Knitting feat!

This is my friend Jeffrey.




He knits with pikes.

This is what happens when his entertainment director tells him to "make it bigger"

Because this started with size 9 needles.

Ren Faire Endings

The past weekend was a great! The sun set on the 2008 season of the Carolina Renaissance Festival.

Thanks to our local friends who were taking care of Callay, we were able to enjoy a fantastic weekend with old friends and new. It turned out to be one of the most refreshing and relaxing weekends I think I've ever had.

My friend Kim was kind enough to let me use her booth to show off my stuff. Not a lot sold. I think people get scared of the price tag on handspun, but those that persisted, or were really really nice, I'd almost always give a discount. Since most of the cost involved in handspun yarn is my time, if the time I spend with someone is pleasant, it should be rewarded by giving them the time it took me to make something they want, like yarn!

Ren faire fun!

One of the great things about the internet is how close it brings people. I've had a few of my handspun items available for sale at the Carolina Ren faire, and of course I knew that the presence of handspun and drop spindle kits would bring two things: gawkes from yarn muggles who don't truly know the value in handspun yarn, and oohs and ahhs from those yarn snobs that do. One lady who fell into the latter category was chatting as I was spinning, and we were talking about our respective spinning wheels, what we like to spin, and other such conversations. As I've always done when the conversation indicates to me I've found a real yarnie I ask if she's on Ravelry. She answers in the affirmative and we share screennames, only to realize that she's turtlegirl76, and we've chatted before on occasion in the forums of Ravelry as well as the forums for Knitty. Small world.

I have photographic evidence, but it's a pretty lousy shot of me. I'm tired and staring almost directly into the sun. She, on the other hand, looks gorgeous. So if you want to see a terrible picture of me, you'll just have to check out her blog!

So what's a fellow Raveler to do? I give her one of my handblended batts! She was so excited, and had said she needed the spinning pick-me up. It feels so good to re-inspire someone to spin!