The Great Lakes Fiber

So if you want a relaxed Fiber Show with lots of rovings and friendly people and no crowds and great deals, The Great Lakes Fiber Show is where to go. This weekend has definitely increased my roving stash and I can't wait to get started on spinning. The first thing I pulled my wallet out for was a couple bags of 100% anorga rabbit rovings. I'm a bit afraid of trying it out because I've heard its terribly hard to spin but I just couldn't resist. My new thing with spinning is that I want to try out as many different types of fiber as I can get my hands on. So once I work up the nerve I'll try the angora. It is sooooooo soft. Jeff says he can hardly feel it.

Here it is...
















How'd you like my crazy phone call when I saw Briar Rose Fibers. It's funny I felt like I was meeting a celebrity. There I was oogling over Briar Rose like I had run into Brad Pitt and frankly maybe I should say Colin Firth because Brad Pitt really doesn't do anything for me. I just wanted to crawl right into the basket of fiber. The COLORS! I managed get my hands on a skein (1,500 yards) that was on sale and I also could not resist a skein of bamboo. I'm planning on a shawl for the bamboo and I'll have to search my books for a good pattern for the sale skein.




So do you recognize the sweater I'm wearing. This is the T-shirt pattern from Interweave that I knitted last year. The growing T. After I finished it and blocked it I wore it only once and the day that I wore it, it grew about two sizes. Well in the last year I've grown about ...well maybe just over one size and so the sweater fits much better. I didn't think there would be many benefits of my increasing size, but at least I can count this one. I got many compliments on the sweater. I just love those Art Fibers.






After my Mom and I dragged Dad, Dana, Ted, and Jeff around the show making them wait for us to touch absolutely everything, the whole group headed for lunch at Appleby's where my niece, Brittany works. She had lunch with us and then put her apron on and started work. She's looking good and working hard and it was sooooo good to see her.




The next day I headed back to the show on my own and here's what I have to show for it.


4, 8oz balls of Rovings, Eggplant, 100% Overdyed Lincoln. I want to make an aran sweater or vest out of this.

This is what is looked like on the shelf. Can you blame me for getting it?
Ooops maybe the eggplant isn't in the picture, but can you believe I was able to choose just one. (Maple Row Stock Farm, Sherwood, MI)

A bit of Mohair


and 6 oz of this lovely red Wool/Alpaca blend from Valhalla Acres Fiber Farm in Hopewell, Ohio


Oh...and I'm game for Alaska. Is there anything we need to do now besides save money and convince the husbands?