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May 14, 2008
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!
Posted by Carole at May 14, 2008 6:30 AM
Comments
What fun! It's amazing that all that could be done in a day.
Posted by: Leslie at May 14, 2008 6:46 AM
Wish I had been there for the second day! Great photos and kudos to our friends for their blue ribbon! Stunning shawl!
Posted by: Manise at May 14, 2008 7:04 AM
Ha ha! They need some competition besides those poor adorable children. (Need a spinner? Hi!)
Posted by: Lucia at May 14, 2008 7:10 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!
Posted by: margene at May 14, 2008 7:15 AM
Wow. The shawl is gorgeous, and I love the team name and how caught up in the spirit everyone was. How fun!
Posted by: Michelle at May 14, 2008 7:17 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.
Posted by: Norma at May 14, 2008 7:36 AM
I wish I could have gotten back to watch the grrls compete. How fun!
Posted by: Kim at May 14, 2008 7:45 AM
I can't believe I was there and I missed that...
Posted by: Karen at May 14, 2008 7:45 AM
That's really cool! I like how they dressed the part. And the shawl is very pretty.
Posted by: Meredith at May 14, 2008 7:54 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!
Posted by: Cheryl at May 14, 2008 8:02 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?
Posted by: Ruth at May 14, 2008 8:20 AM
How cool! They're very talented and the shawl is beautiful.
Posted by: Beth at May 14, 2008 8:47 AM
WOW...the colors are amazing! Congratulations to the winners!!
Posted by: Robin in VA at May 14, 2008 9:14 AM
I'm so bummed to have missed Sunday.. I would be very cool to get some other teams going for next year.
Posted by: PumpkinMama at May 14, 2008 9:19 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.
Posted by: Judy at May 14, 2008 9:20 AM
How awesome! Sounds like a great time.
Posted by: Lisa at May 14, 2008 9:48 AM
The evil planning begins....
;-)
Posted by: claudia at May 14, 2008 9:51 AM
That does it! I MUST get to Hopkinton next year!!!
Posted by: Ina at May 14, 2008 10:33 AM
That shawl is very cool. I love the theme they chose.
Posted by: Hillary at May 14, 2008 10:41 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!
Posted by: Sara at May 14, 2008 11:11 AM
THREE HOURS! Holy sh... Wow.
Posted by: Carrie at May 14, 2008 11:38 AM
What fun! Love the sleeping caps!
:)
(((hugs)))
Posted by: Knitnana at May 14, 2008 11:48 AM
Three hours?! Wow!
Posted by: Cookie at May 14, 2008 12:21 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. :)
Posted by: Laura at May 14, 2008 12:41 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??
Posted by: Teyani at May 14, 2008 1:06 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!
Posted by: Linda at May 14, 2008 1:54 PM
I really cannot believe they made that in three hours. Can you make a Shapely Shawlette, does that count?
Posted by: Martha at May 14, 2008 2:04 PM
YEA, I am so glad they won!!!!! Is it not gorgeous! I'm very happy and proud of them...
Posted by: Sara at May 14, 2008 3:58 PM
How will I know who to cheer for next year??
Posted by: Danielle at May 14, 2008 6:05 PM
Wow! I just wonnnnderrr who's gonna be in that new team ;-)
Posted by: Carol at May 14, 2008 8:11 PM
That shawl is amazing. They're all rock stars as far as I'm concerned. TOTALLY impressed.
Posted by: mamacate at May 14, 2008 10:59 PM
Wow, that's beautiful. I'd love to do a Sheep to Shawl someday.
Posted by: Imbrium at May 14, 2008 11:46 PM
WoW! That is so fun and fabulous.
Posted by: Sarah at May 15, 2008 9:53 AM
Glad you captured the day, since I was in Vermont. Great pics!
Posted by: Diane at May 15, 2008 1:06 PM
Glad you captured the day, since I was in Vermont. Great pics!
Posted by: Diane at May 15, 2008 1:06 PM
Glad you captured the day, since I was in Vermont. Great Pics1
Posted by: Diane at May 15, 2008 1:09 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)
Posted by: SLF at May 15, 2008 8:26 PM
That is SO COOL!
Posted by: Romi at May 16, 2008 1:11 AM
Congrats to the Gogh Goghs ;o) NH looks like it was lots of fun! Glad to hear you had a good time. :o)
Posted by: JessaLu at May 16, 2008 12:38 PM
