World Wide Knit In Public Day

The weather was forecast to be sizzling hot,
but fortunately a front moved in and cooled
things off a bit. Oh, and there's a really
pleasant breeze -- plus very few clouds in a
beautiful blue sky.
There's a WWKIP event down at the LYS a couple
towns away, but I didn't really feel like
driving.
So, I had fun knitting on our front porch
which faces the main drag of our town.
Got a few glances from passers-by; no one
stopped to join me, darnit.
Still had a good time, though! :-)
I'd be interested to hear how others
"celebrated" the day.

Happy Anniversary to us

37 years ago today, I married the love of my life.
We celebrated our anniversary by exchanging gifts,
and having dinner out.

I'm looking forward to the next 37+ years with my
incredible husband.

Plied, skeined, washed, and whacked.
Put it in a hank and it actually behaved (kinda) so I could take a picture
to show you.
Now on to unfurl the hank and hang it to dry.

Yarn-in-progress

On my spinning wheel is hand-dyed (not by me) Romney/mohair that I'm spinning from a batt that I got at the LYS.
Both the Romney and the mohair are locally produced. Love that the halo from the mohair (the white) is coming out already.
No plans for the yarn yet; will post a picture when it's finished.

(For those who question it: I set the center-pull ball up top for a good picture of it. Not really supposed to be there lol.)

What I spoiled myself with at the 2010 Upper Valley Fiber Fest in Troy, Ohio

Jane Evans of Valhalla Acres had gone through her stash of books, pricing them 1/2 off, so I added these to my collection. I'd been wanting them both for a long time.





Jane (Valhalla Acres) has some of the most amazing colors/combinations of fiber to spin; I often go away wanting to have gotten it all! These are the ones I treated myself with, 4 ounces each. The yellow/green is 98% wool and 2% sari silk -- also has a bit of glitz. The one above it is Dorset X.
The pink and one below it to the right are BFL X. And the one bottom middle is 80% wool and 20% angora rabbit.






From Sistermaide I got a new drop spindle.
Plus a small single and a small double lucet.
Girl has to have new toys, you know! :-)





..... and a new project bag from Katie Fleck Designs. It's
reversible to a complementary stripe fabric, and has other
pieces (which I didn't get, darnit) to match. Already
have a sock WIP in it -- that's why it looks "puffy".






From Arlene Graham's Fiberworks I bought a bottle of unscented Eucalan
wool wash(not in picture), and could not resist this beautiful hank of Araucania Ranco solids sock yarn. It's several shades of purple, and I'm thinking of knitting a lacy scarf to really show off all the colors.




From Karen Poulakos Fiber Arts Studio I found a deal no one should pass up:

2 sets 5" size 0 bamboo dpns $3.19/set
1 set 8" size 4 bamboo dpns $3.29/set
1 set 8" size 5 bamboo dpns $3.29/set
1 15.75" size 5 bamboo circular needle $1.79
1 15.75" size 7 bamboo circular needle $1.79

I know I need some other sizes. She'll be at Wool Gathering in
September, so maybe by then I'll get my list together.





From Wooly Bear Yarn:
5 skeins of blue hand-dyed wool/silk dk
weight yarn(that's going to be a
lacy scarf for me; pattern yet to be decided upon)







From Yarns and Fabrications I fed my love of
Cascade 220 with these beautiful skeins.
Also a tape measure --
NEVER have enough of them --
with their store logo on it.




At Nan Talley and Patti Hodge's Fiberantics booth
I fell in love with
the multi alpaca on the left.
And at Cheryl Ross' Mount Ampato Alpacas
booth I could not leave without the 4 oz.
autumn-shades alpaca roving on the right
(should have gotten the other 2 balls of it!).





At Nan and Patti's Fiberantics my friend
Beth Clayton spoiled me rotten with 4 oz.
of alpaca, merino, and soy silk roving.
It's soooooo soft....... No plans for
it yet except to pet it a LOT :-)

On the right is a Romney/mohair batt
I bought from Family Matters Farm in
the Tippecanoe Weaver and Fibers Too
booth. The shop is in Tipp City, Ohio
and I'd previously purchased a similar
batt there; plan to knit them into
scarves after spinning and plying.





I shopped down to my last $8 -- found it in my pocket on the way home.
It's now safely tucked away to be added to, for shopping
for even more goodies at Wool Gathering
in September. :-)

A very lovely gift

I belong to Random Acts of Kindness group at Ravelry.
Every month, the members of the group can post a Wish List of
items they'd like to receive, then other members scan the
lists to see to whom they'd like to gift an item (or more).

This month among other items, I requested
"any Knit Picks sock yarn", plus "Harmony 6 inch
size 0 dpns" (double-pointed knitting
needles, for those not-in-the-know).

A member messaged me, and said she'd like to send me
some of the sock yarn in her voluminous (not her word)
stash.

I consider myself truly blessed to have received even
a small amount of her stash.

What a lovely lady.

Now all I have to do, is decide which color goes
on the needles first. :-)

Happy Mother's Day to all Moms everywhere! :-)