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News From Virginia and Our Home Upgrades

In my previous post I promised to share some of our home upgrades we did. I also bring news from my Virginia trip.

Virginia

I left Nashville on Wednesday. I drove to about the halfway point, which is Abington, VA, and stopped for the night. I drove through torrential rain for about the last 100 miles in East Tennessee. It rained all night in Abington and through the first 100 miles on Thursday in southwest Virginia. By the time I got north of Roanoke it was behind me. I arrived at my hotel in Winchester and got settled in for the week. I went to do some grocery shopping.

Friday was set up day at the Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival. too. It was lightly raining here by then but nothing too bad. I got a few pictures that show my new booth fixtures better than the tent ones from last weekend.

The weather on Saturday was quite nice, surprisingly, especially considering what was going on in the rest of the southeast. Nashville got about 5″ of rain but our home and family had no problems. I am grateful for that but my heart does break for the devastation to so much of the region . :-( Sunday was a little wet again but nothing problematic. The festival turnout was good and I believe the vendors mostly had good sales.

I have four days as a break here while I await traveling the short distance to Orange, Virginia on Friday for the Fall Fiber Festival. I am mostly hanging out at the hotel. I have sent out a few orders, done some knitting and reading, and a bit of book shopping on Monday.

Knitting

I know I said I was going to work on the Veritas Shawl, but that hasn’t happened yet. I was more in the mood to knit something simple, so I cast on a new pair of Hedgerow Socks. I made these before in 2009. Those were gifted, so these will be for me. I have picked out some yarn for new samples but since I haven’t wound or cast on for those yet, I’ll report when I do.

Home Upgrades

Finally, I want to share some of the lovely home improvements that we (mostly Jerry, to be fair) have done.

It started with this HVAC vent that Jerry installed in our main bathroom. We should have done this decades ago. When we bought this house in 1998, there was a crappy attempt to vent the heat and air to the bathroom under the vanity. It was a terrible idea. It wreaked havoc on the contents in the drawers. Jerry removed it and blocked off the hose. The bathroom was poorly ventilated though and would retain moisture. Finally he decided to try installing a proper vent in the floor. It has made a big improvement!

The next thing we did was to install a ceiling fan in our bedroom. Oh my! I love that thing! I no longer have to run my noisy little bedside fan. The next day we went out and bought four more fans to install in the den, second bedroom, my office and the kitchen. It is so nice to have air circulating throughout the house. We run them 24/7 on low and I turn the one over my bed up to medium or high at night.

While I was in Wisconsin, Jerry decided to tackle installing one in the living room. The only reason we weren’t initially planning to that is because it required installing a new box. The overhead in our living room is on the side of the room, over the dining area and we wanted the ceiling fan in the center where we sit. He did a wonderful job and now it looks like it was always there!

The final upgrade was in the kitchen. We built an island/work table and a small shelf near the stove. I had always been leery of this idea because, while I like the idea of more workspace, I feared it would clutter our somewhat small kitchen. This is the lovely thing that he came up with and I do love it! I am probably going to get some nice canisters and store my baking supplies on the bottom shelf. I am off to do some looking around to that end. See you again soon!

Posted on October 1, 2024October 1, 2024 by yarnmama — 6 Comments

A Finished Knitting Project and Booth Upgrades

I have a finished knitting project and a few booth upgrades to show you today. We have done some home upgrades too but I will save that for another post.

Knitting

I will get straight to the knitting content first. I finished the Summershine Top in Organic Cotton Sport yarn.

I am very happy with the look and feel of this top. I am less pleased with the fit on myself. That is my fault, though, due to the gauge being a bit tighter than it should have been for the size I made. I knit a sleeve first as a swatch on size US 4 needles and it seemed fine at 5.5 stitches per inch. In the final garment, however, the overall gauge is closer to 6 stitches per inch. The finished garment size is around 39.5″ rather than the 41″ I wanted. I can fit into it but it doesn’t have the positive ease I was going for. It is fine as it is as a booth sample but I may go up a size when I make another for myself out of the Patons Linen.

The only knitting that I have on my needles now is the Veritas Shawl. It hasn’t changed from my last post about it since I devoted all my knitting energy to the sweater. I will probably get back to the shawl. I would like to get it finished before the Westknits MKAL next month. I’m not 100% sure I am participating but I have purchased the pattern.

Booth Upgrades

Since my previous blog post, I have been to the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool. It was absolutely fabulous as always. The crafters turned out in droves and the weather was cool and fall like.

After returning from Wisconsin. I had another ten day break. I needed to do a bit of restock dyeing since this was the last opportunity to do so and we were getting low on some colors. mostly in DK. The rest of the fall is pretty much back to back festivals until the first of November. So, I took a couple of days to get that taken care of.

After that was done, we still had most of the week left. We knew some of the booth fixtures were looking rather road weary. It seemed like a good time to do something about that. All of these were made in 2007/2008 and have seen A LOT of use/abuse.

We started with the checkout stand. It was in the worst shape. We decided it needed completely scrapped and rebuilt. It had already been repaired and painter multiple times and it was tired, LOL. I am so excited and pleased with the new one. We kept the top size the same but we expanded the base and added extra storage space for my bags and other stuff I like to keep in there. I love the color I picked to compliment the logo. It also contrasts the cherry table top nicely!

Next we got to work on the Yarn Swift display table. It was in need of repairs to the support legs and the top needed sanding and a re-fresh of linseed oil and wax. We decided to paint the support legs to match the check out stand. The table top looks almost like new!

The last item we gave a new life was the shelf unit where I display lots of different tools and accessories. The large dowel type shelf supports needed some of the threads repaired but they were otherwise still okay. Jerry made these from Mahogany and would have taken awhile to re-make. We got them back in working order with a few minor repairs. The shelf boards really needed completely replaced. We opted to try using some solid pine to replace the oak plywood in the old ones. These new ones may not make it 17 years but they are lighter. We painted them in the Sea Turtle green too. I look how they look!

Festival

I am in Yellow Springs, Ohio this weekend for the Wool Gathering Festival at Young’s Jersey Dairy. The weather for the weekend looks like it will be on the warm side but since we are in tents I guess that’s better than wet. Hopefully, no rain until after the load up on Sunday.

booth pictures Wool Gathering — Sorry for the back light.

I am only going to be home for a day and a half. I will fill you in on the house upgrades while I am there next week. See you soon!

Posted on September 20, 2024 by yarnmama — 6 Comments

Back Home and Time for a Knitting Update

I arrived safely back home yesterday and it’s time for a knitting update. I include a bit about my festival travel and books I am reading also. So let’s get started.

Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival

Before I get to my knitting update, I will fill you in a little on the Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival. I have a long history attending at this festival. My first year here was in 2008 when it was at the Crown Plaza south of Pittsburgh. I only missed one year, due to Covid shutdowns. I have many knitting acquaintances and customers in the area and it’s so nice to see them every year.

The turnout at the festival this year was good. There have been a few rocky years due to venue and date shifts, but I am pleased to see that it has weathered the storms. Laura is doing a fabulous job organizing it and I am happy to still be a part of this festival each year.

Home

I drove home yesterday, after almost two weeks away, and it is good to be home. I will have the upcoming week and weekend here and after three shows in a row, I am looking forward to the break.

At the moment, I am at the Ford dealership getting my truck a slightly overdue oil change and tire rotation. I will need to do some grocery shopping tomorrow. I plan to do my shopping early in the day since it is hot as the hinges of hell this week. After some nice cool weather while I was up north in Michigan and Pittsburgh, the 100 degree days feel especially grueling. I hope this will be the last super hot spell we have this summer.

Knitting

Let’s get to the knitting update, shall we?

It’s not as much progress as thought I would have done on my Organic Cotton Sport Summershine Top. I envisioned possibly finishing this and maybe getting back my shawl or the Linen Summershine Top. That was overly ambitious I guess. To be fair, I spent more of my down time reading, so I am okay with that.

Summershine Top Front Organiic Cotton Sport yarn

I got the back piece completed but it needs blocking. I also have a good start on the front piece. It is about 3 inches maybe, and it needs to 15.25 inches to the neck and arm hole decreases. I brought it with me to work on while I wait for my truck service.

Reading

I’m enjoying some of my new books that I bought while I was in Pittsburgh. I am also listening/reading (Kindle version) to The Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch. This is my first book by her. I don’t like the main character, Charles Arrowby, but I am enjoying her writing style very much. The prose is descriptive and proportionate to the dialogue. I love that there is much reference to the sea. That was what attracted me to pick it up.

The narrative starts out describing his move to this little sea cottage. I was drawn into it easily. As the narrative moves along you start to realize that Charles is a narcissist. It becomes very apparent as soon as other people from his life and past begin to turn up. I am enthralled by the story while simultaneously despising quite a few of the characters.

I am also a few chapters into Wild and Distant Seas, which I told you about in my last post. This is very good so far. The protagonist is the Inn Keeper where Ishmael and Queequeg stay before boarding the Pequod.

I will close for now since my truck is ready. Talk soon!

Posted on August 27, 2024 by yarnmama — 1 Comment

Summershine Knitting and a Major Book Haul

Summershine Top back in Organic Cotton Sport

Good Morning from Pittsburgh! I have an update on my Summershine Top knitting and a major book haul to share with you.

Knitting

I will start off my update with my current progress on my Summershine Top in Organic Cotton Sport.

I am still on the back piece, where I have reached the underarm bind-off and shaping. I had yesterday and today off so I hope to finish this part soon and begin the front.

Mini Break Between Festivals

So, as I said in the opening of my post, I am currently in Pittsburgh for the Pittsburgh Creative arts Festival. I was in Allegan, MI last weekend for the Michigan Fiber Festival. That festival was wonderful as always. The weather was mixed between rain and sun. We had a good turnout and fun was had by all.

I drove from Michigan to Pittsburgh on Monday. Since I don’t have to set up the booth until Thursday (tomorrow), that gave me two days off. It goes by pretty quick and it has been nice to just hand out with my knitting and books. I am very easily entertained. :-)

Book Haul

Speaking of books, there is a Barnes & Noble just a few miles from my hotel. So, of course, I had to pop in on Tuesday. There is a big book haul sale going on. How could I resist that, I ask you? Recently I did some culling of my book shelves in my office. I am pretty sure I just refilled a bit of that space. ;-)

I have read all of these before with two exceptions. The book on the top of the stack, Wild and Distant Seas by Tara Karr Roberts, intrigued me with the cover art. I love the ocean, and whales. I picked it up and read the summary. It is based on a spin off from Moby Dick, one of my favorite novels. I was ALL IN at that point. I have already read the first chapter and I like it so far. (No affiliation, just a book-lover who likes to share)

The other one that has some stories I haven’t read yet is the Great American Short Stories collection. I have read probably at least 30-40% of the ones contained in the volume. I am excited to dip into this and just read whatever one strikes my mood.

Posted on August 21, 2024August 21, 2024 by yarnmama — 3 Comments

A Little Knitting and My Festival Goodies

I am back from the Southern Comforts fiber Market. While I was there I did a little knitting and bought a few goodies.

Knitting Progress

I will start off by showing you my knitting progress on the Summershine Top. I only worked on the Organic Cotton Sport one lately. I finished knitting and blocking a sleeve in this yarn and in the Linen/Cotton one. After checking for gauge on both and they looked good, I cast on the back piece in the Organic Cotton Sport.

Organic Cotton Sport Summershine Top — organic cotton sport sleeve

Linen Cotton Summershine Top — organic cotton sport sleeve

Over the weekend while I was in Charlotte, I got about half of the back piece knit. I haven’t measured the length but I think it needs to 15″ or so before beginning the armhole shaping. It looks like around 8″ maybe.

I haven’t worked at all on the Veritas Shawl since the last post. No brain space for that one right now.

Festival

Now on to my festival update. I returned yesterday from the Southern Comforts Fiber Market in Charlotte, NC. This was the fourth year for this show and it is growing nicely. I was excited that there was a noticeable increase in the customer attendance this year. We had a great show and I am looking forward to going back next year.

I don’t often get a chance to do much shopping while I am vending. I planned, however, to make a visit to Brick House Fiber Arts booth and pick up a few sets of my favorite needles. I am slowly collecting a set of all of my most used sizes and lengths.

What I love most about their knitting needles are the cables. They are wonderful and drapey. No coiling at all! The needles themselves are perfectly sharp and friction-less. I highly recommend!

One of my vendor neighbors had some lovely bags. I had been thinking lately that I could use a new, larger, main knitting bag to hold my supplies and extra yarn that won’t fit in my project bag. This is especially handy on longer trips, which I will be on his coming week. More on that later. Anyway, I fell for this beauty.

I have moved in and I absolutely love it! It is nice and roomy. It has several pockets and a holds quite a lot. What I really like is that it folds in and looks smaller than it is. When you open it up, it is very expansive. When you are carrying it though, it doesn’t feel huge. The maker doesn’t have a website but her business name is Yours By Design. I think she’s on Instagram. Wait..I found her Etsy shop.

Where I’m Going Next

Before I close this post, I will mention where I am off to Wednesday. I will be going first to Allegan, MI for the Michigan Fiber Festival. After that I will be headed from there to Pittsburgh, PA for the Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival. I will have a couple days off between, so if I don’t post before that I should have time to post then. See you soon!

Posted on August 12, 2024August 12, 2024 by yarnmama — 2 Comments

A Completed Sweater and New Knitting

My Miss BB Sweater is all finished! I also started a couple of new knitting projects.

Sweater

The seaming was problem free. All the pieces fit together as they should. I got it all done in a couple of sessions.

I went to Joann’s and got some buttons and grosgrain ribbon. I hand sewed in the ribbon to the inside of the button bands to stabilize them. It also adds more fabric for attaching the buttons. I am very fastidious when I sew in buttons, but they still fall off frequently. I hope this will help with that.

I am very happy with the finished sweater. The fit is roomy but not too oversized. This is going to be a nice outerwear garment for chilly days.

New Knitting

Now that my sweater is finished, I have cast on a new shawl/scarf. I showed you the yarn for the Veritas Shawl in May. It is Monologue by LMFA.

Now, you have probably noticed if you have been reading my blog for awhile, that I am a pretty experienced lace knitter, right? This pattern is intense. The set up and first chart (about 28-30 rows) took my most of last Sunday afternoon.

I spent a good deal of this Saturday and Sunday working on the set up for the next section. I am now at the point where all the elements are on the go. There are five parts to each row. There are edge stitches at the beginning and end of the rows. In between are three different stitch patterns. I feel like I have a handle on them now. When I was just starting them, it was constant chart checking.

You can see here how I had to print out the pattern so I could easily have everything visible. This is my one complaint about the pattern. The formatting of the charts and row directions are all over the place. The information is there and correct but it isn’t very user friendly.

I am really happy with how it looks now that is starting to look like something. While I was on the first chart, it was hard to tell what I was knitting.

Another New Project

While I was in Joann’s getting the stuff for the sweater, I picked up some yarn I saw on sale. I never do this but I had just been thinking how I haven’t made a summer sweater in ages. I also have not knit with linen and would like to try some. I saw this cotton/linen blend and couldn’t resist.

I went looking for some pattern ideas. I love Anne Hanson’s designs and looked there first. I found a few options but decided on Summershine Top. I did some swatching since this yarn is new to me. I used US 6 and then again on US 4. The gauge and fabric were better on the US 4’s.

Since I was unsure how gauge might change on the project, I decided to start with a sleeve and after washing it I will check gauge again.

I am also thinking that I will make a second garment using my Organic Cotton Sport for a booth sample. I will probably cast on a sleeve in that yarn as soon as I complete the cotton/linen one. I can knit them concurrently. I should have two sleeves completed by next time. I will also be sharing a new product on the website!

Posted on July 29, 2024July 29, 2024 by yarnmama — 4 Comments

It’s Time to Seam My Sweater

All the knitting on Miss BB is complete and it’s time to seam my sweater.

Knitting

Since my last post I knit the second front, and both of the sleeves. I blocked each piece as I completed them.

Miss BB sleeve blocking — sleeve piece blocking

Miss BB sweater pieces — sleeve piece blocking

Last night I knit the final section where the side collar pieces meet at the back. My favorite detail of this sweater is that cable that is on the back of the shawl collar. I love how it meets up with the cables on the center back!

I still need to seam the shoulders, sew up the side seams. Then sew up the sleeves and set them in to the openings.

Miss BB body back view — back view of assembled body pieces

Miss BB body front view — back view of assembled body pieces

I might sew in some grosgrain ribbon to the button bands. I haven’t picked out buttons yet.

Festival Preparations

We are still working full time on restocking products for the fall festival season. Jerry is busy making more Yarn Swifts at the moment. I have been busy sewing bags for those. I also washed, dried, and labeled some Bare Yarns. We restocked all the Bare Yarns in the wool bases and also the Organic Cotton Sport and Organic Cotton Worsted yarns.

I am getting excited to get back out on the road next month. I am enjoying being home, but I love seeing the knitters too!

Posted on July 19, 2024July 19, 2024 by yarnmama — 4 Comments

New Hand-knit Socks and New Yarn

There are new hand-knit socks and some new yarn to show you, so let’s get into it. Since my last post, my knitting time is limited so I only have one item to show you today.

Knitting

I finished my Classic Merino Bamboo socks on Sunday. I used 67g/324 yards of yarn. I enjoyed making up the pattern by using various stitch patterns. I can see this pair being one of my favorites. They are comfy and soft, but the bamboo should make them pretty durable.

Yarn dyeing

The main reason that my knitting time has been limited is that it is yarn dyeing time again.

After I returned from Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival, my yarn arrived from the mill. I planned to do 2-3 new colors and restock the other colors.

I wound some mini skeins of 10g each to do some color samples. The three mini skeins in the right picture are the ones that made the final cut.

I spent the next couple days getting all the dyes mixed and doing other preparations. We divided the work into four dye days.

The week after this, I got all the labels printed and attached. Next, I packed the yarn in the trailer or in the back up inventory boxes in the workroom. Yesterday, I got all the new inventory logged into the system. That included taking pictures of the new colors and marking the discontinued colors on sale.

new yarn colors 2024 — New 2024 Colors Iris, Oregano, and Rose

discontinued yarn colors 2024 — New 2024 Colors Iris, Oregano, and Rose

I am excited about the new colors. They work well with the rest of the palette. I can’t wait to see them on the displays at the next show. I don’t know when I will get a chance to knit any fresh samples using them but hopefully by the fall. I don’t have a way to link to particular colors on the website. The new color names are Iris, Oregano, and Rose. If you select any of the hand dyed yarn bases, you can select those names to view them there.

The colors that are discontinued are also available for 50% off which is $14.50 a skein. The colors on SALE are Cerise, Pewter, and Winter Sky. I love all these colors. It is hard to decide which ones to switch out, but you have to do it periodically to keep everything fresh.

I will close with this and hope to back to work on my sweater or a new shawl in my next post.

Posted on June 26, 2024June 25, 2024 by yarnmama — 5 Comments

One More Festival and Then Home

Festival Travels

May has been quite a busy travel month. This weekend is the Hoosier Hills Fiber Festival in Franklin, IN. We have a long history with this show beginning in 2008, which was the year of the Flood. If you were there, you know what I mean. That year, Friday was epically rainy but the turn out was pretty good, considering the weather. Saturday morning it was STILL raining and things were looking dire. Roads were closing due to ponding and about midday we were told we would need to start loading up because a nearby dam broke. It sounds scary, but really the biggest problem was finding a route out of the area when roads and even Interstate 65S was closed for a time. We made it out fine. We did, however, have to take the long way home via I74 East through Cincinnati to Louisville.

But, I digress. Hoosier Hills is the last festival on our schedule from the first half of 2024. I am setting up the booth in a few hours from now. The market hours are 10:30-5:30 on Friday and 9-4 on Saturday. When I get home on Sunday I have a break from traveling. I have got more yarn ordered to dye over the summer break. It is arriving in a week or two.

Here are a couple pictures from The Great Lakes Fiber Show last weekend. We had a really wonderful turn out this year. The weather was nice for the most part, except for Friday, which was set up day for vendors.

Knitting

So, as I mentioned above, I have been busy. I am working on my two projects but not as much as I would like.

Sample Sock Merino Bamboo — Miss BB Left front

Miss BB is coming along. I completed the left front piece but I didn’t have time to block it yet.

My other knitting project is my sock in Classic Merino Bamboo. As you may recall, this was originally Stephen West’s Mingling Daisies Socks. That is no longer the plan and let me explain why that happened.

I began the pattern stitch section after the ribbing, which started with the Daisy Stitch. I remember that when working this on the shawl it was a bit fiddly until the fabric grew. The fiddly bit is worked on the wrong side and is done by working P3tog, leave those on the left needle, YO, P3tog again into those same three stitches. It got easier as the fabric grew.

The problem, for me, was that with the socks it is done on the right side. So, that means that you are working in the round (for me on DPN’s) on 2.25mm needles and doing the stitch pattern as K3tog, YO K3tog. Oh. My. Goodness. That was so slow and aggravating to me. AND, you have to shift the beginning of row every other row. UGH. I worked a few repeats and I hated it. I also promptly trashed any plans for making the companion sock pattern that was ALL Daisy stitch.

So, the 2.5″ ribbing was knit. I ripped back to that and got out my stitch pattern books. I decided to pick 2-3 out and make up a sample sock pattern. I looked for ones that were multiples of 4 or 8 since I have 64 stitches. I am using one called Swedish Check, the Broken Rib that was in Mingling Daisies, and a lacy pattern called Little Frogs. I just finished the gusset decreases last night.

I think that’s enough for today’s post since it is getting close to time to go set up the booth. See you again soon!

Posted on May 30, 2024May 30, 2024 by yarnmama — 4 Comments

Is This a Year of Knitting for Me?

If you take a look at the projects that I currently have on the needles, it looks like it is a year of knitting for me. I haven’t done this much in the last 18 years. It is mostly sample knitting in my knitting bag, but at the moment it’s all “just because” knitting. Let’s get to the details.

Sweater Knitting

I shared with you in my last post that I am making Miss BB in some stash yarn. I like using natural colored yarn every now and then. I also like working with non-superwash wool for outerwear. It has a nice woolly feel and smell. I also appreciate the structure of a seamed garment. The knitting is easier on my hands because it is made in pieces which means that you don’t have the full weight of the garment as it gets nearer to completion.

I finished the back piece and have washed and blocked it. I prefer to do this as I go so that I can get straight to the seaming once all the pieces are done. Another advantage is that I don’t have to have the whole thing in my project bag when I am traveling, like I am right now. I left the finished back at home. More on that later in the post.

I have completed about half of the left front of the cardigan. It is going rather quickly when you consider my limitations on knitting time each day.

Sock and Other Knitting

I am normally project monogamous, but I am breaking that practice just because I feel like it. I have cast on for a pair of socks, plus I have two other small projects that I will cast on this week.

yarn for Lazy Daisy Socks — Mingling Daisies Socks

On the left is the start of my Mingling Daisies Socks in my Classic Merino Bamboo in Midnight Blue. I enjoyed making the Mingling Daisies Shawl, so I hope these will be fun to make and wear. I have never made a pair of socks for myself from this base, and I am interested to try the results. I often am asked by customers how they wear for socks and now I will be able to answer more accurately. I am using this color for the whole sock instead of the three colors Stephen uses for his sample. I don’t care for changing colors in socks because one color means only two ends to weave in. :-)

The middle yarn is going to be the other Year of Socks 2024 May release, Lazy Daisy Socks. I neglected to mention above that the Mingling Daisies Socks were also from the May release. I am having a lot of fun doing these this year. I haven’t made a few of them, but that doesn’t mean I won’t get to them at some point. The yarn I have wound is some stash yarn I bought from Webs in 2010. It is Kollage Yarns Sock-a-licious in Stormy.

My final soon to be project is Veritas Shawl. There is a story for how this got into my queue. I was at the Midwest Fiber Festival a couple of weeks ago. A fellow vendor friend who has her first grandchild on the way, saw that I had a retired baby sweater sample for sale. She asked if I wanted to do a trade for it since she is short on knitting time. I agreed and the yarn on the right was what I chose from her booth.

The yarn is a very lovely hand dyed dyed skein of Leading Men Fiber Arts Monologue. I am linking to Ravelry because it is a discontinued yarn. I did a pattern search on Ravelry for something to make with this one skein since I didn’t want to make socks with a single ply yarn. I found the above shawl, which I am very excited to begin. I think this will be a nice scarf type shawl and I love the color!

Travels

So, as I mentioned above I am on the road this weekend. I drove to Beloit, Wisconsin on Wednesday and stopped for the night. On Thursday I completed my drive to Hudson, Wisconsin which is just a couple of miles from the Minnesota state line. Here is a view from my hotel room window at the Wisconsin country-side. That’s my rig in the parking lot. :-)

I am going to be setting up the booth later today at Shepherd’s Harvest Festival. I really like doing this show. It’s a bit of a haul to get here, but it is always worth the trip. I first discovered it 13 years ago, in 2011.

I love the atmosphere of the festival. There’s always a nice turn out of fiber enthusiasts but it’s not overwhelming. There are lots of great fiber vendors, food vendors, and live music. Sometimes the weather can be a bit cool, to me anyway, coming from the south, but this year looks to be in the low 70’s and 80’s. That’s pretty warm in my experience. I am also glad that the rain, which had been forecast for today, seems gone and set up should be much more pleasant.

I will close this post for now since it’s getting close to the time that I need to head out for the days work. Thanks for reading!

Posted on May 10, 2024May 10, 2024 by yarnmama — 1 Comment

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Pittsburgh Creative Arts Festival

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