Treasures and a First for Me

Some of the things I got from Fiber Fest yesterday. Roving for felting.
Kayla and I are needle felting dogs. I know these aren't dog colors,
but aren't they beautiful? Her idea for the dogs, sounded like fun to me.
So we got new foam for her and myself. I didn't realize that foam
could disintegrate like it does. Turns into dust. From light?
Otherwise how can things last any length of time?
Like pillows with forms, etc?

Found some beautiful chenille. Enough for a scarf or maybe two,
depending on what I want to make. I see it used in a kumihimo braid.

And looky here! I am making my first sweater ever. A cardigan for
my baby Brother's first baby. So far so good. If I start now I should
have it done by Christmas which is about the time it's due. So far the
hardest part was converting centimeters into inches. Thank goodness
there's Googles!
I got three good sized eggplants from my garden this week. Eggplant
Parmesans for supper tonight...yummo! Geary better get home soon or
I'm starting without him. My tomatoes are riping fast and I've been
making my favorite salad...Cherry tomatoes, sliced onions, and
black olives covered with Zesty Italian and fresh cut up mozzarella
thrown on top. See Ya!

Saturday at FiberFest 2008

Saturday at the Fiber Festival, couldn't ask for better weather. Only

75 degrees and a nice breeze. Lots of vendors and lots of buyers. I

was really surprised to see the amount of yarns and things that were

being sold. Stood in a lot of lines to pay for items. This was in the barn

area. The buildings were so crowded you could hardly get through.

Outdoor vendors. Don't know what was so interesting down there!

Llama's, love them! This one was so friendly and the woman who

owned her let me hold on to her while she took the picture.

Yep, that's me, my niece Kayla is standing in the background.

In the barn were the Alpacas. Love the bushy heads.

Hey, what's in the bag? This one was really curious. Would it have

eaten the plastic? Looked like it wanted too. Would have chewed our

fingers too, if we'd let him.

I got some nice chenille yarns. Some roving for felting and a few

supplies. Show you those tomorrow. After the day in Allegan, Kayla

and I picked more blueberries. I think I got enough of those for the

winter now!

It's Michigan Fiber Festival Week!

Don't forget the Fiber Festival in Allegan this weekend! I'm not

taking classes, but I do intend to look around this weekend. It's

one of the weekend I treasure the most. It gets my juices going

for the feel of fiber in my hands. I have plans for knitting my first

sweater (for a new baby), I'm working on a project with Liz from

primoriginals...I'm not saying what that is till I'm ready to get

started, but its gonna be fun and I am so ready to feel wool...hint,

hint. If you like primitive works go check out her Etsy store.

I have a hard time picking my favorite pieces.

Back to the Festival, I believe I saw Tari Sasser's name, from

Creative Impressions in Clay as a vendor. I hope so, cause

I want to check out her scissors tips and stitch markers.

I've we're lucky we'll have as beautiful weekend as we had for

the Blueberry Festival.

I'm loving the low 70's and no humidity...so fresh and stimulating.

Last years purchases from Tari.

Last, but for sure not least, its Heather's Birthday today...say

Happy Birthday to her if you know her.

Marr Haven

This is my freind Barbara Marr from

Marr Haven Wool Farm. She does it all from

raising the sheep to getting the wool ready to

sell in her shop. If you happen to get a chance

to stop at her shop she is always ready to help

answer your questions, and is more than willing

to get you starting on any fiber project you can

think of. Thanks Barb!

August BJP and MI Fiber Festival

This is the beginning of my August page. I wanted to keep track of it a little more than the last ones I had done. My inspiration for this month is my love of primitive art work and crafts. Especially rug hooking, penny rugs, and ornies. I love to do punchneedle too. This is also the month for MI Fiber Festival. So in keeping with that theme (and I found my button!) I started on my page for August. I have some really primitive colors in seedbeads that I'm going to use.
I can see that pictures aren't going to do it justice. At least from the way it looks now, almost too dark. I got the button from a vendor at last year's festival. I have to keep telling myself that primitive is not perfect!




This is the week I've been waiting for! MI Fiber Festival! Tomorrow starts the first day of all the workshops and classes. I decided I wanted to learn how to acid dye fibers and mix my own colors. Susan Saunders is teaching the all day class. I can hardly wait. The car is packed with my supplies I need. I keep double checking the time to be there. Oh silly me (this is a confession that I should probably keep to myself :{ ). Last year I was so excited about the class I was going to take. Primitive Rug Hooking with Linda Harwood, that I went a day early. I didn't figure it out till someone asked me if I needed help finding my class. And when I told them which one, they politely told me that it wasn't until the next day...dah! I only got up at an hour in the morning that I'm not used to, but I drove for an HOUR to get there. And the worse part was I had to come home and explain to Geary why I was back so early. How embarrassing, but I had the best time and met a great person (and now a friend) named Kim. And I learned how to hook rugs! Of course I haven't finished it totally.