synestheticknits

so glad i made it to the massachusetts sheep & woolcraft fair this year. we'd missed the last couple, so i was determined to make to there this time. yay! this festival goes on for two days and offers tons of workshops and demonstrations. it can even hold the interest of someone who is not fiber-inclined (such as my boyfriend, who tagged along). and of course, all the awesome fibery stuff for sale... saw some old favorites ( spunky eclectic , tsarina of tsocks ) and discovered some new shops that made me wish i could justify heading home with a carful of yarn. knittink makes some amazing geeky-inspired yarn and batts, do click over to her flickr and peep at her handspun. there was also enting fibercraft , who makes some tasty soft batts. since i was trying to restrict myself to only one purchase per festival this year (sigh), i had to go with this: superwash merino top by play at life fiber arts (love her colors, so much want). these will be the greatest rai...

saturday was the rhode island wool & fiber festival... it's at a historic farm museum called coggeshall farm in bristol. (this is where i learned that people in the 18th century apparently did not eat the top crust off their pies. mmm, crust.) it's a lovely little place, and i took a bunch of photos but mostly with my film camera. i suppose they will turn up on flickr eventually, ha. i managed to show some restraint this year and just got one thing, this crazy awesome batt by terrabellaspun . and next weekend.. my favorite, massachusetts sheep & woolcraft fair ! i guess i need to get back into knit mode.

this year, at last, i made it to the rhode island fiber festival. it's held at coggeshall farm in bristol, inside colt state park. it's a working historical farm, with people cooking and weaving and raising sheep... i had never been there before, and it is gorgeous. and now i wish i had brought along my film camera. bah! it was a really lovely, perfect day for the festival. there were lots of vendors and demonstrations, and food.. i should have photographed the super-greasy freshly fried clam cakes i got because damn, they were good. i was very good and only bought four ounces of superwash merino/tencel from susan's spinning bunny , who sell socially and environmentally conscious yarn and fiber (which is totally yummy). it is already spun, plied, and looking for an appropriate sock pattern. (photos soon...) of course there was also sheep shearing! it was lots of fun, and i'm so glad we got to go this year! yarny pictures soon. also... alpacas!