Knitigator drove. I rode shotgun. I forgot to navigate (Julie filled the breach) as I squinted at the Fleece Artist sock I was reknitting. Sixty-eight stitches turned out to be baggy floppy, so a sixty-four stitch restart was starting. One cuff later, we arrived at Connecticut Sheep and Wool.
Jess did the linkfest. She speaks for the lazy linkers like me. Smaller fiberfests are simply wonderful. We shopped, ran into each other over and over again, shopped a little more, spindlespun, attracted crowds to The Wheel Thing booth, then sat on the grass and rested. We translocated to folding chairs in the bandstand. Life was good.
The usual suspects were in attendance. I barely escaped camnesia. Judy, Marcy, Jess, in order. Jess was wearing her handspun tencel Flowerbasket shawl. It glowed.
I was happy to enable SadlyBloglessManise and Kathy with beautiful Polwarth fleeces. My selections were somewhat less grandiose than a fleece.
Rambouillet/green silk from A Touch of Twist. A sampler's niddy-noddy from The Wheel Thing (Tabachek-crafted), and hand-dyed bombyx silk (A Touch of Twist).
Sun, sheep, fleeces, fiber, yarn, knitters, spinners, bloggers, toys. Perfect.
nice haul!
Posted by: maryse | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 08:32 AM
Glad you had a great time!
Posted by: Cara | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 08:54 AM
I finally came clean on the fleece this morning -- I said very casually, "I bought a fleece on Saturday." Reponse, "I figured that's what was in the bag in the garage."
Posted by: Kathy | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 08:55 AM
Very modest. Tell me more of this rambouillet and silk......
Posted by: Juno | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 09:03 AM
A Touch of Twist was a great vendor! I got several silk caps from them too, very nice colors.
Posted by: Cheryl | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 09:09 AM
Ah, so fun. Can't wait for NH!
Posted by: Teresa C | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 09:10 AM
It looks like you had fun! Hope to see you in NH!
Posted by: Kim | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 09:15 AM
Looks wonderfully fun! And Judy's hair looks great - I'm so glad you got a picture of it; modern AND blonde.
I love the colors in the Bombyx silk - yum!
Posted by: Anne | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 09:15 AM
Jealous.
Posted by: Cassie | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 09:18 AM
Small festivals are sweet! Enough for indulgence without over whelming. Remind me to bring my combs next time we'll be in the same spot. I meant that offer, but I've got a lousy memory for such things!!
Posted by: Chris | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 09:29 AM
Decent haul. How'd you find that blue bombyx? :D Some fun.
Posted by: Marcy | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 09:34 AM
Sounds like fun! Wish I had gone....oh, wait. I think I did.
Posted by: Marcia Cooke | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 09:36 AM
Fun, fun, fun! The small festivals are the best.
Posted by: Norma | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 09:39 AM
I was there! I had a lapse in sanity and bought a wheel after years of insisting I would never spin!
Posted by: Anna | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 09:41 AM
I'm glad you had a great day but sad I wasn't there with you.
Posted by: Carole | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 10:03 AM
It was a wonderful day - I was so glad to see everyone after all the months of winter :o)
Beautiful haul - that bombyx silk is gorgeous!
I ended up buying two bobbins for Amelia - I have no patience and it will take forever to get a WW for her! ;o)
Posted by: JessaLu | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 10:07 AM
Ye-haw! Looks like a fun time. I'm excited to see what you spin up!
Posted by: Faith | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 10:09 AM
Ooo, it all looks and sounds so good. Just to see the faces of bloggers that I met at Rhinebeck is wonderful. Looks like a great haul.
Posted by: margene | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 10:15 AM
That's all you came home with? Really?
Posted by: Rachel H | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 10:18 AM
And you got the only really nice weather day of the weekend. I hope to be able to join you all next year.
Posted by: Ruth | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 11:27 AM
Looks like so much fun! I can't wait for our small fiber fest in October...
Posted by: elizabeth | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 11:38 AM
What Cassie and Ruth said. NH is looking good, though, and possibly MA as well. I am trying to think dry, sunny thoughts.
Posted by: Lucia | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 11:43 AM
I bought 4 skeins of Polworth wool at Yarnover (MN Knitters' Guild annual festival/seminar) a couple weeks ago. It is gorgeous stuff.
Love the photo of Judy (blonde), casually holding her bit of fleece and spinning. It makes me think of Penelope in The Odyssey.
Posted by: kmkat | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 12:50 PM
You are quite the fleece enabler my dear! I'm pleased as punch! Unlike Kathy, I have not yet come clean on the fleece. I actually started to haul it out of the car on Saturday while the family greeted us and promptly put it in the trunk. My fiber loving puppy is the main reason. Kind of.....
Posted by: Manise | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 01:35 PM
Nice! Looks like a lovely little festival. Maybe next year I'll make the trip.
Posted by: Risa | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 01:44 PM
Looks like so much fun!
Posted by: scout | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 04:51 PM
Oooh sounds like so much fun! I hope to see you at MAS&W!
Posted by: Helen | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 05:49 PM
It looks like it was fun and full of happy people.
I love your spring posts. I need to see pictures of others flowers. Ours won't be up for a while yet.
Posted by: Dorothy B | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 06:12 PM
nice goodies - and a big "wish I was there" coming out your way from the west coast :-)
Posted by: Teyani | Monday, April 30, 2007 at 10:07 PM
Sadly, I missed all the fun because we had anticipated much worse weather. Thanks for sharing the great photos!
Posted by: Heather | Tuesday, May 01, 2007 at 09:16 AM
Lovely. And LOL ... silk addiction, eh?
Posted by: Cathy | Tuesday, May 01, 2007 at 11:51 AM
Looks like a blissful time! I am a bit envious that so many festivals are out your way...
Posted by: Birdsong | Wednesday, May 02, 2007 at 09:30 PM
Lovely choices :) I'm so looking forward to Estes!
Posted by: lisa Co. Springs | Sunday, May 06, 2007 at 10:53 PM