October 2008 Archives

This seems to be becoming an annual pilgrimage for Mum and me. We went to the NSW Spinners and Weavers Guild open day in Burwood again today, as we did last year.



We went around all the stalls taking in what was on offer and chatting to many people - particularly about the spinning camp Mum's group is holding in two weeks' time. This year I bought some English Leicester Kid Mohair & Bamboo rovings from Freelance Fibres and some Tussah Silk yarn and a copy of the Interweave Felt 2008 issue from Glenora Weaving & Wool.



Mum bought some blended fibres and a wraps per inch tool. When we were done we had sausage sandwiches from the Rotary Club outside for lunch and then went on to Newtown for SSK. So we had a very lovely fibre-filled day!

Life has been very hectic since the last post. I've survived Year 7 camp (I had a great group of kids, so it wasn't as bad as I had feared) and I've been to Adelaide for a conference. The trip home from Adelaide last Friday was a bit of an ordeal, but I won't bore you all with that other than to ponder why people feel the need to have a hissy fit when things go a little awry - it's not going to change anything or help! But I will tell you about the better part of Friday, spent stash enhancing in Adelaide.



First stop was the Yarn Barn in Rostrevor. I found the range of yarns there quite impressive - they have some lines in Sublime, RYC and Sirdar that I haven't seen before. I'll be keeping them in mind once I've managed to run down the stash a bit (there's already a couple more jumpers worth of yarn here). I bought Noro Silk Garden in two colours to make a Noro Scarf, and 4 balls of 8 ply Jolly Jumbuck in a natural grey (no particular project in mind).


The second stop was the Walking Wheel Studio in Seaview Downs run by Bella Head. This was like being let loose in a candy shop. Extra photos for teasing my Mother:







I would have happily have bought much more than I actually did, but had to be restrained because I had very limited room in my suitcase, and will have more fibre buying opportunities over the rest of this month. I came away with a ball of alpaca/silk lace weight yarn in Mulberry and 490 grams of merino/alpaca/silk. I wish I'd bought the Romney I had picked out too, but I knew there would be no room in the suitcase for it (the merino/alpaca/silk bag has split because I had to squash it so much!).



Had the weather been better (it was very overcast with constant drizzle) I might have ventured further, but really, two shops was enough.