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Celtic Swan Forge

Newsletter

 

 

 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.

www.northwestweavers.org/

Waves of Color - ANWG 2009 Conference

 

 
 
 
 

  The Great Hand Knit Sock Trade   '09

 

Trade Your Hand Knit Socks for
 Hand Wrought Bronze Knitting Needles
 
 
Molly loves hand knit socks.
 She makes excellent hand wrought bronze double pointed knitting  
  needles, 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

www.knottyk.wordpress.com

 

 

 

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

 

 

molly@celticswan.com

         john@celticswan.com

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