Monday, 30 June 2008

What I did at the weekend....

I went to Woolfest, and had a fabulous time. I met a lot of people in person, and spent a lot of time squinting at Ravelry badges... I won't namedrop, as I'm bound to forget people but it was lovely to meet you all, and was a fantastic day out.

I bought loads, and won't post too many photos... let's face it, it's all beautiful stuff, but some of my highlights were the lovely laceweight from Andy of Bluefaced.com...
AlpacaSilkCashLace
This is going to be the baby shawl that I really need to start swatching for...

And I fell in love with the Cranford Mitts kit from The Yarn Yard...
CranfordMitts
These are so pretty. But need to be added to a ever-growing list of projects.

Then there was this fella, who seemed to delight in covering himself in his straw...
Alpaca

Finally, for now - I took a Hand Spindling workshop with Spindlers 2 (no website that I can find, but fantastic people - I spent an hour being tutored by very patient people, had fun, and came out with my very first handspun:
MyYarn1
I may spin finer, more even, longer yarn, but I will never spin yarn I am more proud of.

And with other purchases under my belt from Fyberspates, and a Kool Aid Dye kit from DT Craft and Design and fibres to practice my spinning with, I shall toddle off to roll in my ever increasing stash...

5 comments:

Crobbles said...

That sample of spinning looks better than my first effort. I really want to play with a wheel though, and am resisting well to the temptation... for now.

It was fantastic to meet you and some of the other friends I have made on Ravelry.

natalie said...

Great handspun.
Which spindle did you choose?

Artis-Anne said...

That yarn of Andy's is great isn't it ? I succumbed and bought some more too :)
Great spinning there farbetter than my first attempts with a spindle

KnitYoga said...

Oh, such gorgeous purchases and sounds like you had a wonderful time learning to spin and all!

acrylik said...

Looks like you had a fantastic time :D Your spinning looks amazing, can't wait to see what you spin next.