I finished and blocked the lace scarf/ shawl while I was at my Mom's recently. She has tons of room in her basement workshop and she had the perfect thing to put under the towels for blocking. She had two big pieces of some sort of white art board that you could poke pins in. Worked great!This week we'll be heading down to the Asheville, NC area for the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair (SAFF) where we will actually be camping right at the Ag Center SAFF site! Can you believe it? I have only to walk out the door and I'll be there! Three days of total fiber immersion!
Did you know that not everyone understands what a fiber festival is? My son just told me that he thought it was a festival for people who take Metamucil!!! Can you imagine all the porta-potties they'd need for that kind of festival????
As a non-spinner, I'm torn between the fascination of spinning and the sure knowledge that I already don't have enough time for knitting, so why do I think I have more time for spinning? But I ignored logic and signed up for three spinning classes (and one dyeing class) anyway! It is high time to expand my horizons, don't ya think? Although I pretty sure that a spinning wheel will not fit in the motorhome or my budget right now. I've heard of new spinners coming home from fiber festivals with spinning wheels, but I am strong. . . I can resist. . . I am strong. . . I can resist. . .
Right now we are near Lynch- burg, Virginia in the mountainettes (what I call the foothills) of the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. Yesterday we went hiking at Holliday Lake State Park, so I thought I'd show you that the leaves are finally just starting to turn colors. You can read about it and see more pictures here and here.And, finally, here are three cute little pumpkins that took only about an hour each to make. You can get the patter
n here.
