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		<title>Two busy weekends</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent the last two days in Placerville teaching Weave a V-Shawl to the Hangtown Fiber Guild. Here are the results:

Ladies,  please turn around.

These are the warps for shawls not quite finished:



Quite a variety of shawls!
Last weekend was Lambtown in Dixon, CA. The fiber building was so busy that I barely got outside to snap [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=meridianjacobs.wordpress.com&blog=2451413&post=700&subd=meridianjacobs&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I spent the last two days in Placerville teaching Weave a V-Shawl to the Hangtown Fiber Guild. Here are the results:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-702" title="shawl front-w" src="http://meridianjacobs.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/shawl-front-w1.jpg?w=450&#038;h=322" alt="shawl front-w" width="450" height="322" /></p>
<p>Ladies,  please turn around.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-703" title="shawl back-w" src="http://meridianjacobs.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/shawl-back-w.jpg?w=450&#038;h=327" alt="shawl back-w" width="450" height="327" /></p>
<p>These are the warps for shawls not quite finished:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-704" title="warp1-w" src="http://meridianjacobs.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/warp1-w.jpg?w=450&#038;h=302" alt="warp1-w" width="450" height="302" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-705" title="warp2-w" src="http://meridianjacobs.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/warp2-w.jpg?w=450&#038;h=302" alt="warp2-w" width="450" height="302" /></p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-706" title="warp3-w" src="http://meridianjacobs.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/warp3-w.jpg?w=450&#038;h=302" alt="warp3-w" width="450" height="302" /></p>
<p>Quite a variety of shawls!</p>
<p>Last weekend was Lambtown in Dixon, CA. The fiber building was so busy that I barely got outside to snap a few photos. The sheep-to-shawl contest was one of the most popular events. Teams come with looms already warped and they need to prepare and spin the yarn and weave the shawls during the contest. This year the fiber for the weft was Jacob wool from my flock. It got great reviews from the spinners.  Here is the winning shawl woven by the Silverado Guild from Napa:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-707" title="silverado-w" src="http://meridianjacobs.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/silverado-w.jpg?w=450&#038;h=312" alt="silverado-w" width="450" height="312" /></p>
<p>And a close-up:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-708" title="silverado2-w" src="http://meridianjacobs.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/silverado2-w.jpg?w=450&#038;h=302" alt="silverado2-w" width="450" height="302" /></p>
<p>The Del Oro Guild got second place:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-709" title="del oro-w" src="http://meridianjacobs.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/del-oro-w.jpg?w=450&#038;h=318" alt="del oro-w" width="450" height="318" /></p>
<p>I didn&#8217;t get photos of the other shawls, but I did get one of Hangtown Guild&#8217;s portrayal of their theme of  &#8220;Au Naturel&#8221;:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-710" title="bikini-w" src="http://meridianjacobs.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/bikini-w.jpg?w=269&#038;h=480" alt="bikini-w" width="269" height="480" /></p>
<p>There is a new use for all that roving that you don&#8217;t have time to spin! Hangtown always does it with a sense of humor!</p>
<p>One last photo taken at Lambtown:</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-711" title="chincilla-w" src="http://meridianjacobs.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/chincilla-w.jpg?w=303&#038;h=480" alt="chincilla-w" width="303" height="480" /></p>
<p>Do I want to swap out my sheep for a flock of these  cuties? Hmmm&#8230;what is a group of chincillas called? Covey&#8211;no, that&#8217;s quail. Warren&#8211;isn&#8217;t that where rabbits live? Crowd? How about Cloud?</p>
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