And I met some wonderful people. Canadians are so nice (and the few USAers that I met too)! During Fibre Week there was an Evening Social with knitwear designer Lucy Neatby as the guest speaker, a Silk Spin In (I spun a silk/yak blend…just dreamy), a fashion show, silent auction, and judging for the wool, alpaca, and mohair shows. Hooray to the Bluefaced Leicester lamb fleeces that won reserve champion (a breed near and dear to my heart :-). The fiber was flowing! Oh, and the vendors had a wonderful variety of fiber and loads of other stuff. My suitcases were jam packed coming back. Thank goodness fiber isn’t heavy. But my two new Forrester drop spindles--the Dervish and Linum—stayed close to me on the plane.
I can’t wait to go back next year.
Some pics from Fibre Week:
Yarn samples from the Fiber and Colour Blending class -Hard at work in Level 1 class of Master Spinner Program-Me drop spindling over the cloud of fiber-
Checking the color in my dye pot (dyed my handspun BFL wool with cochineal)-Two fellow students (Katelyn and Kaitlin) posing in front of their natural dyed yarn-
Checking the color in my dye pot (dyed my handspun BFL wool with cochineal)-Two fellow students (Katelyn and Kaitlin) posing in front of their natural dyed yarn-
"Garbage" shawl made from leftover hand spun yarn by Ellen (our Level 1 instructor)-
Ellen modeling her shawl (it's not garbage, it's gorgeous). Ellen modeled it in the fashion show-Lace shawls hand spun and knitted by Chuck (the other Level 1 instructor)-Chuck and his gorgeous shawls-
Me blending white BFL wool and blue BFL wool on the hackles-
Done with the blending. It's like blue skies and white clouds mixed together-
Packing to come home. Trying to stuff all the fiber into my suitcase-Cloud of fiber was kept in the center of the room all week...very colorful and inspiring-
NOW....it's time to get busy on all the requirements for the Breeds Book, Dye Book, and Spinning Book.
2 comments:
Hey Carol, these pics are awesome! I especially love the blue and while blend of the BFL wool- you're so right it does look just like a beautiful blue sky!
Carol I love the pictures of us in our spinning class. You have a very nice site, love the sheep and alpaca too. I have been busy with a litter of puppies that will be 8 weeks on Friday and I have neglected my spinning, I have to get at it or there will be you know what to pay, lol. Did you have any luck getting all your wools? I have a new email (just in case, lol) slesurf@platinum.ca. See you next summer (providing I get my butt in gear)
Shelley
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