jiggity jig

did my first show!  two months of dyeing and tying yarn.  if i hadn't taken a vacation at the end of september, i may have actually been completely prepared.  as it was, i was about 90% prepared.  pretty damn good for me! 

if we hadn't had to drive most of the night to get there and get up early to be there, i would have been jumping up and down excited.  instead, i was a gentle swaying sort of excited.  my head was so fuzzled that i am still not sure exactly what went down.  i know i sold some yarn and met some folks.

the best part of the show was the nanimals.  i petted alpacas, bunnies, sheeps, and a camel.  if you know me at all, you know that i want a pair of alpacas for my yard.  you know that i love animals and can't keep my hands off of them.  lucky for me, most of the animals tolerated the love; if they didn't, i tried to be sneaky with my petting.  sometimes it worked. i at least got to brush the fur of an angora bunny with my fingertips.  i guess it's a texture/touch thing, but i cannot tear myself away from a potentially pettable animal.

texture/touch. now that's a good seque to yarn, right?  so this was definitely a heavy on the fiber type show.  lots of wool and fiber and batts and braids and wheels and spindles and handspun.  the better to touch.  and heavenly days, i have to learn how to spin!  (another lucky for me--i met johnny skein from lake geneva, right down the road.  he teaches spinning.  also a cool j.jill style knitwear designer.)

i saved myself from buying yarn, although color story and cakewalk had booths.  instead i bought myself a cute-as-a-button coat.  i gotta find that card so that i can link the designer/sewer here.

best of all, i met some rav friends and made a couple of new friends.  all in all, the show was a success!  i can't wait to do another!