JOHN & MOLLY SWAN-SHEERAN.
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Celtic Swan Forge
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The '09 Sock Trade is on!
Spin-Off Magazine just featured
our Spinners Hooks!
Interweave Knits
featured Celtic Swan Forge Cable Needles.
Thanks Interweave!
Molly donated 2 Sleying Hooks,
a weavers threading tool.
for the auction to benefit
A.N.W.G.
Waves of Color - ANWG 2009 Conference
The Great Hand Knit Sock Trade '09
Trade Your Hand Knit Socks forHand Wrought Bronze Knitting NeedlesMolly loves hand knit socks.She makes excellent hand wrought bronze double pointed knittingneedles, and wants to trade a set for your hand knit socks.This is the third annual, but she still longs for more socks. Interested?Please email Molly at Molly@celticswan.com"Three years ago I put a notice up on our website newsletter that i would like to trade for some socks... wow, knitters from all over the world have responded with fantastic quality work."It said:"I have done my annual try at making socks, and once again, failed.I am a crocheter, weaver, spinner, felter, etc, etc, but...
that won't get me a pair of hand knit socks.
Therefore, I want to trade a set of double pointed bronze needles for a pair of hand knit socks. Natural fibers. And my feet are size 10."
"The response to the trade has been truly great!"
We have photos of most of the socks on our website and links to many of the knitter's blogs. Please take a look on the "dp" page.
"The best part is that i get to wear them!"
Deadline for participating in the Great Sock Trade is August 1st 2009
Please pass this notice along to your sock knitting friends.
Thanks!
These fabulous cabled socks were
lovingly knit for me by Carol Paul.
Look at the cable pattern running
down the back. My feet faint in delight.
Here is a nice pair!
This pair is by Karla Mather-Cocks in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She calls them her Nature Socks. The ribbing is knit in handspun from merino & alpaca roving dyed by The Fleece Artist www.fleeceartist.com
The two shades of green yarn for the main part of the socks are merino from Lucy Neatby at www.tradewindknits.com.
What cozy and beautiful socks!!
These terrific cabled socks were knit in cotton
by Patti Weeks. They are sooooo comfy!
These fine cabled socks were knit by
Deana Gardner. Bravo!
These green and purple socks were
made by Courtney Hopper.
Purple toes! Such is happiness.
These raspberry cotton cable socks
were knit by Mary McConnaughey.
Aren't they sublime??
"Tidal Wave"
knitted by
Karen Baker
Pattern: by Southwest Trading Co.
Yarn: 45% Bamboo,
40% Superwash Merino, 15% Polyamide
These sock Shimmer in the light!
and they are very soft!
If mermaids had feet,
they would wear these socks!
Karen's blog
Look at these beauties! Mohair Socks! Knitted by
Sally S. Campbell
I have these socks on right now, and my feet
are in love with their softness!
Everything else I am wearing today
is purple,
and these are a variegated grapey color.
and we will be publishing lots more photos of
all the new socks !
Please look at photos of all the beautiful socks from the preveious year.
There are many many more photos of pairs of wonderful socks and links to the sock knitters blogs too.
These are now archived on
the Double Pointed Knitting Needle page\
and more info on this years sock trade
please just click this to get there.
Thank you Sock Knitters!
This is where we live and work.
We lived and did our metalwork on our little sailboat "Grace" for 18 years. We moved off the boat and now live on the most beautiful farm on Lopez Island. Our shop is in the "Green Bus" smithy.
John is still interested in "wild food" and food preservation. Molly loves to glean.
We are now learning about sheep, wool and "farming art"!
The Green Bus Smithy!
Here is John
picking cherrys
on the farm.
Please click this link to listen to
an mp3 of a recording he made of
"the birds and bees in the cherry trees".
This is a mp3 he made of the frogs
on the marsh on a 'moon lit night' this spring.
click this to hear them.
Our Sheep!
They are
Sennybridge Welsh.
Here is Lillibette .....
click for larger image
and here is Petunia!
Here they are with their 'haircuts'
Molly loves rocks!
the Farm!
Molly has been writing since long before I met her thirty years ago!
Please take a look at Molly's Poem
"To Chocolate"
and
a free online Chapbook of Molly's Poetry.
click here
We've added a new page.
What our Customers say about our tools:
a random collection of letters
we have received recently.
Please CLICK HERE
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