I was a terrible photographer this year at the spring festivals. Terrible.
But here’s what I did manage…
NH Sheep and Wool! First fest of the year for me. I joined the fabulous Holiday Yarns booth again! It was POURING rain and freezing the first day. And even colder, but not pouring the second day.
My main corner (had some stuff in another corner too)
The other corner (back mostly out of sight from this angle) and the incomparable Georg
I utterly failed to get one of me, Jennifer, and Tsocks. Argh. Fail.
I did get a photo of these guys…
And I saw and hugged a LOT of people. It was awesome. Also this was the first public introduction of the new yarns of Gnomespun.
I only fell down once. I was very good. I bought this one fleece. It is gorgeous and springy and soft. I think I’m going to prep it entirely myself with teh goal of eventually making a sweater, quite possibly the Brigade pattern.
Montadale/Corriedale cross
After that weekend, I took a train down to DC on Monday for an interview. There was a week of goodness. And a job. I’ll make a post on that later. For now, festivals.
The weekend after I got back, was Cummington, which is one of my favorite festivals, and also the anniversary of both Strider and my original enablement into Gnomespun.
I totally failed to take photos there. I have no photos of the booth. No photos of most of the people. No photos (yet) of my one purchase. Oy. Fail.
Luckily, Lynn did take some photos.
And I *did* finally get to see my very first finished object in Gnomespun in person!
This is me, the lovely Gala, and her awesome hand spun, hand knit shawl in the Amethyst and Gold colorway in Ramboulliet fiber.
Finally, last weekend I had spinning guild, with the Nutmeg Spinners down in CT. Lovely group of people, always fun. I actually vended there for the first time this meeting (and quite possibly the last since I’ll be moving).
This was my first time vending alone. I forgot half of what little I had for setting up a table, but it was ok. After a bit, and with the help of Marcy, I figured out a few ways to make it a little less… flat, but I didn’t take more photos.
So there’s a whirlwind tour of the spring festival and vending season. More photos of things, more details on the DC trip, and all that as things continue. Now back to the dye pot.
~The Gnome
