Sheep to Shawl, 2nd 5 minute skirt and Camera Bag

[wolffe]

Watching the sheep being sheared.

Yesterday we went to a Sheep to Shawl event at a local farm. Well, hour and a half drive local. It was neat. They showed the whole process of wool production from the sheep to the, well, shawl. Watching the guy shear was the neatest thing. They also had other local artisans - a lady doing pottery on a wheel, a bee apiary with bees in a display, a woodworker, a man weaving chair seats plus a bunch of ladies spinning/knitting in 1800s dress.

I didn't get all that many pictures, because it was crowded as hell, but I will share a few. More at flickr.



The sheep looks pretty pretzeled, but it must have felt good because they pretty much just laid there and let the guy work. Might be hard to see in this picture, but the male sheep had 4 horns. Devil sheep! They were actually pretty cool looking.


Babies!


This lady was spinning right from the Angora rabbit in her lap. She'd pull off a hank of hair, and spin it into the yarn. The rabbit was just chillin'. It was really neat to watch.


A complete de-sheeped fleece. My only disappointment was that they weren't selling any yarn.


My 2nd 5 minute skirt. It's a leafy/vine pattern. I have two more to do yet.

I finally finished the camera bag. Well, mostly. I'm going to embroider some top stitching around the top of the bag to try and clean it up a bit but other than that it's done. Like my other bag, this one was definitely a prototype. I have to figure out a better way of doing the inside. It turned out okay, and is certainly functional, but it's not very pretty. Doing the topstitching to attach the lining to the outside of the bag was almost impossible with the padding in place. I'm going to have to think on that problem some more and see if I can come up with a better way of doing it. In any case, I'm still very pleased with the bag.


Front


Front inside the flap. There are 6 pockets for lens caps, filters, CF cards, etc.


Inside loaded with my gear (2 lenses, flash, battery charger, camera body w/lens).

Now I go back to sewing loveys for a while. I also have fabric for 4 more toddler bags, 2 more 5 minute skirts and Jason's asked me to make him a utility belt for his work tools. *whew*

Comments

[wolffe]

I will probably only make them on comission for friends. There are other sellers on Etsy with similar camera bags, only theirs are bigger (almost square) and use soft padding instead of closed cell foam like I did. In any case, they're such a pain I think it's only worth it for people I like. LOL

I really enjoyed watching the lady with the rabbit. It was amazing. I was fascinated. I was also really disappointed that they weren't selling yarn. I was hoping to find something awesome that I could get for you as thanks for all the knitted goodness you've given me. The sheep and wool festival sounds like fun!

[twotone]

Awww, thanks for thinking of me! But you already gave me the awesome-cute knitting accessories bag!

[wolffe]

Pshaw. As if that made up for all the yummy goodness you've sent me!

I've decided that for $40 and 1 yard of the fabric of your choice I'll make camera bags for friends. The $40 covers materials and shipping. :)