So the thing with SPA is, other than whatever fiber craft you choose to pursue,…
Sheep to Shawl, Gogh Gogh Style
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.
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.
They painted a gorgeous warp in advance of the competition.
They knitted sleeping caps and made pajamas to wear as costumes.
They won the blue ribbon!
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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What fun! It’s amazing that all that could be done in a day.
Wish I had been there for the second day! Great photos and kudos to our friends for their blue ribbon! Stunning shawl!
Ha ha! They need some competition besides those poor adorable children. (Need a spinner? Hi!)
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!
Wow. The shawl is gorgeous, and I love the team name and how caught up in the spirit everyone was. How fun!
Ohhh, I wish I’d stayed an extra day to be able to see this. They did such a wonderful project! I love it.
I wish I could have gotten back to watch the grrls compete. How fun!
I can’t believe I was there and I missed that…
That’s really cool! I like how they dressed the part. And the shawl is very pretty.
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!
They ROCKED those sleeping caps, didn’t they? It really is a beautiful shawl … who got ultimate custody of the finished product, I wonder?
How cool! They’re very talented and the shawl is beautiful.
WOW…the colors are amazing! Congratulations to the winners!!
I’m so bummed to have missed Sunday.. I would be very cool to get some other teams going for next year.
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.
How awesome! Sounds like a great time.
The evil planning begins….
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That does it! I MUST get to Hopkinton next year!!!
That shawl is very cool. I love the theme they chose.
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!
THREE HOURS! Holy sh… Wow.
What fun! Love the sleeping caps!
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(((hugs)))
Three hours?! Wow!
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. 🙂
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??
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!
I really cannot believe they made that in three hours. Can you make a Shapely Shawlette, does that count?
YEA, I am so glad they won!!!!! Is it not gorgeous! I’m very happy and proud of them…
How will I know who to cheer for next year??
Wow! I just wonnnnderrr who’s gonna be in that new team 😉
That shawl is amazing. They’re all rock stars as far as I’m concerned. TOTALLY impressed.
Wow, that’s beautiful. I’d love to do a Sheep to Shawl someday.
WoW! That is so fun and fabulous.
Glad you captured the day, since I was in Vermont. Great pics!
Glad you captured the day, since I was in Vermont. Great pics!
Glad you captured the day, since I was in Vermont. Great Pics1
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)
That is SO COOL!
Congrats to the Gogh Goghs ;o) NH looks like it was lots of fun! Glad to hear you had a good time. :o)