You’ll just have to take my word for it. I went to the Fall Fiber Festival at Montpelier and met up with Ann, snagged a few goodies, had dinner with Ann and Dianne, but not a single people photo happened. In fact, it seems faces just didn’t happen at all. Hem.
I can’t show you everything. I snagged a lot of gifts. On the right above, you see a new bobbin for my Aura (wheel). I happen to think a spinner can’t have too many bobbins, but these big beauties aren’t cheap, so I might just ask Santa for another and decide five is plenty…
Maybe I went a little crazy in the Tea Time Garden booth. The owner is a fellow instructor at Dog House Yarns & More. (You can find the fall class schedule HERE.) However, a lot of what I purchased was in the above-mentioned gift category, so no photos for you, except of the honey white wedding tea that is for me! I’d tried Bonnie’s blends at the spin-in a few months ago, but Ann and I had a blast taking in the different aromas. Bonnie is also gifted with a spindle, and I can’t wait to gleen some of her knowledge!
You wouldn’t have known I just saw Dianne and her Creatively Dyed booth the weekend before to see me shopping. I’d gone in with a plan – nothing but gifts and laceweight for me. This huge hank is destined to become one of those lightweight cardis that are popping up all over Ravelry. (And yes, for ME. It might be Sissy’s hue, but she doesn’t like clothes, remember?!)
I’d planned and was working my plan until Ann waved some sale yarn under my nose. Panyard is a scrumptious merino silk blend that is likely to become mitts or a little scarf for me.
This is a little knot of superfine merino. It’s just a bit for me to try. The dark portion is actually a little purple, but no amount of editing could get it just right.
And that’s all I bought for me – honest!
I always seem to miss all the people I’d like to see at this festival. I don’t know if it’s because it’s so local to me or what. I didn’t go back on Sunday so I missed the Ravelry meet-up. The mud was all but a non-issue, so I hope no one stayed away on its account. My tires got dirty, but my shoes were so clean that I didn’t change into the spare pair I’d brought along before I drove home.
How was your weekend? I also did lots of knitting, but we’ll talk about that later…
Regular readers might recall that Gretchen has a thing for cashmere. Sure enough, before I could scoop the yarn to safety, she had sprinted up the steps and come to inspect the latest lovely to arrive for HER stash.
Of course, the girls weren’t forgotten. Mr. Bettis took full credit for the Sissy-allowed treats, but a little birdy told me that Mr. B’s owner actually fetched the meat-free cookies. I can’t tell you how much it means to me that my friends (and their spouses!) go to the extra trouble to find treats for my DIVA. I can assure you, both dogs heartily appreciate it!
I tried to get a photo of the girls savoring their new favorite treats, but I’m afraid that they were so into them that all I have is an unimpressive cleaning up the crumbs shot.
We bought Sis a special gift last weekend too, but I notice even dear Gretchie didn’t bother to mention it in their post. You see, Sis seems to simply be unable to stay out of the trash in the bathroom. She doesn’t bother the kitchen trash, and only lifts a rare piece from the trash can in the living room, so we gave in and bought a covered can for the bathroom. I’m not very excited about it either. It’s big and boring, but it’s the one the Knight and I thought mostly like to dissuade Sis… Hopefully, it will work.
Look at that sweet face! I love the detail in Anita’s clay animals. This long-backed sheep has a poodle cut so that its “bare” middle can be used to measure the wraps per inch. (You don’t need to REALLY wrap… I just spread my yarn one row “deep” and line it up closely, then count…)
Of course, the other end is pretty cute too, thanks to Anita’s attention to de-tail, er… detail. 
A bit ago, there was a contest on 
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