This year was super fun. The weather was sunny and warm.
Delightful under the trees. There were, I think, 250 vendors
and I did well to support the local economy. In a new sock
book I purchased the author said you can't throw a skein
of yarn without hitting a new hand dyer of artistic sock yarn
in the Portland area! Many were represented and the
selection of hand dyed rovings, yarn, beautiful combinations
of a variety of wool, alpaca, mohair and angora.Enough to
delight the finicky spinner or knitter. I went thinking I wouldn't
need to purchase anything (I have quite a stash already) but
I broke down.
Lavender Sheep booth |
Lavender sheep with the great book on socks from local dyers |
My daughter Tracy truly appreciating the fiber! |
Wonderful day for spinning on the grass |
New Hue silks |
merino silk braids |
more wool with silk (lots of silks added! this year) |
just one corner of one room (many more rooms + outside canopies) |
Diane Cutlers blends of kid mohair/ Cormo |
This is where I got my lovely striped rolags.
Cute puppets |
Kenleigh Fibers lovely felted creatures (Note border collie, my personal favorite) |
Wolf Ridge Icelandic sheep pelts |
The pelt I fell for and adopted, it's on my chair! Cushy!!! |
There were quite a few ladies demonstrating bobbin lace.
The grand champion winner, shawl hand dyed and spun, then knit. Gorgeous |
My daughter and grandson were mesmerized. The weaving is so
intricate and best appreciated by mathematical minds like theirs
. It was just facinating. I have much more appreciation for
Pacific Northwes Native art. It is interesting that the colors to
accent were yellow and a beautiful pale turquoise. (no red)
Nice Fleece!!! |
No fiber show is finished without a trip to the barns and visiting
the animals.
A little baby bunny |
Fleece for sale in the Sunday parking lot sale. Great buys!!!! |
Gotland fleece on the hoof (resting!) |
Really cool new spinning wheels. My grandson spent a long time spinning. He's hooked!!! He was actually telling the girls how to figure the ratios on the wheels! He is a walking factual repository. |
Wolfhound show next door! They all got howling and it was a kick!!! |
We ended up the day with a lovely trip home and ate a really nice
dinner outside at the Terminus on the Willamette River in Corvallis.
Then home very happy. Wonderful weekend
Total: 1 fleece (lamb Gotland) 1 flick carder, 3 bobbins for my lendrum,
3 rovings and a great book: "Indie Socks" by Chrissy Gardiner.
Wonderful new patterns for hand dyed yarn.
Oh and 1 skein of "Socks That Rock" (my favorite sock yarn)