Michingan Fiber Fest Re-Cap

This past weekend, Pete, Maddie & I went up to Michigan for the weekend.  We stayed up near Lake Michigan and Maddie had a blast walking along the beach!  And several hours on Saturday were reserved for the Michigan Fiber Fest! 

Pete & Maddie were very patient walking through all the booths with me, luckily Theresa showed up just as they had had enough and she & I browsed the last few booths as the rest of our families took in the show the herding dogs were putting on.

I didn't purchase too much, however that wasn't because of a lack of good things to see.  Pete actually talked me into buying that yarn pictured up top.  It's from Persimmon Tree Farm and it's a wool/mohair hand dyed "pot luck" yarn according to the label.  I have plans to weave it into a scarf or shawl of some kind.  I absolutley *love* the colors.  This is about as close to perfect as I can imagine.  All my favorite colors rolled into one colorway!

I also had to visit Alice from Foxhill Farm -- the Cormo woman!  (No website, I'm afraid.)  Orange was the color of the day, so I scooped up this 4 oz. bag of 90% cormo, 10% tussah.  If you see Foxhill Farm at a fiber fest, get some of Alice's yarn or fiber!  You'll be happy you did!

I also bought the last item I needed for my lace pal at the fest, so I can't show that here.  And I have something coming in the mail -- pictures when it arrives!

Perhaps tomorrow I'll show you my finds from the antique shops and outlet mall!

Comments

[Sheepish Annie]

I never thought I'd like orange. And then I bought some handpainted Finn from a blogging buddy that is in the most stunning shades of orange and apricot. Orange rules!!!

[Sue]

I love your orange yarn, it looks so nice. Congrats on the 4 years of blogging. Hopefully one day I will be able to celebrate that milestone too. I love your japanese books too, they seem to be popping up all over blogland, must be the new craze.

[--Deb]

So, so pretty....

[Tsoniki]

So pretty!

All of these blogs I read with knitters showing their yarn ~ I'm edging closer and closer to actually attempting to knit. LOL

[Jo]

I love the potluck roving - I bet it will be breath-taking when you spin it up.

Jo

[shoofly]

i love persimmon tree farm yarn...their colors are always so much fun! orange is such a great color!