ornaments

Bundle of Yarn at SAFF

SAFF (Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair) is the first fiber fair I have ever attended. My reaction?

WOW! I didn’t know there was that much yarn…

(I took these pictures with my phone so please forgive the quality. Hoping to bring my real camera tomorrow.)

view from the "stands" - which is a great place to eat banana pudding btw

Shiny fiber at SAFF

Cute alpaca needlefelting ornaments at Frostglen's booth

I tried hard to meet up with some Twitter buds today. In fact I managed to accost a nice red haired lady with glasses and the right aged baby – mistaking her for @PixiePurls. Yes, I was mortified. Fortunately she (and her friend to whom baby belonged) were very gracious and I made a new Ravelry friend. One who likes alpaca fleeces. Good thing fiber lovers are such a nice bunch.

(Fiber growers – I’m not suggesting you accost strangers in order to sell fleeces, but…whatever works.)

This booth was all about felting supplies!

I took an all-day needlefelting class today called “Painting with Wool”. It was super fun, I learned so much, and I’m now exhausted. Blog post on that coming up soon…

Artistic Skeins

For wannabee artsy spinners like me – THESE are fabulous. They spoke to me. They said, “We want to go home with you. We love alpaca, and we will fit in your carry-on luggage quite nicely.” They have ribbons and feathers and all sorts of “crazy” stuff. In love….