Fall Fibre Festival
Oct. 3rd, 2010 05:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wordshavepowerIt's beautiful country in Orange, Virginia. Mom, the kid and I drove out there this morning to attend the Fall Fiber Festival. A tiny little event, with perhaps thirty or forty tents, under 100 artists displaying their wares. No funnel cake this year, alas. But there was roving of all types and condition, the softest alpaca I"ve ever touched -- I should have bought some as two skeins would make a man's sweater. But I need to knit out the wool I have, first.
My push through yesterday's protesters at the Mall resulted in a lost knitting needle, and I'm sad to say it was a hand made wooden needle that I bought at the first festival we went to, just before I moved to Dubai. I was on the lookout for a new pair of 7's to continue the uncursed Boyfriend Sweater. I went back to the vendor with the tools of the trade, scooped up a beautifully engineered circular set (for those of you who knit, the needles rotate independently of the wire between them, which makes knitting on circulars so much nicer!) and my eye was drawn to another bin. Hand crafted drop spindles made by Running Deer, with inlaid wood patterns. Beautiful.
I bought myself one. I've been fascinated by spinning for years, and thought why the hell NOT!?
I have a small bag of natural white roving to spin, and two smaller kits with a range of colors I can spin. I'm looking forward to trying it. It looks like it could be quite calming if I can do it correctly.
My push through yesterday's protesters at the Mall resulted in a lost knitting needle, and I'm sad to say it was a hand made wooden needle that I bought at the first festival we went to, just before I moved to Dubai. I was on the lookout for a new pair of 7's to continue the uncursed Boyfriend Sweater. I went back to the vendor with the tools of the trade, scooped up a beautifully engineered circular set (for those of you who knit, the needles rotate independently of the wire between them, which makes knitting on circulars so much nicer!) and my eye was drawn to another bin. Hand crafted drop spindles made by Running Deer, with inlaid wood patterns. Beautiful.
I bought myself one. I've been fascinated by spinning for years, and thought why the hell NOT!?
I have a small bag of natural white roving to spin, and two smaller kits with a range of colors I can spin. I'm looking forward to trying it. It looks like it could be quite calming if I can do it correctly.