Last Day--But STill Fun...............................

What is this?? The table is loaded with gift bags.

Participants are asked to bring at least one door prize to share--

each person usually brings more.  Each day everyone

receives at least one door prize--it's one of the fun

things of the event!

This is the head table with my partner in crime 

calling numbers for the door prizes

One of the show and tell features was this hand dyeing

project "What I did last summer?"

She used only handspun wool and natural dyes--

well documented!

Here is the list of her natural dyes--what a

focused campaign I must say!

This was left on my chair at the head table!

My mascot for the event--Green is

his theme for sure!

I took some time to walk around the room to 

see what was going on--spinner skeining her

finished plying

And yummy yarn in a basket waiting to be spun

hand spun wool--knitted into a scarf

the looks of a finished scarf on the back of a chair

One participant even brought their walking wheel

And we have little spindles too

It is always interesting to see the wheels

that participants bring

And one lazy spinner!  Oh, but this electric spinner 

is good for those who have feet troubles and 

"look ma!  no plug ins needed!"

another good day spent with spinning friends!

Day Four--We're Still Going Strong.......

One of favorite parts of the day is show and tell.

it is a chance for anyone to flaunt their talents.

Since the theme was "Go Green in 17", we had several

who took advantage of the color to give us a true showing.

Here we see a handspun vest and hat 

How about a project that took a couple of years?

Hurray!  All done and lovely to look at and wear

How about this handspun natural colored fleece--

oh, WOW!

Rosemary is always energetic and shows off her finished

handspun shawl 

This is not handspun, but one of her favorite patterns to knit

Leslie model her wonderful soft handspun wool 

afghan!  Can you believe?  Ready to wear over body or

around body

Ruth loves to do colorwork--she knit the sweater she was wearing

plus the two hats that are really warm

Kim is very knowledgeable about antique spinning distaffs.

She has made her distaffs from 3D printer--definitely true to

ancient designs.  Kim is known around the world for her

distaffs--she recently was asked to give lecture at Italian conference.

Here is the shawl she knit from her handspun alpaca/silk fiber

that was spun from her distaff

Here we have her first handspun silk, which

she wove into this beaded bag

Handspun wool woven on her loom gave her

this wonderful shawl

Sparkly scarf!  Oh, yeah!  This is so wonderful

up close and personal.

Now, let's shop!  The fiber that abounds

among all the vendors.

roving!

sparkly!

lovely spindles

Fun fibers to spiin

Colorful plied rovings

Even eco dyed wearables

we can see all the fruits of the fibers that

are created by participants

Natural colors are your favor--there are plenty

Of course, green green!

Here is the back of Ruth's colorwork

Woodworker has given us wonderful natural wood

products

Who wouldn't want to spin with these hand carved spindles?

Oh, my--how can one choose?

Here is one booth that features patterns to use for your handspun

natural wools = lovely knitted scarves

Estonian shawls from handspun--

What a Day!  And we have just begun!

Day Three Of Our Wondrous Adventure!

Can you feel the fiber?? Vendors have such lovely fiber!

you just want to touch and feel every one....

Each vendor is working hard to give each participant the 

best of their wares.

Set up takes 4 hours 

It takes a lot of equipment to make their booth

show a great presentation

Yummy colors!

or maybe you like it natural!

And vendors are ready, participants arrive, set

up their wheels, greet old friends, make new ones

and we are off to four days of spinning fun!

JSI--Day Two!

And We begin!!  Yes, the vendors are setting up in their places--all their 

goodies will be displayed and ready for those shopping spinners to arrive @ 1 PM

In walks.....

One Crazy lady

Two crazy lady!

and the fun has begun!!  

Spin-IN--Florida!! Day One

The day begins!  We are back in Florida for our annual January spin-in # ?

There is some debate about the number but we begin in 1989--

you can do the math!  The beach is always a welcome sight upon our arrival.

And now the work begins..........

or should I say the Craziness!

We will take this empty room and transform it

into a world of wonder for spinners.  It is our day to 

set up the room for the vendors to move in at 8 AM

on day two--then participants arrive at noon!

See you tomorrow

And we say goodnight to day one of

January spin-in!

Bet This Doesn't Happen To You!

I hate this!  I'm knitting along--and there it goes--the yarn gets all tangled

and in one big mess of knots!

I can almost understand the reason behind this--as this yarn has been

used more times than one can count--I begin a project, and then

just don't like how it is looking, so I unknit and ball the

yarn (this yarn!) up for another day!

I think the yarn has a mind of its own--

and taking revenge!

I love this yarn--and I want just the right project and I think, NO,

know, this is the perfect hat to wear this handspun silk/wool yarn.

To untangle, it takes some time away from knitting this yummy yarn into

this super duper hat.

The Gilmore Girls Hat!  Studio Knits figured out the pattern--and I want that

furry thing on top too--just right for this yarn!  Oh, yeah!

Well, look at this--Finished!

and I love the little furry ball as a topknot!

Finally! found something that looks great in this yarn!