I survived the fair, and I survived thanksgiving… and while with hordes of family at TG, I managed to convince some of them (Yay Jen! Yay Mike! Yay Ali!) to try my little spinning kit instructions. So now I have some ideas of what must be changed to make them more understandable. Maybe once our knitting groups starts back up in the new year, I will bring them along and see if the knitters want to try them out. Well, as promised, here are some of the drawings that I worked so hard on. Aren’t they great?? Well, considering my lack of drawing skills I think they are pretty darn good!

getting ready

yippee I'm getting ready for this next fair. That is one good thing about my job - I work 20 hours a week and get Thurs off, so when I can, I spend the whole day doing fibrous stuff. Today I did a little more dyeing, I set up a sample table, and I finished a few bags. Oh, and in between there I had to zip to my daughter's school to bring the clementines she was supposed to have but had forgotten - such a good mom, right? As to the dyeing, I did some little 1/4 ounce bits of roving with Kool-Aid to include with CD drop spindles in some little mini spinning kits. The next step - to be completed sometime between now and Sat - will be to write up some good instructions. I've been drawing little illustrations for it and having a surprisingly good time. I'm not much good at keeping the camera handy, but I will include a photo of some hats, just to liven the post up.

Feeble Update - Blog Drag Queen

Apologies for being a Blog Drag and not updating as so many bloggers do so well. I have just missed my bus home from work – so I have a few minutes to spare! Very few meaning I had better get hopping if I really actually mean to update.

Big update: I will have a booth at another local fair. This one is at a local Waldorf school (no, not the salad – the school). The folks at these schools are very “into” all things natural, fibery (the kids are taught to knit quite young) and “from scratch.” So perhaps I will fit right in. Did I mention the miserable time I had at the last fair? Yes, I guess I did. Well, let’s hope this one is better.

As for Rhinebeck, I had a nice time there, though I am still not entirely sure why the darling hubbie came along. He is not a fiber kind of guy. Still, we had a nice dinner in Great Barrington on the way home so that part was good. I did not do so great on my Bingo card, still, it was fun to meet a few people. Now, of course, anyone that HAD checked out my blog because of that will by now have stopped checking it because it never changes. AUGGGG. My bad.

And now I must go or I will miss the next bus. At least tonight is my local spinning night.