Its all true, the boogie girl is real, and you've found her. She knits, sews, spins, does pottery and writes it all down in this blog.
Sunday, February 22, 2004
Fun Fun Fun
There is no other way to put it. Spa weekend was fun. If I wrote about it all then I'd be sitting here all day sure to forget half of it. There was fabulous people there, the facilities were great, the restaurant was slow, the projects being worked on were amazing, the stuff for sale was terrific, The bar has awesome Key Lime Martinis...... I sat with a group of wonderful ladies most all day on Saturday. Lisa, Alane, Diane, Kathy, and Emily (I hope I spelled all the names right). It was a wonderful day. I'm running out of good adjectives here. On with the pics. 
Alane has Alpacas, I think she said 16 of them. Silver Hill Alpacas in Milford Mass. I got a batt of the most beautiful alpaca. it looks like spun chocolate and feels so amazingly soft. The picture is nothing without getting to feel it.
Here is one pic of the rest of my takes. Click on it to see the bigger pic. Left to right: Big Beautiful batt of fiber merino, silk, and mohair from Indigo Moon. This doesn't even show its loveliness until its opened up and you start spinning it. The color layers are incredible. Mine is mostly Cranberry with purple and yellow and a bit of blue in there. Next is a bag of teal yarn, its actually a super wash Mission Falls kit for a sweater. This was a great trade with Carole who spins beautiful yarns on her spindle. In front of that is 2oz of angora bunny roving in white from Acker's Acres in New Gloucester Maine. I plan to dye it and make soft and lush mittens for next year. I love Bunny. I got to see a grooming demo for Angora's and I think having a bunny is do-able someday. Lastly is a Corriedale batt from Grafton Fibers. Again the colors are amazing and you really can't see it or feel how wonderful it is. 
This is the mug that I traded for my loot. I didn't have a vendor booth, maybe next year. Oh yeah, I'm going next year. 
I wanted a backpack to bring with me, I thought it would be easier to carry around along with my giant bag of fiber and spinning accessories. So I made this Friday morning. Its got a ton of pockets and is a great project bag.
While there I spun up a couple of Bobbins. Em taught me how to Navajo Ply!YAY! And I worked on some socks. 
I've started on the second sock now and once that is done I'm going to continue with the Regia socks. Did I mention I started M's cardi. No pics yet as I only have a couple of rows done. It looks boring at the moment.
I found some beautiful pics of the weddings that took place in San Fran recently. Here