So, like I mentioned, I suck and didn’t take any photos of the festival. Blah.

I also feel like I should add that not everyone was making incorrect comments about the spindle spinning. There were quite a few people who made perfectly accurate comments, or just asked questions, and such. And of course many mesmerized kids, and the usual panoply of, “ZOMG MAN DOING FIBER” which always makes me laugh. There are plenty of male spinners in the world, guys, really. Alden, anyone?

Anyway, I did get some cool things.

My friends spoil me, and apparently will spoil Strider too. He decided he didn’t like his drive band enough, so he worked a thread out and unraveled it. Doh.

However, friends to the rescue! Two new drive bands for Strider. I’m guessing he’s going to want to try the green one first, but who knows?

Also, Ash really loved it when Lynn let me use some of this, so I picked some up at Journey Wheels for both Ash and Strider. Apparently Ash wants me to spoil her and her big brother as well.

On of course, fiber. Mmm, fiber.

You saw the Cormo/Alpaca/Angora I posted yesterday, 4oz.

I also got this truly decadent blend… Polwarth/Mohair/Silk 4oz of it. You can’t see it in the picture, but it shines

And this, which is as airy and light as the previous one is sleek. It likes to spin fine, and once spun barely seems to exist. 5oz Charcoal Polwarth blended with Angora

And finally… this. I wish I had had more money by the end of the day when I discovered this.

2oz of brown cashmere. Wow. Just… amazing.

There’s also the world’s smallest update to the shop. One new item.

Fingerpaints! Who doesn’t like fingerpaints, if we just let ourselves admit it?

Fingerpaints: 4oz – Carded Ramboulliet Roving

More dyeing tonight. I seem to have misplaced my main notebook with fae and other important notes in it. This irritates me. I’m hoping it’s lost in the living room, which I need to straighten for photos anyway.

That’s all for now. Still planning a fiber/shop update on… probably Thursday to be realistic.

~The Gnome