Saturday, June 19, 2010

Fiber June!!!

This month has been full of fiber goodies!! In the beginning of the month I was in Seattle with my sister-in-law Bren! We had a fabulous time. Friday we made sushi with our friend Roxanne and did a trip to 1/2 Price Books. Saturday was a trip to Weaving Works, the town of Snohomish, some killer Thai food from Jai Thai then we watched the movie Dear John (a real chick flick, tears and all).

My Weaving Works haul!
(there is some sock yarn in there that will be a pair of socks for my sis-in-law!)

Here is the tea cup I picked up in Snohomish. There is a great Tea Shop there called Everything Tea. Great place. [I also picked up some delicious tea]


Next on the calendar was Black Sheep Gathering in Eugene. What a show! D~ and I drove down Saturday morning and stopped at The Hole in the Wall BBQ Restaurant to picked up lunch for our friend Loyce. She is a marvelous felter and teacher. She was teaching an all day class so we wanted to make sure she had lunch waiting for her when she had her noon break. We brought brisket, chicken, ribs and all the sides! Sorry no pictures of the food. Sure smelled good though!

Here is what we brought home from BSG.

Isn't this drop spindle cute! It is a Jenkins turkish drop spindle. They call this little beauty Kuchulu.


Now these fleeces, this was the first time I have even been to the BSG fleece sale. I have to tell you I have a wonderful husband. D~ found these wonderful fleeces. What a great enabler!!

Here is Fleece #1, a medium gray kid mohair, it won First Place and Champion!
It is SO soft, I see a shawl in the future. [Weight: 2.5#]


Here is Fleece #2: This is a light gray Romney. [weight: 8.9#]


Here is Fleece #3 This is a medium to light gray Lincoln and it won First Place! [weight: 9#]

When D~ and I where done selecting our fleeces and waiting in line to hand over our hard earned cash. I saw the Knitmore Girls (Jasmin & Gigi). I was feeling guilty about having 3 fleeces when Jasmin told me she had 6! I'm feeling so much better now.

Even though it is only June you can't forget that Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival is coming in September!

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