Daily Dose of Fiber .....Times 10!

Today Janice & I went to the Montpelier Fiber Festival. It was a glorious day - starting off crisp & chilly, and heating up nicely by mid-day....just warm even to force us fiber-freaks to start shedding our woolies - a sad fact, but kind of funny in a way. We are in Virginia after all, and the sun is still pretty intense at 38 degrees north in October!

We started our day by walking around and just looking at everything...yes just looking!

- oh...and we did a little touching, too!

and even some smelling, especially when we were near the food tents! Mmmmmmm - we had lamb sausages & fries for lunch. My fries were sweet potatoes.....double mmmmmm!

Then we doubled back to revisit our top picks. Here's one of mine - Diane a.k.a Creative of Creatively Dyed, both on Ravelry and on plurk. She gave me a Ravelry name button and sold me some very beautiful hand-dyed yarn. I'm thinking this will be a BSJ for someone.

I also tried out a couple of wheels. First I took a spin on an Ashford Traveller - I really like the looks of this wheel and it felt ok. Next I sat at a Schacht Ladybug for a second test spin. This wheel feels oh-so-right, but I just don't know if I'd like enjoy looking at it everyday...gosh, I hope I can decide soon!

Many thanks to the nice folks from The Drafting Zone in Bowie, Maryland for their patience in letting me try their wheels! (They don't have a website!)

....and what's a fiber festival without a few critters? Here's a few from today's menagerie:

and finally...fresh back from herding sheep -

All in all, it was a superb day -I think the only thing that would have made it better would have been meeting more Ravelry and plurk friends...maybe that will happen the next time!