Sunday, August 16, 2009

A Festival of Fiber

Tim, Logan and I attended the Michigan Fiber Festival yesterday. My plan for the fiber fest is arrive early to avoid the crowds. This year I think everyone had the same idea because of the heat and humidity. Needless to say the barns were crowded with lots of fiber enthusiasts looking for deals and inspiration.

My first purchase was some Falkland wool top from Winterhaven Fiber Farm. Logan picked out the color for a new winter hat.



Next Logan spotted some Opal Harry Potter yarn. I thought I would knit some socks for him, but he has other plans and wants me to knit him a Hedwig.

Next I came across some washed wool Romney fleece from 3 L&S Farms in lots of beautiful colors. I decided that the silver gray was beautiful. I love wool still in the lock formation but not the washing part. I can't wait to play with this wool on my new wool combs.



Logan's favorite part of the festival was the barn with the rabbits. He got to pet one and decided he wanted to take it home. No, that didn't happen. I did get a picture of a gal combing the rabbit. At first I couldn't tell if there was a rabbit in there or if she was combing a ball of fur :)


The last purchase was some buffalo blended fiber batts which I've already started spinning and half is done. Not as soft as I would have expected but it should make a nice, warm winter hat when finished.


It was great to see some fellow Ravelers there too. Amy (Asemumma), KaRi (CoggieTM), Deborah (Wasunwinning), Trish (BammerKT), Tim (Teejtc) and Bethany (BethanyG). Wished I would have taken more pics at the festival, but my camera was buried underneath all this fiber. I can't wait until next year when I hope my hubby may be a vendor and we can stay all weekend :)