Today "Lola" and I went to our first Fiber Fair in Marshfield, MO. I'm sure it was a small fair by the standards of the Big 3, but it was loads of fun! We checked out every booth - especially the ones with spinning demonstrations - and I've about decided that I want a wheel! Here's Lisa (aka Lola) with Phyllis - she and her husband make these beautiful wheels and sell them at a very reasonable cost of $285 - which includes a Lazy Kate, too.
I made my one and only purchase of a CD Drop Spindle for $4, which included a bag of roving and a personal lesson.
Lesson Learned: I can spin!
We also saw lots of really cute animals with really soft fleece that I wanted to take home.
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Here's my favorite - I'm calling him Sebastian. (I think he liked me!)
Lesson Learned: Alpacas make funny noises.
After the Fair, I helped Lisa get her laptop reconnected with its wireless router. Two hours later, it was finally online and cleaned up fairly well.
Lesson Learned: Sometimes you just have to click things on the computer and pray they work.
When I got home, Robert and I decided to go out to dinner and to the mall. Since I hadn't seen him most of the day (oh, by the way, he passed his first securities exam this morning - way to go, honey!), I decided to leave my knitting bag at the house so we could have some quality time together. As we turned on the road to TGI Friday's (our new favorite restaurant because of our new favorite server, Alana), we had a flat tire. It took over an hour for the tow truck to get there - yeah, yeah, we're soft - can't change our own tire. Whatever. :-)
Lesson Learned: NEVER leave the house without some knitting.
Comments (3)
Lots of lessons learned. :)
I can't wait to try spinning. I'm going to wait till after the move. I love the spinning wheel. I've been drooling over a few different ones. :)
Posted by Trish | May 19, 2007 8:46 PM
It must have been a little big because I looked for you before we headed out, but I didn't see you. My guess is that while I was getting my spinning lesson you were getting your CD spindle! I went over there and bought some roving to go with my Ashford drop spindle. Also, I loved that white alpaca with the funny hair. Too cute.
Posted by Kate | May 20, 2007 8:04 AM
Thanks to your handy clicking and praying~ I get to read your blog again. (TWO hours wow! I owe you big-time.)
ps: Had GREAT fun at the FF. (Move over horses--Alpaca are my new large pet of choice(!) )
(People make a living changing tires-- good for you and R for contributing to our free-enterprise economy...) ;o) At least we didn't run out of fuel...
Posted by Lola | May 20, 2007 9:00 PM