September 30th (last weekend) I spent at Crafty Bastards, most of the time hanging out with Woolarina! We had a good time, and Paula did really well, so that was awesome. I even brought a few braids of roving that I had dyed, and some of them sold! This caused me to kick myself into gear and actually open an Etsy store! Snargle Handpaints - offering handpainted roving, fiber, and possibly handspun. Right now it has a pathetic three items in it - I have many more "in stock" at the house, but I realized that I was going to be traveling over the next few weeks, and I didn't want to leave Dan with things to ship out, etc. So expect many more updates in a week or so...
October 7th (tomorrow) is the Taos Wool Festival in Taos, New Mexico. This seems like quite a long ways to travel for yarn, but my sister now lives only 1.5 hours away. Soooo... mom and I decided to come visit, and we strategically timed it so that we can all drive down to Taos! Other than Brooks Farm, I don't think I know any of the other vendors, so hopefully there are some nice suprises there for us ;). So, right at the moment, I'm posting from my sister's house, where I am staying for a long weekend. Next week I go to Seattle for a work meeting, and then fly home just in time for...
October 13-14 is Stitches East in Baltimore, MD. Despite this only being about half an hour away, I probably won't be going because Dan's parents are in town (and I'm already missing most of their visit by traveling). But I just wanted to point out that I had the opportunity to purchase yarn 4 weeks in a row and I abstained. Because, next weekend is
October 20-21: RHINEBECK! Or as it's known to the Muggles, New York State Sheep and Wool. I'm driving up with Jstrizzy (ditching Dan, who was willing but didn't feel the need to go), staying in the Kingston Super 8, playing in Blogger Bingo (player/square Saturday/Sunday), and expecting to have a really fun time. I am sad that Lara can't join me, as we had such a fun time last year (and the year before with Chelsea). But she'll be having fun times that weekend, too.
Speaking of Rhinebeck, my sweater is nearing completion... and I'm nearing the end of my yarn. I do have an ace in the hole (I found the swatch, so I can unravel and use it), but I'm still nervous. I have to decide soon, as if I do need more I have to order it from Artfibers and have it shipped to me. I'm going to keep knitting until I run out, and then deal.
OK, I'll have to let you know how Taos was, and what kind of stash came home... until then, ta-ta!
Posted by Sarah at October 5, 2007 02:00 PM | in: events , travel | PermalinkI bought a braid of your hand dyed yarn! I love it! I'm glad you did well at Crafty Bastards :)
I'm so jealous that you are going to Taos Wool Festival! I went last year while I was working in ALbuquerque. It is much smaller than MD Sheep and Wool - but they have some great stuff. One of my favorite vendors was Plain and Fancy Yarns. They had some really nice sock yarn. La Lana Wools is right across the street from the festival too (home of the original Lady Eleanor) and down the road is the Taos Pueblo. The Pueblo is a must see - it's gorgeous.
Down the road a bit is another yarn shop - Taos Sunflower and near that is the Rio Grande Gorge - very beautiful.
If you want to get a little preview - I just uploaded some pics to Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/javajem/sets/72157602281391485/
Posted by: Jody on October 5, 2007 06:05 PMI'm sooo sad I can't go with you :( NEXT YEAR! I PROMISE!
and uh, can you pick up a Morehouse Melody shawl kit in red for meeeeeee? I'll love you forever? ;) I'll give you $$ at Meetup...
Posted by: Lara on October 5, 2007 10:19 PMDUDE! I cannot WAIT to see you at Rhinebeck - we are SO going to belly bump!!!!
PS - I FOUND CLOTHES! YAY! Okay - off to puke.
Posted by: Cara on October 6, 2007 07:38 AMNice to know that you made it to Alamosa. Now encourage your sister to post to her blog :-)
Posted by: Dad on October 6, 2007 08:50 AM