Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival was wonderful. The shopping was much better then I expected. The top photo shows a cute little sock project bag that my mom bought me from Briar Rose. Briar Rose had the best booth I think. Beautiful deep rich hand dyeds and very reasonable prices.
The second photo down is what I bought, the big cake in back is from Briar Rose. They sell in these huge hanks to help with dye lots and pooling since most people don't want to have to worry about dye lots. I plan on making some mittens and hat with it. The Hazel knits in that grouping is from Christine and was forgotten for the other photo.
The third photo is yarn and gifts from my mom. Yarn to make a Kitty Pie, as she just got a cute new siamese kitten and made him one. Hi, Toby cat. Then two sock yarns. and a wooly sheep bag that had a cow sticth marker inside of it. She gave a set to Christine as well. The sheep bag is for us to remember the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival and the cow stitch marker is for us to remember Wisconsin. Me being from Michigan and Christine is from Minnesota.
The bottom is a mix of gifts from Christine and destash that I bought from her. She gave me a beautiful skien of Madelintosh sock in grasshoper and HK in Europhia. The other yarns I bought. She also gave me The Joy of Sox book. Wonderful patterns for sock knitting. She gave me a Vera Bradley bag for a sock project bag. Everything was wrapped in tissue paper. I wish I was that classy to think of that.
It was a truly wonderful weekend with my mom and new friends. perhaps we can even do it again next year.
We took two Cat Bordhi classes. I thought I was a pretty good knitter, but I learned bunches and had my sock thinking completely enlarged. She really gave a us a new way to look at sock construction. I learned a new cast on, bind off and how to conceal wraps and a better way to pick up stitches. She signed my book, but best of all, she said I was an excellent knitter and should consider test knitting for someone. Now don't go taking a pin to my ego just yet, let me bask in the glow a little longer. She touch Christine's toe and Christine said she wasn't ever going to wash it again. LOL
All in all a magical time of knitting.
4 comments:
Looks like you got lots of fun goodies! How fun that you took a class from Cat Bordhi! And what a compliment she gave you! I recently got to meet her by chance and she was so nice and down to earth.
Wowweee that is some wondeful knitting loot! Can't wait to see all that yarn made into socks (and hat/mittens!)
The weekend sounds like it was a blast - I would have loved to take a class with Cat Bordhi just to hang around her for awhile!
She touched Christine's actual toe or the toe of her sock??
Wow the yarn is all soooo pretty. I love the briar rose yarn...I'm jealous. Sounds like you three had tons of fun.
Pat - she touched my little TOE - the real thing! Eek! I was embarrased! But she was trying to tell me the toe of the sock I'm knitting is big enough, so she attempted to fit it on my foot and she touched my toe!
Christy - thanks for recommending this... I think your mom's house is big enough - think we can get a group to "sleepover" there next year?
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