LoveSticks DK Weight Self Striping

Yarn Pirate Merino Tencel

I have been having a bit of trouble getting on to the shop, not sure if it is only me. If you are also having a problem please let me know at salesATthesweetsheep.com

Enjoy the updates!

Next week we will have Painted skeins Merino and sterling silver sock yarn!

I have been having a blast doing all of these fiber shows lately and this saturday am doing one that is SO CLOSE to my house…I hope any of you that are in the area will come and visit me!

I have some updates going into the shop tonight and Yarn Pirate is one of them! Check it out. I also have a bit of knitting and spinning to show…soon! 

Here is the info

Spinning Wheel Alpacas (SWA) is hosting a Shearing & Fibre Show May 31st from 10am-4pm
Located at 1857 Regional Road 3, Enniskillen, ON L0B.

Directions:

• Fifteen minutes north of the 401.
• From the West, exit the 401 at Courtice Road then follow these directions.
• From the East, exit the 401 at Waverly Road then follow these directions.

Summary:

• Admission is by donation with the proceeds going to charity.
• Nancy & Garth Hutchinson are hosting the event.
• At this outdoor event, there will be charity raffles, fibre demonstrations, weavers, spinners, food, very cute Aplacas, three beautiful white dogs and a duck.
• When you buy SWA yarn or fleece, you will most likely be able to meet the Alpaca it came from.
• There will be sun (doesn’t hurt to put in a request to mother nature).
• There will be lots of very fresh air.

Confirmed Local Vendors:

• Amazing Graze Alpacas is selling yarn, rovings, and Canadian alpaca products.
• Clarington Country Bed and Breakfasts is providing information about their unique country getaway locations.
• Durham East 4H Club is dedicated to building vibrant communities by encouraging youth leadership for boys and girls. 4H is selling yummy baked goods with proceeds going to the club.
• Gallery on the Farm will be exhibiting artwork by Eric Bowman.
• Hickory Dickory Decks (co-host) specialize in outdoor living by providing education and information about maintenance-free decking.
• Kit Knit is selling Cascade Yarns and other fine knitting supplies.
• KMK Catering and Events is grilling great BBQ eats.
• Kniterary is selling a selection of yummy yarns and accessories.
• Rancho Tranquilo is selling Canadian, hand spun alpaca yarn, alpaca duvets, dog beds, teddy bears, boiled wool mittens and scarves.
• RenewedStrength is a not for profit organization that helps physically rehabilitate men and women recovering from cancer treatment. Admission and proceeds from the raffle will be donated to the organization.
• Spinning Wheel Alpacas (SWA) (event host) raises Alpacas and produces fleece. The Fleece Station at SWA sells Canadian made alpaca products as well as hand-crafted items from Peru. Come and watch how the fleece is sheared from alpacas, combed and spun into yarn.
• Sweet Sheep specializes in artisan, hand-dyed yarns.
• Taking the Lead is selling home baked dog and cat treats and offers dog walking, pet sitting holistic Health Care.
• WhiteVale Craft Works is devoted to the art of weaving and spinning and is selling hand made master pieces and weaving products.
• more vendors will be listed soon.

We have so many new yarns coming in over the next month!

New This Week Is:

Sknitches bamboo-Soft and shiny! This is a beautiful Fingering weight yarn that is dyed in amazing and totally unique colours. These are surely worth a try!

Brooklyn Handspun Signature yarns are finally here and Marie has outdone herself again! If you have not tried this yarn it is a very tight twisted fine fingering that is not only great for socks but looks wonderful in lace too!

DIC smooshy is back in stock including the new colours.

Stay tuned next week for:

Brooklyn Handspun Sport, Lovesticks self striping DK weight, and a beautiful order of Yarn Pirate in merino tencel with her NEW colourways!

Updated Today

Sweet Sheep Lace and Sweet sheep Double Skeins 

Dream in color Classy with New colors!

Pigeonroof Studios

A quick note about the Pigeonroof yarns and rovings. Due to large demand Pigeonroof will no longer be able to supply their yarns and rovings to us. We wish them the best and suggest that if you see something you like please grab it as I will not be able to get it back in.

Thanks!

I will be off camping for the weekend as it is out first long weekend for the summer! Orders will ship on tuesday as the post office is off monday!

It has been quite a while since I have shown you all what I am knitting. You don’t like to see knitting do you?

I am constantly struggling to find better ways to photo my in progress blobs of knitting, but taking a photo of a blob just turns out to be…well a blob. So here are my blobs in progress!

Blob #1

Today is C’s birthday and I was trying to surprise him with a sweater. As you can see it is not finished. I was moving along really well but have for the last few days had really sore hands from knitting too much and reskeining a lot of yarn before maryland. I tried to push through the sore hands, but they seem to be getting worse so I may have to take a few days off from knitting

Enough about me! This sweater is knit with shelridge farms in the worsted weight Chocolate. As you can see I used two dye lots…brilliant! Luckily Buffy from shelridge has kindly offered to overdye the sweater for me when it is done…thank you! I am currently finishing the first sleeve and will be sure to take pictures of C in the sweater when it is finished.

Blob #2

Knitting this shawl has been A LOT of fun. The pattern is from the most recent Knit 1 magazine and is incredibly simple which makes for great TV or traveling knitting. The yarn is Oceanwind Knits Fingering weight in Jardin and is so stunning. This blob should be finished soon, her progress was slowed by Blob #1

Blob #3

My Second “Look how Pretty My Yarn is!” Shawl in Ceyeberfiber fingering weight which by the way we have a HUGE order in the mail and coming soon.  I love these shawls simply because of the way they show off the yarns and they are such simple knitting which is great for traveling, which I seem to be doing a lot of.

Speaking of lace we are doing a Lace A Long over at the March Sweater Madness blog if you care to join us. For June and July each member is picking their own project that has a lace motif in it…does not matter what the project is or the weight of the yarn! Let me know if you would like to join, we would love to have you!

to all the mum’s out there. I hope you have a wonderful day full of appreciation!

I am so blessed to have my mom in my daily life, actually I am so blessed to have my father and sister in my daily life too, but it’s mother’s day.

I don’t often talk about my personal life here so I will keep it short as I know many of you are here for the yarn. However, my mom certainly deserves some spotlight today. She is by far one of the most amazing people I have ever come across in my lifetime. My mom is incredibly empathetic, there is not a day that goes by which she is not thinking about her family and friends and making sure that they are all doing well. Recently on of her friends became ill and she was by her bedside absolutely every day after work. It is this kindness and loyalty that I admire most in my mom. I was certainly a difficult child in my teens and she never, not once, got angry with me. She has always tried to understand how I am feeling and help me find a good solution to my problem. This mindset is something that I strive for anytime I am feeling sorry for myself and I am so honoured to have such a role model.

My mom has always been a wonderfully positive person and I could go on about her for hours, but there is a trend I have noticed in the last few year that deserves mention. At times my life gets quite busy and sometimes downright overwhelming, I fully understand that that’s just the way life goes when you are lucky enough to run a great (thank you) business. My mom calls and asks how things are going, I often reply with how busy things are and the first thing she says every single time is “how can I help” or “when do you want me to come over?” In the last few months she has spent countless hours labeling and tagging yarn to help me get ready for Maryland and the knitter’s frolic. She was so happy to give up her time and work the knitter’s frolic with me for the whole entire day and I was so greatful.

Mom you are the most kind, caring, strong and inspiring woman I know. Thank you…I love you.

Did I forget to mention the Ravelry party?

Saturday night after the festival the ravelers got together for food, drinks and just all around fun.

I had the pleasure of being a cashmere sponsor.

which was very exciting for me because I adore ravelry and the knitting community in general and the thought of helping them all get together in a really positive manner was just too much to pass up!

Tara also pointed out to me that my photo made the ravelry blog. Check it out if you are on ravelry, I look exactly the same minus the sign

Feel free to look me up on Ravelry. I am sweetsheep (creative…I know). I have a lot of knits up there that don’t always make the blog.

Thanks to Casey, Jess and Mary-Heather for a really fun night.

Wow! This was my first year at Maryland Sheep and wool and I think wow pretty much sums it up.

I flew in early to spend some time with Erin. She took me to visit some stunning yarn shops and then we got to work! Mama E decided to have a party at her studio on Friday night before the festivities began and we had a blast.

There were lots of people, it was so nice to be surrounded by people that are actually interested when you talk about yarn.

This is our hostess mid party!

The next few days just flew by!

I met up with old friend and made new friends too

This is my sweet friend Carissa, Steph and Erin. Amazingly wonderful girls. I also met Jody and Sarah for the first time in person and it was like we had known each other for years! I count myself so lucky to know all of these ladies, they are just amazing people.

I also watched a sheep shearing. I was floored to watch an animal give up their coat and was so tempted to buy a fleece. Sometimes I forget where the wool comes from that I enjoy so much…so thank you to all the sheep that provide us with our wool!

Before

During

After

I bet that he is much cooler now!

The festival was a ton of fun, I enjoyed every second of it. The cloverhill booth was carrying my hand dyed yarns and the response was incredible. Thank you all so much!  If you plan on going to the festival next year make sure to check them out, they have a lot of amazing hand dyers all in one place!

Now that I am back to reality, I am packing up all of your birthday orders and hope to have them all out by friday, thank you so much!

I have been knitting A LOT so look for a WIP post soon!

Well, the trip had gone so smoothly I should have expected an over 2 hour delay at the airport. I am expecting it to take the whole day to get home from a 1.5 hour flight!

Sheep and wool was fantastically fun! Thank you to all the wonderful people I met there and at the knitter’s frolic. The last week has been a whirlwind of yarn!

I will start shipping orders out tonight when i get home and also start working on an update of sweet sheep yarns for this week.

Cheers!