some other teams going for next year.

  15. Judy says

    May 14, 2008 at 9:20 am

    It WAS amazing, wasn’t it? The finished shawl was beautiful. That doesn’t always happen in S2S with so little time.

    The kids were great. I wanted them to have a ribbon just for being there and knitting their entry. Maybe their should be a separate class for a younger age group.

  16. Lisa says

    May 14, 2008 at 9:48 am

    How awesome! Sounds like a great time.

  17. claudia says

    May 14, 2008 at 9:51 am

    The evil planning begins….

    😉

  18. Ina says

    May 14, 2008 at 10:33 am

    That does it! I MUST get to Hopkinton next year!!!

  19. Hillary says

    May 14, 2008 at 10:41 am

    That shawl is very cool. I love the theme they chose.

  20. Sara says

    May 14, 2008 at 11:11 am

    What a B-E-A-utiful project. Great pics too! Well crud, now I want to learn to spin and weave…hehe…..twist my arm!

  21. Carrie says

    May 14, 2008 at 11:38 am

    THREE HOURS! Holy sh… Wow.

  22. Knitnana says

    May 14, 2008 at 11:48 am

    What fun! Love the sleeping caps!
    🙂
    (((hugs)))

  23. Cookie says

    May 14, 2008 at 12:21 pm

    Three hours?! Wow!

  24. Laura says

    May 14, 2008 at 12:41 pm

    Absolutley STUNNING! Gorgeous! They really did capture the Starry Night painting with that warp, didn’t they? Hooray for having so many talented people among our friends. 🙂

  25. Teyani says

    May 14, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    what an amazing accomplishment. Congrats to all of them – woo hoo, blue ribbon! And it’s beautiful too.
    this contest always astounds me, it shows what creative minds can do.
    thanks for the great photos Carole. Are you really going to do it next year??

  26. Linda says

    May 14, 2008 at 1:54 pm

    How nice to see pictures of the action! I didn’t get down to the museum until the shawl was off the loom and the fringe was being knotted. Great to see the whole piece finished! Great job, ladies!

  27. Martha says

    May 14, 2008 at 2:04 pm

    I really cannot believe they made that in three hours. Can you make a Shapely Shawlette, does that count?

  28. Sara says

    May 14, 2008 at 3:58 pm

    YEA, I am so glad they won!!!!! Is it not gorgeous! I’m very happy and proud of them…

  29. Danielle says

    May 14, 2008 at 6:05 pm

    How will I know who to cheer for next year??

  30. Carol says

    May 14, 2008 at 8:11 pm

    Wow! I just wonnnnderrr who’s gonna be in that new team 😉

  31. mamacate says

    May 14, 2008 at 10:59 pm

    That shawl is amazing. They’re all rock stars as far as I’m concerned. TOTALLY impressed.

  32. Imbrium says

    May 14, 2008 at 11:46 pm

    Wow, that’s beautiful. I’d love to do a Sheep to Shawl someday.

  33. Sarah says

    May 15, 2008 at 9:53 am

    WoW! That is so fun and fabulous.

  34. Diane says

    May 15, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    Glad you captured the day, since I was in Vermont. Great pics!

  35. Diane says

    May 15, 2008 at 1:06 pm

    Glad you captured the day, since I was in Vermont. Great pics!

  36. Diane says

    May 15, 2008 at 1:09 pm

    Glad you captured the day, since I was in Vermont. Great Pics1

  37. SLF says

    May 15, 2008 at 8:26 pm

    That shawl is a masterpiece of concept, design and execution! Oh, how I covet it… those are my colors. I grew up with Starey Night in my bedroom and I love the translation of the feelings into fiber. Tov Meod *^^* (well done)

  38. Romi says

    May 16, 2008 at 1:11 am

    That is SO COOL!

  39. JessaLu says

    May 16, 2008 at 12:38 pm

    Congrats to the Gogh Goghs ;o) NH looks like it was lots of fun! Glad to hear you had a good time. :o)

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