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September 19, 2005
I learned a couple of things this weekend....
Never bring an 8 year old boy to a Fiber Arts Festival.
Don't let the smile fool you, he hated it! I told him if he was good I would buy him something. He picked out a stuffed dog. Which was cute. It was a border collie. He also picked out this color roving so I could spin yarn and make him something.
It's nothing I would pick for my self, but it shut him up for a couple of hours!
Boy did I have a good time! I have never been to one of these before and I just didn't know where to begin. So I thought I would look it all over first then go back for the kill. Here are some of the spoils:
Yeah, it is yellow. One of my least favorite colors, but I thought it was a cool baby poo/mustard color that would ply nice with my green!
Yes, I am calling this "Gay Pride" I fell in love with this! It sorta looks like a curled up cat!
Here we go with more yellow, but if it is mixed with other colors I don't mind so much. It was 20% off too!
They looked like the same dye lot but when I wound them into yarn cakes they really aren't. But I don't care. Mittens? Socks?
I just loved these, and at $5-6 bucks I couldn't refuse.
I had to buy something purple. Lacey scarf perhaps?
This was my deal of the day. $20 for "approx" 1000 yards of lace weight! I am making a shawl!
He was kinda cute!
Okay, so these are silk pods. I cut one open because the child wanted to see the worm inside. I don't know if I should have done that. What do I do with these things? How do I get the silk from it?
I say I did pretty good! I don't know if I am going to Rhinebeck, I don't know if I will have the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. I can not wait until next year!!!
Lastly, I have a progress shot on my Lacy socks
I broke down and bought a pair of Addi Turbo's size US 1. They REALLY are sexy.
Posted by beth at September 19, 2005 12:19 PM
Comments
poor danny...but what a trooper....luv the stuff you bought, and you are the sock queen....i bet you can knock out a pair in 2 days....
Posted by: lemon at September 19, 2005 03:12 PM
What a fantastic day you've had! I love the goodies you got home with, particularly the purple lacey yarn, can't wait to see what that turns into. xx
Posted by: Anna at September 20, 2005 02:15 AM
Great haul! I'm loving that laceweight that your planning on using for a shawl.
Posted by: diana at September 20, 2005 07:38 AM
Looks like you did pretty well, Beth. I like the Gay Pride roving ;) and that lace weight was a great find! that will make a lovely shawl.
Posted by: Lolly at September 20, 2005 08:49 AM
great buys! i can't wait to see what you create with all your little bargains. in particular i think you should get cracking on that laceweight yarn.
Posted by: jacqueline at September 20, 2005 08:55 AM
Your lacy socks are looking great.
Kids. He probably went to school and told all of his friends about the cool time he had. But he couldn't let YOU know that.
All of the yarn looks yummy. Now you're getting me jazzed up about Stitches East...3 more days!!!
Posted by: Laurie at September 20, 2005 10:48 AM
Nice stuff! 'Specially like the "gay pride" roving! Can't wait to see what happens to that.
And I have to agree, aren't Addi's TOTALLY sexy? I used to think there was too much hype, but then I tried them and thought "Yeah, baby!"
Posted by: Carry at September 20, 2005 12:05 PM
Drooooool! I'm weak in the knees from looking at all your yarn purchases. (I quite like the baby poo/mustard roving, too.)
Posted by: alison at September 20, 2005 12:09 PM
Yarn.porn. *drool*
i'm so incredibly jealous--but in a good way.
but you definitely scored @ the fiber arts festival.
right on! can't wait to see what you'll make out of it all. :)
Posted by: keohinani at September 20, 2005 07:29 PM
In China I think they soak the silk pods in a solution of some sort until they start to come apart, find one end and spool it very carefully. You can probably find the procedure on the internet, but you definitely don't cut them because it is supposed to be one continuous strand that makes up the whole pod. I have to say, though, they are much bigger than I thought. wow - cool
Posted by: April at September 21, 2005 03:07 PM
So much good stuff! Love the Gay Pride! And even the stuff with the yellow...cause I'm with you on the yellow...it's not one of my favorite colors. And I love the socks. Please make some and send them to me. Hee hee.
Posted by: Stacey at September 21, 2005 05:39 PM
Show the bug! Post the bug! Bring out the silk worm bug! How do you de-stink the silk?
Posted by: Audrey at September 22, 2005 09:14 AM
wowee!! what a stash you picked up... i'm SO jealous!
Posted by: missa at September 24, 2005 03:41 PM
Looks like you had fun! I am loving gay pride and the lace weight! SCORE!
Posted by: toni at September 26, 2005 10:44 AM
you probably don't remember me...i'm the girl who liked guided by voices and had a copy of bob's solo cd that i was supposed to send you. my computer died a long time ago and i just remembered your site and thought i'd stop by and say hi. i'm going to be in rhinebeck (i live in new paltz so it's close) and if you'd like a buddy to hang out with, let me know!
Posted by: jaymi at September 28, 2005 12:03 PM
I loved all the dyed wool and yarns! How fun!!
Posted by: Debra at September 28, 2005 12:23 PM
