Fiber Follies

A small turnout but a happy one!

It was Stash Swap Night. Deb, our newest member, arrived with quite a sack full of yarns. I'd only carried in a measly three skeins, Christa came with a bunch, Nina had a few skeins. I'll send Deb the remaining skeins of a certain cheap inexpensive, yet nice fingering I'd offered. I'd got myself a half dozen skeins but haven't got round to using them yet. I had two with me, and will give her the other four. And will likely buy myself more sometime. It's nice yarn. Her instructions were to take what we want and donate the rest to Crafts, Bits & Pieces, a volunteer-operated and donations-stocked crafts supply shop across Main Street from the Coffee Shop. It will be hard to decide which to part with. But what a nice way to share the fun. Unfortunately Deb could only stay a short while. She's working on a sock. I wish I'd gotten a picture of her gorgeous sock but Precious Child's drop spinning demonstration was so fun I forgot half the pics I wanted to get. You can see that Precious Child's hair is growing back! It's still cute and fuzzy.

She gave us a fine demonstration. Deb and Nina were keenly interested in it. I, however, having already proven myself a miserable failure in drop spinning, stood back to let the others have a good look and a try at it. It is fun. I'd tried repeatedly and managed about two inches of what resembled yarn out of several feet of roving. I did have it neatly wound on the spindle, just not yarned. Hopefully some day I'll resume lessons on the wheel, which seems easier to me.

Precious Child also brought in stitch markers she'd made. She gave out several. Lookee what she gave me:

I like these-a lot. The spirals remind me of Knowth, and the word beads will keep me smiling as I slaughter future WIPs. That's a WIP underneath the markers. I wish I'd had them when I cast on. I resorted to paper clips when casting on for this baby. Whew.

Nina came to the meeting! This is one of the world's most wonderful ladies. Beautiful, petite, smart, fun, and hilarious. She's got it all, folks. A remarkable joie de vivre, just the sort to make all life's irritants seem nonexistent. I'm not sure how I got by before meeting Nina. Sanity saver. She's got two great kids and a husband who's as full of life as her. Grown kids, yet. Just a few months ago the entire family descended on Disney World. I don't think the place has recovered yet.