Fiber Frolic... a little late.

In the last post I said I was going to be posting a review of the Fiber Frolic. And... two weeks later, here it is. Better late than never??

Fiber Frolic, Saturday June 9:
My best friend Cass drove down from Bucksport and we headed to the Windsor Fairgrounds about 10am or so. The sky was overcast... the temp a little chilly... so I think the number of attendees was down a bit. I should note that this was my first Frolic... as soon as we walked through the gate it was like a little patch of Heaven. Tents and buildings full of fiber... fiber animals all over the place. We trucked over to Amy Boogie's booth first because I was trying to be really good about my budget and knew that if I didn't hit Amy's stuff first, I would be out of money by the time I did. And knowing that she had been working on some fabulous batts, I *had* to pick up some stuff. Her sock yarn was also on my radar for the Chevron scarf that is making the rounds in knitblog land.

As always, Amy's booth was busy... but can I just say how fabulous she is? There is just no one like her... her stuff is beautiful and she just has the best personality. I picked up a couple of her batts and a couple of skeins of Maine Sock yarn for the scarf. I was also eyeing a drop spindle, but decided not to get it.

Cass and I walked around the rest of the grounds... browsed and touched great fiber and scratched sheeps' heads. The bummer is that I had forgotten my camera and so I didn't get a single photo of Saturday.

What I brought home...
This is a batt of plain ol' wool... but I just loved the color blend. To be honest, I don't even know what farm it came from or what type of wool it is. It spins up wonderfully though... although that is for another post!


The two skeins of Maine Sock for my Chevron scarf...



The two batts I bought from Amy... I am *dying* to spin up the sparkly one, but I want to wait until my thin spinning is a little more even. I have no specific plan for them yet, but I would love to just roll around in them!



Cass and I had been walking around and had just loved touching the camel- silk blends that we had come across, so I picked up a little one just to try it out. This stuff seriously feels like buttah!


And this is my total luxury purchase... it's a half pound of merino and tussah silk mix. This stuff actually made me weak in the knees when I touched it. I'm hoping to get to a point where I can spin decent laceweight and turn this into a shawl.


Fiber Frolic, Sunday June 10:
I wasn't planning on going again on Sunday, but Sebastian was stir crazy, we didn't have a lot of cash on hand, and the weather was gorgeous and warm.

We watched the sheep dog demonstration first... Sebastian got the biggest kick out of watching the dogs chasing the sheep.


And now animals, animals, animals!












Cass and I had talked to one of the farm owners of these gals on Saturday... the spotted one is Mama and the other is Baby. Mama would start to growl if Baby would wander too far away from her. It was actually really cute!


This was my favorite rabbit in the whole Frolic. His body had been shaved, but his big fuzzy head had been left untouched. He looked like a lion.


And more animals!












What I brought home...
Well... remember that drop spindle I mentioned almost picking up at Amy's booth on Saturday? It came home with me on Sunday.


It's a Schacht... and I seriously love it. I never thought I would love a spindle as much as my wheel, but I've got to tell you... this is close. Very close. I'm currently working on spinning some white alpaca that I bought months ago from Village Farm Alpacas and hope to have enough to maybe do the Swallowtail Shawl from Interweave.

I've got more stuff to show... some recent spinning, my second finished pinwheel baby blanket... but I'm going to put that in a different entry (hopefully this week since I leave for Oklahoma Friday morning).