SparkleShan

If you are an avid knitter you have probably heard of New York Sheep and Wool ( http://newyorksheepandwool.com ) , also know as Rhinebeck. It is a two day fiber festival that takes place in Rhinebeck, New York. There are tons of fiber related vendors, selling yarn, spinning fiber, spinning wheels, etc. I have been knitting for almost 9 years and this was the first year I finally got to go this past Sunday. One of my local yarn stores (Madison Wool in Connecticut) organized a chartered bus trip to take us there. So glad I didn't have to drive! I actually got Emma to come with me and keep me company as I browsed around. We had fun petting yarn and watching the sheep dog demonstrations. They also had the cutest Frisbee dogs putting on shows. If I go again I will drive myself because I don't really need to spend 6 hours there and I would bring more money to buy more goodies.

Help me expand my business by donating towards a drum carder & spinning wheel! Go fund me! Http://www.gofundme.com/cd7ts Any little bit helps me reach my goal of owning a drum carder and second wheel so I can have a larger out put of products for my shop. Help support hand made small businesses!

I really wanted to go to Rhinebeck today and had planned on going until I got a flat tire on the way to work Friday morning and had to buy a new tire :( I have never been to a fiber festival before. I guess I'll have to wait another year. So I decided that Emma and I would spend the weekend crafting and making new items that will go in my Etsy shop in a few weeks. Here's a sneak peek. I also did some spindle spinning and spun my first yarn on my wheel Since July!

Here is a sneak peek of the box that my Valentine Swap partner will be getting soon! I love my partner, she is a really special person so I hope she loves her package.

I am participating in a Valentine Swap over in one of my groups on Ravelry. I am not a big fan of Valentine's Day mushy stuff but I love those girls so I wanted to spoil someone. When I got home from work today I had a box waiting for me and I wasn't even expecting it already! What a nice surprise. I got a totally awesome package from SweetPeaFibers (Felicity). She even sent me some of her awesome batts that she carded! I can't wait to spin them up!

Today I came home to two packages in the mail. I love getting packages, it feels like Christmas. First package was Fiber that I ordered from my friend Brittany. I was her 300th sale so I got an extra mini batt, which is the red one. I love it and want to buy the full size version. Then I got a package from knitpicks.com. So of the items are for me and some are for my Valentine Swap partner, hehe.

Bobby brought home the most wonderful cupcakes today from Sugar Bakery , here in town. The one I had was SO yummy! I also had a wonderful package of fiber waiting from my friend Carrie! The batts are so pretty I think I want to spin a girly yarn with them.

I participated in a Fall themed swap in one of my knitting groups on Ravelry. We had to send our swappe things that reminded us of fall. My package came from JQknits and it is awesome. She sent me a ton of her own fiber and hand spun yarn and I love it all. Thank you so much !!!

I finally received my box from Phat Fiber today! I squealed with delight when I saw the box being brought to me by the unit mail clerk. It only took 5 days to get here, which is fast compared to the rest of the mail I have been getting lately. I opened the box and a wonderful smell came over me. I couldn't help but pet and snuggle the wonderful yarn and fibers I received. First are the Fiber Samples I received. From left to right: Giffordables 1/2 oz Batt of 75% Corriedale & Romney, 25% Silk & linen, it also came with a little bag of angora. Giffordables is one of my mew favorite Fiber Artist. I read a post on the PhatFiber Blog about her batts so I decided to check out her shop. The batts are wonderful and very inexpensive, I just had to order 4 batts from her. Not to mention that the owner, Suzie, is a sweet heart (I will be posting a seperate blog with more about Giffordables and with pics of the batts I ordered). Next the multi colored green is from Spincerely Yours (...

I spun up another batch of Shunklies Fine Merino Roving in Pinks and Teals. Here is a picture of the wonderful roving that I got from www.shunklies.etsy.com Here is the roving after I spun it up on my Ashford Drop Spindle. It's thick and thin mostly thick.