Winding Malabrigo in the Wild Wild West

I'm just catching up on some blogging while watching the 3 nieces (A, M, & L) as Andy, his brother E and sister-in-law C all go out for a nice dinner. The nieces have gone to bed, but judging from the songs and thumps emanating from the rooms, they are not yet asleep :). They're out visiting for the week from Boston, and we've compressed quite the tourist experience into 6 short nights so far.

We got back yesterday from 3 nights in Sunriver, OR, a resort community near Bend, and a great gateway to some of the wonders of the high desert (caves! volcanoes! horseback riding!). We stayed in a cute rental house which was practical, cozy, and economical as these things go, but had a few quirks of decor. I decided to wind my Malabrigo yarn (for the KT tote collaboration) while we were there in preparation for the requested swatching.

In process of winding: the dining room chairs are kinda charming, in a rustic knotty way (hopefully no knots in the yarn, though!)...




Now, where to place the wound ball to show off it's lovely wooliness? Perhaps near some other animal parts?

Yes, that is part of an antler set sticking out of a lamp, with a cow skin on the wall behind, why do you ask? Here's a shot of the entire lamp and table set. Even the turner-on-er thingy (er, the lamp switch) had an antler bit attached, which impeded its functionality a bit...





I thought the fireplace-tool-holder (yes, I am making up random-hyphenated-words tonight) was particularly amusing in an antlery way...






Also present, but not photographed, were: A deer skull mounted above the fireplace decorated with random polka-dots; a wire lasso hung within reach of the stairway; a couple of "ceremonial staves" on the wall; skies and snowshoes nailed to the wall (in case of emergency?) and a rabbit pelt randomly placed on the bookshelf. The owners sure have, er, interesting taste! Or they are in fact, Gaston from Disney's Beauty and the Beast: "I use antlers in all of my decorating!"