So, of course, no sheep and wool festival is complete without stuff! Mmm shiny stuff.
Birthday stuff:
My parents bought me some more lovely fiber for Strider. And a wrap gauge for me! Been wanting one for a while, yay! All from Spunky Eclectic. I narrowly avoided a bird’s eye maple Loki as well.
Merino/Tencel on the left, Corriedale batt by Grafton Fibers on the right, and wrap gauge below.
See? Shiny!
Let’s see… what else… oh right!
Heeeeee. For my birthday, I got Tsuper Tserious Tsock Tstuff.
Hand carded and blended Tsock Batts by the Tsarina herself… made with some of the fleece I gave her from the Great Fleece Adventure.
Mood Indigo: Romney, Mohair, Silk
And this one, “just for fun” which, in grand black tradition is hard to do photographic justice to
Assyrian Cohort: Merino, Seacell, Silk, Mohair, Sparkly
And, finally, recieved in the mail presents from England!
The shirt made me laugh. Which is good, laughter is the best medicine.
The socks… wow. Dude.
Here’s a better photo of them, truer to the gorgeous claret-ey color. DAMN they’re soft. If I recall correctly, they have silk in them. Fit great too. Look at those cables!
They’re even cabled on the back!
Aren’t they awesome? ::squee::
Presents from me, to me:
Now, of course, I can’t go to a sheep and wool festival without buying a few things myself. And so…
I got me some Abby Batts from Spunky Eclectic. Mmmm. Shiiiny.
And a closeup of the green one
I also got some Icelandic Lamb, because I haven’t spun any Icelandic yet, and it’s about time. Marcy helped with this purchase.
And finally, I had to valiantly throw myself on these to save my dear friend Lynn from them. Ahem. 30/2 and 40/2 cotton thread, which will be used for weaving.
Stuff I made:
And that’s all the new stuff… except…
Remember this photo?
Notice something? Here, let me zoom in…
See that? That was my not so super secret project after making the spindle bags.
Here it is with better light
Or on the table so maybe you can see it better…
Still can’t tell what’s going on?
Try this…
Get it now?
If not, wander over here and look at the 4th photo down, I’ll wait…
See it? Yeah, that’s me, at NH Sheep and Wool, wandering around spindle spinning. That’s what I do. I do it here at work too.
And it’s for that that I invented this little “device.”
It’s a spindle holster. Yes, a spindle holster. When they’re not all full, you can put them through button holes. But when the cop gets large, they won’t fit in button holes anymore. And spindle bags are great, but they really go IN bigger bags. And when I’m walking around spindle spinning, I want a place to put the spindle that’s right there at hand, that I can get the spindle back from. You know, you walk up, spinning away, to a booth and then OOOH cormo-silk, you have to pick it up to touch and look at the price, but where do you put your spindle? Oh noes! Put it in your pocket and it may get squeezed back out and dropped and… ::gasp:: lost.
So, I made this. Admittedly, it’s probably not for many people. I mean, it’s got a belt loop, and two draw strings. But as the link pointed out, I’m hardcore ::snickers:: really ::twitch:: hardcore… ::falls out of chair laughing:: Ahem… totally. Anyway, for me, it’s awesome. As the cop gets bigger, I can adjust the lower drawstring so that the spindle is snug and secure and won’t drop out the bottom or bounce out the top.
It’s awesome! I’m happy.
And finally:
A new bit of fiber for the shop.
Deep sea blue-green currents swirl and twist in the depths of the water, where strange creatures swim…
Deep Sea – 1oz – 50/50 Cashmere/Tussah Combed Top
SO SOFT. SO SHINY. Love.
That’s all for now.
Later!
~The Gnome
Thursday, 28. May 2009
That fiber for the shop bears a striking resemblance to what I think aquamouse would look like.
Thursday, 28. May 2009
Eyes go wide. bluuuuuuuuuuueeeeeeeeeee
Nice weaving, dude.
off to your shoppe now.
Thursday, 28. May 2009
I covet that deep sea (wonderful colors!), but I see Lynn beat me to it!
Looks like you had fun at the festival
Thursday, 28. May 2009
damn that is some pretty blue fiber! nice job on your spindle-holster, I’m trying to come up with some “quickest plyer in the west” joke but failing
Thursday, 28. May 2009
Don’t know why I even bothered to go to the shop. I knew perfectly well the blue sea cashmere/tussah would already be gone. Duh. But one of these days, my friend, there’s gonna be a braid or two of that with my name on it.
Thursday, 28. May 2009
Also – glad SOMEBODY thought to take pics of the batts, because yours truly was too mattress-ified to do it. But… did the sock batts have a baby? I thought there were only three.
Thursday, 28. May 2009
That spindle holster is like something my kid brother or my ex-boyfriend or my dad would need if they were spinners. You see, they are engineer-type men who always seem to have far too much in their pockets and are not above attaching useful things to their belts. Come to think of it, scientists and engineers aren’t that different. My scientist uncle would probably dig that as well.
. . . You may be coming dangerously close to a category of men I am genetically predispositioned to be attracted to. That plus your fiber skillZ may mean I’ll have to develop an internet crush on you. I’ll have No Choice in the matter. It will be slightly awkward.
Thursday, 28. May 2009
There are three, the one on the right unfolded a little during fondling.
Thursday, 28. May 2009
Hi there… delurking to introduce myself in a way that doesn’t start with “HEY! GNOME!” whilst pointing and pinning you with my steely gaze.
Ahem.
I had fun chatting with you at the Buckwheat Bridge booth! Congrats on all the loot, but most of all SHAZAM! on that holster. Now that’s clever.
Saturday, 30. May 2009
Lovely presents! Oh my, those socks… Thanks for closer pix of the spindle holster; again, extremely cool. (”Hardcore.” ::giggles some more::) And ohh, the cashmere looks even better than I thought! Ebil, ebil person, you. Ebil. You *know* what I’m gonna want at Rhinebeck. Knowing me, probably one of each. ::wanders off to store to look at what price was::
Wednesday, 3. June 2009
“the one on the right unfolded a little during fondling.”
Uh huh. SURE.
Haven’t you figured out yet that is what fiber does in the darkness at night while you are sleeping? How else could you suddenly have so much?
Well, *you* wouldn’t want to be watched either, would you?
I thought so.
Biochemistry. *snort*