Sheep in disguise, or is it?
The last fiber festival in May.. MA Sheep & Wool, aka Cummington, was the perfect end to a month of fairs. It was small enough that you could walk around and see everything and still have time to visit with friends. Impromptu spin-ins occurred wherever and whenever more than two spinners bumped into one another, at any booth with spindles to buy, or to try, and space enough to accommodate. I got my first look at the Bosworth’s Woolly Mammoth spindle. (No, I do not have one on order, but…. it was amazing.) Who knew that the tusk would have a fabulous cross hatched texture when held in the light. I’ve never held anything from a mammoth in my hand before. It blew me away. I retried a Powell I had coveted at CT in April. Powell makes gorgeous spindles and this one was a beauty. Still unbalanced, I left it behind. Sadly, it happens. From there I headed over to Just Our Yarn (gorgeous yarn, silk hankies and more spindles) stopping along the way to buy 6 oz. of a 50/50 llama & silk blend from Barn Swallow Farm. The first spindle I tried, a beautiful little Hardy made mostly of olive wood, became the newest addition to my collection. What a perfect combination. I haven’t wanted to put it down since.
the not so merry men?
After the fair we gathered at Cate’s for her annual blegger. More friends, more spinning, food and drink. A game of musical wheels. I spun on my Hardy all evening, barely tempted by the orgy of wheels and spindles around me.
Great weekend, great company, and great breakfast..
(picture thanks to a passing stranger and Kathy for passing it along)
Spindle and fiber pics tomorrow, I have got to get to work.
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13 responses to “Robin, is that you?”
What a great picture of some of my favorite people! jealous, only a little. But glad you had good weather and the sheep were reliably darling.
It *was* an orgy of wheels — I said the same exact thing to Laurie! Wonderful, as always, to hang out with you!
I love that photo of all of you! It’s great to see all my buddies in one place, even if it was without me.
It’s so wonderful to see you all!!
I felt a little badly about the sheep-burqas. It was hot… why did they have to have their poor heads covered?
I was tempted by that orange-y Hardy spindle, but I just couldn’t have taken a saw to it to make a notch. No way, no how. But if you do yours, show us a picture, please! 🙂
I fell right into the orgy of wheels; I do love trying them out!
I got the same little Hardy spindle though differing woods as well as an olive wood Jenkins Turkish spindle. I have not been able to put the Turkish one down! 2 small muffins plied and washed already and am spinning more up today. Even took it in with me to get weighed in and nearly died of laughter at some of the sideways glances and double takes. The woman who weighs me wanted me to show her how it worked. I did. Thank you so much for encouraging me to buy one and then how to spin and ply with it at Cate’s. Now I see why you love spinning on them. What a treat it was hanging out with you!
What a day, what an evening, what a morning! I have a nice picture of you that I’ll post. Caught in the act (again).
Great picture of the grrls!!! I’m glad that fun was had by all!
primadonna sheep!
I can attest to the gorgeousness of the spindle – and to Judy’s generosity since my greed almost got the better of me when I saw her holding it ;o)
Thank you again for offering – I just wouldn’t have been able to live with myself if I had gone through with it! :o)
Very interesting color grouping of shirts in that picture!
The sheep look quite medieval!