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I rocked the Tour De Fleece this year. Like just about everything else fiber related, it has moved over to Ravelry. Which made it easy to watch but almost too hard to participate in. The boards moved so fast and had so much going on that I really couldn’t keep up. Which is a bummer because I never entered or voted for prizes. I also seemed completely unable to take a picture DURING the TDF and now that it is done I’ve got some finished skein picts. So I share. (all my yardage notes are in the basement…)

A blend of white angora and colored firestar. Angora from when I raised rabbits, back when I was 13.

Frankenstein. I got the roving in a swap. I quite like it!

After the Storm. Fiber of the month club from ArtClub on Etsy. It’s still not speaking to me.

I also worked on some handspun projects.

I traded the roving from Whirlygig yarns. It was spun up thick and thin. Knit on the bias, which was fun.

Rainbow scarf. I got all the fibery bits from a ‘make yarn out of this’ swap on craftster. I have a hard time describing what I did, but the yarn was completely different from beginning  to end. I wanted to knit it up so that you could see the yarn shift, so I knit the scarf on the horizontal. It’s a REALLY LONG scarf, but I think it captured what I wanted!

And it wasn’t just handspun projects all the time. I knit some socks on the sock knitter. They are a hair big for me, so they may go to a new home soon.

Yup Yup, I went to the wool market again. It was QUITE the adventure this year with TWO little people. Thanks to Nicole who helped me with the kiddos. And did some fiber enabling. I wish I got the picture of our set up. My hefty 9 mo old was in a hiking backpack (which makes me take up a lot of room) and T in the Stroller or walking (depending on her mood.)And yes, the stroller takes up room too. SO I did get some scowls in the vendors area. But the kids are so cute, a couple of smiles and they usually win over folks.
What did I get?

TWO bags of shiny. Because I have discovered the JOY of shiny. And it was supa cheap.

A 10 needle needle felting tool. Bacause it’s time to get back into needle felting. And it’s COMFY.

A silk brick from Bonkers. Oh so lovley. I fell in love with the colorway the second I saw it but it was a little expensive so I wasn’t sure. A walk through the animals, some encouragement, and I got it. I figured if it was still there I would get it, and it was, so I did. I think it’s going to be a shawl. Perhaps this one. Because it’s called Lamina.

I also got (but did not photo) the patterns from Ellens Wooly Wonders. Yes I got them (remember them from last year?) I got the dragon and the egg pattern. And already have great yarn plans. SHINY HANDSPUN!!!!