Saturday, October 3, 2009

FFF 2009

Over heard on Friday at school: "I'm not going to FFF this year...nope....I have too much yarn and I haven't knitted down last year's purchases.....need to go on a yarn diet.....so I'm staying home."

So, what happened? I ended up driving over to the FFF today - alone.....just for a teensy little bit. I did it in the service of a friend as Janice is up in Massachusetts with her mom. Someone needed to go get her a little lace yarn and I felt it should be me!

Creatively Dyed Waterfall Lace in Mamoral

I think I accomplished a lot in the two hours I was there. In addition to getting Janice's yarn, I ran into friends Gren & Jeri. Jeri was watching a spinner Navajo ply and then got to give it a try. I tried it too & hope I can remember how to do it on my own wheel.

Navajo ply

I saw these lovely creations - Trindles - drop spindles with a very nontraditional top whorl. One of them might have followed me home. (link to etsy shop)

Trindles

...and of course, the dog trials were amazing!

Doggie
herding

Hey, doggie! No gripping, OK?

Maybe by next year, I'll have developed the will-power to stay away, but that wouldn't be as much fun, would it?

2 comments:

knittingdragonflies said...

Hey let us know how you like the trindle, I've been interested. And, hey you can't be on a yarn diet all of the time. You have to splurge once in a while.
Vicki

Cindy G said...

Love the colors in that yarn.

Looks like a really fun afternoon.