Spinning at the Winery...2009
The problem with being a Bad Blogger is that you end up with stacked up things you want to blog about. First off, a week or so ago, Knitpsycho blogged about some Cotty socks she made out of Squoosh Fiber Arts Sportweight Merino/Cashmere/Nylon. Sadly they didn't fit her. But guess whose feet they did fit?
Mine! They're so comfy! I'm such a lucky girl!
On Saturday, I went to the annual Spinning at the Winery at Retlaff Winery in Livermore Valley. It was a lovely day spent hanging out with lovely people!
ceallach (holding a new treasure bought from Carolina Homespun, leftcoastknits and Josie
We sat, knit, spun, chatted and sipped delicious wine while being surrounded by vendors with tempting fiber goodness.
knitpsycho and josie share a laugh
The prize covered table with jars to put raffle tickets in. (I won 3 prizes!)
The weather was wonderful and there was a fantastic turn out. The man standing in the middle of the photograph is Will Taylor. Will, his wife, Kate and the members of the Treadles to Thread Guild host this event every year.I brought my Liesl with me so I could sew on the buttons and have an official FO!
The vintage crystal buttons were purchased at the Antique fair a few weeks ago:
And, um, maybe this came home with me too.
Will Taylor is a talented craftsman, spinner and, once in awhile, sells used wheels.Labels: FOs 2008, retzlaff, Spinning, spinning at the winery
posted by cpurl17 @ 4:44 PM
17 comments
17 Comments:
Woohoo! Cpurl has a wheel! ;) Congrats! Love Liesl! Looks like a wonderful day! :)
Ha ha! It took a little while but here you are! I can't believe it's already spinning wine time of year!
Oh and lucky you! New socks! :)
Yay for new toys! Does she have a name yet?
Excellent purchase! It's like a stimulus package for the fiber industry!
I love how if your knit socks don't fit, it's no biggie - you can just gift them, and that is almost as satisfying :0)
What a great idea, to feed fibre folk alcohol, then present them with retail opportunities ;0)
Your liesl is gorgeous - love the buttons, very pretty :0)
That looks like such a great time! Fiber AND wine! Congrats on the new wheel too!
Yay!!! You have a lovely looking wheel. That place looked lovely with all the fibre and people doing fiberish things.
That Liesl looks gorgeous! Do we get to see modeled pics?
Socks in red that just happen not to fit the knitter but fit you? Yeah, I'm not sure that was an accident. ;) And yay! You got a wheel!
You lucky gurl!! Socks, Winery hangout AND wheel!
Life is being so good to you!! (and you deserve it!) :o) Enjoy it!
Yes - modeled pics of Liesl please -- I've been eyeing that pattern for a while.
New wheel! YAY! And such a fun event. I love the little jars they had for raffle prizes -- so cute and interesting. I'm a sucker for jars.
Wow! I missed this.
Great buttons, and a new wheel!! Terrific!
Wow lots of fantastic stuff in this post. Lovely Cotty socks and hurray for you on the new wheel! Bring on the handspun:)
Wow wow wow!! A new wheel, new pretty pretty socks, a new sweater!! Love it!! Liesl is so pretty!!!
Looks like you had a great time too!
Congrats! I love my schact!
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