Weekend Recap in Pictures (and another PRIZE)

First, an update on

We're up to $240!  Way to go people; that's a great start.  Now, as the title suggests, I have another prize to show you.  Heather of Sereknity is an incredibly talented fiber artist with a gift for combining colors in the most goregeous ways.  She has created a very special colorway in honor of my soon to be born (December) grand-daughter and has donated a skein of it as a prize!

Check out that name - Sweet Clover! Isn't it gorgeous? It's even more so in person. That's 400 yards of hand- dyed fingering weight yarn in 60% superwash merino, 30% bamboo, and 10% Nylon. It is so soft and so beautiful. Want to own it? Donate for a chance to win it; the winner of this yarn is going to be very pleased, indeed!  (Remember, you can be entered for a chance to win prizes by donating and/or by mentioning my efforts, with a link, on your blog).

Not only did Heather donate a skein of Sweet Clover as a prize, she also gave one to me! She's such a sweetheart; thank you so much Heather; you don't know how much it means to me.

Now onto the recap in pictures:

Patti and I headed down to Spencer-Pierce-Little Farm in Newbury, MA on Saturday for the Fiber Revival.  What a great day (aside from a bit of wind) and what a beautiful place to hold this event.  This was Heather's first vendor booth and I'm guessing she had a great day since we were only able to get over to talk with her at the beginning and end of the day.  Every time I thought I'd go say "hi" and see how she was doing, her booth was packed. 
Here's a picture of a rare quiet moment in the booth with her and Patti:

Sorry the picture's so dark.

There were lots of spinners and knitters:

There were sheep and alpacas:

This little brown one was soooo soft; that's Lora's little Nathan (the cute guy with the red hair) feeling just how soft.

The white one was incredibly shiny and looked soft, but he wouldn't let me get near enough to pet him. But he let this little girl get pretty close - he belongs to her family's farm.

There was a weaver demonstrating her craft and there were a couple of circular sock machines; don't know why I didn't get pictures. I must have been having a senior moment :-)

I did get a picture of Nancy from Hair of the Dog, spinning some dog hair.
The hat she's wearing is made with dog hair and she had some items there that were made with dog hair and OMG, they are soft! Looks like Patti may be contemplating having her doggies' hair spun.

And finally, my Saturday Sky (late again):

Have a great day!

Comments

[Chris]

It looks like such a fun day! Aren't alpacas and llamas kinda crazy looking? :)

[Sheepish Annie]

How fun! And I'm loving that yarn...guess I'd better head over and make that donation now!!

[Carole]

Sounds like such a fun day! Wish I could have been there.

[Amy]

How much fun was that??? I will get busy and post a link to Light the Night on my blog. Been kinda busy the last couple of days (wink wink).

[lisa]

That looks like a LOT of fun! (and not so busy as some of the other fiber type events). I've felt samoyed in a sampler shrug, it was softer than the angora! I do wonder how dog hair would smell when wet... and I've read that you should not make small child sweaters out of dog yarn because other dogs will always be able to smell it as dog and may not recognize the kid as a kid, and if they are not good with other dogs, terrible things could happen!

[Gina House]

Oh, man!!! WAhhh! I wish I couldn't come! I've heard that I missed a fantastic day. Great pictures...and I love the new Sweet Clover yarn. It's sooo cute! (The pics of the socks on my blog are for Clover....forgot to mention that in the post. Do you think Samm will like them?)

So happy that Heather did well and you had such a fun time. Next year, I'm there for SURE!

[Cheryl]

Senior moment hahaha! like you're old enough for that! So glad you made it, it was great to see you again.

[brenda]

I'd love to see the dog hair yarn. I've been contemplating spinning with my dog's hair but I thought that might be too weird. Soft and warm, makes me want to start saving the hair when I brush him.

[Lora]

It was such a fun day. I enjoyed chatting it up with you and Patti! Nathan had a good time too!! He was such a good boy all day!
I LOVE sweet clover!! That colorway is beautiful!

[marianne]

Holy smokes! what a post! lovely lovely from that skein of beauty...to the whack of knitters and spinners (at a fest no less) the sheep, alpacas (love that little brown one!) to great old building with blue blue sky!....wish I could have been there! Good for you and all who were present!

[Gigi]

Looks like a wonderful time was had by all. Hope there is a repeat next year so I can come! Heather's yarn is just beautiful. What will your skein grow up to be?

[Colleen]

OMG! looks like so.much.fun! and the weather!? WOW.

lovelovelove the Sweet Clover yarn! finally getting caught up and made my donation! whoot!