Carrie and I went to the Finger Lakes Fiber Arts Festival today. It’s tiny compared to Rhinebeck, but very manageable to take a toddler to. Carrie was pretty happy to sit in her stroller and take in the sights, which is quite unusual for her lately. She really enjoyed seeing all the fiber-y animals:
She also really enjoyed the fresh-squeezed lemonade I bought for us to share. Can’t say that I blame her, it was really tasty!
I, of course, made a few fiber-y purchases. I decided before I went that I would not buy myself any more roving, because I haven’t spun anything since last year. Once I actually start using what I have I’ll allow myself to buy more. Yarn, on the other hand, has been moving through my craft room at a fairly rapid pace, so I didn’t have any qualms about adding to that stash.
From left to right: a sheep doll to go with the llama doll I bought for Carrie last year, a poly drive band for my spinning wheel (the twine ones keep fraying), pink 50/50 wool/tencel sock yarn from Ellen’s 1/2 Pint Farm and the Ellen’s Sox pattern to go with it, two skeins of blue Koigu, The Shepherd’s Rug (a book that might help me convert some of my roving stash into braided rugs), 500 yards of a wool bouclé yarn, and a bean soup mix from Healthy Sisters’ Soup & Bean Works. Not pictured: something that is going to someone as a gift sometime before the end of the year.
I know that seems like a lot, but I think I showed fabulous restraint. I seriously considered several lovely skeins of natural tweedy alpaca, ginger-scented sushi-shaped soap, a needle-felted pumpkin kit, and many other hand-dyed goodies that you just can’t find in (most) yarn shops. It’s a good thing we were only there for three hours!