How fun was it? ? ?

I thought I'd take you on my little walk around SPIN-IN 2010, so if you couldn't make it this year, you'd at least see how much fun we had.

The ladies from Sunset Fibers in Olympia brought many pretty things with them.

I am looking forward to spinning this pretty fiber.  I have two baby jackets to make before next fall.











My D.H. was glad to be able to visit with the Greydown Alpaca folks.  He wanted to show them the Shetland wool we had blended with a cria fleece he bought from them last year! 

They had very nice samples of items that would work nicely with their Alpaca yarn.

The Spincycle ladies were there with all their beautiful yarns.

The commons at Fairhaven Middle School is a large airy room.  We had two of the classes going on the stage and one on the floor directly in front. 













Heather's boas were quite the hit.

There were LOTS of spinning circles going on.















Nancy from NW Handspun Yarn brought lots of goodies. 

Lots of touching base with old friends

and visiting with new ones.

Wild Rose Farm from Whidbey Island had some beautiful fleeces available.  Ah, the sweet smell of newly shorn fleece. 










We had 14 vendors - you can see a list of them here

One of the spinning classes going on up on the stage.














There were lots of different fibers to see and feel.

Marsha Adams came with her colorful rovings

Keep going, there's lots more to see!

We welcomed The Bellwether - she had some beautiful spindles.

Chris Conrad had a fantastic display of her Kakishubu - persimmon dyes and yarns.

Last, but not least on my vendors tour was Marietta Shetlands,  our farm booth with lots of beautiful Shetland Fleece - of course, I might be just a little biased about that, I suppose.  Hi Honey, smile! 












We had over 100 participants for this year's Spin-In.  I think that everyone had a really great time -

They were practically dancing in the aisles! 

We had a great team working on the spin-in - thanks especially to Mel , Deb H., Troy and Julie on the planning committee.

And thanks also to our great class leaders - Nicki, Denise, Mary Ann, Linda, Ellen, Deb S., Margaret, & Meg - The classes were a big hit! 

See ya all next time!

SPIN-IN 2010

Was a HUGE success, with over 100 in attendance!  - keep an eye on this space for pictures of all the fun! 

CLASSES TO BE OFFERED AT SPIN-IN 2010!

There will be three stations offering the following classes:

Station 1
11:00 Basic Wheel Spinning - Nicki C
12:00 Basic Wheel Spinning - Denise M
  1:00 Basic Wheel Spinning  - Nicki C
  2:00 Basic Wheel Spinning - Mary Ann K
  3:00 Basic Wheel Spinning  - Denise M

Station 2
11:00 Viking Knitting - Linda S
12:00 Viking Knitting - Linda S
  1:00 Wool carding - Ellen J
  2:00 Wool carding - Ellen J
  3:00 (TBA)

Station 3
11:00 Support Spindles - Deb S
12:00 Drop Spindles - Margaret M
  1:00 Support Spindles - Deb S
  2:00 Wheel maintenance - Meg B
  3:00 Drop Spindles - Margaret M

(Station 3 teachers and classes will be subject to teacher's work schedules)

We've added another vendor!

Sunset Fibers has been added to our vendor list!  They carry a variety of hand painted and kettle dyed roving and yarns.  They also have a few natural fibers, alpaca and lama, from local farms. There are a few seasonal fibers as well such as yak/merino and camel/silk.  You can see almost all of their products on their website HERE

HERE ARE OUR VENDORS FOR SPIN 2010!!!

Alegre Alpacas presented by Nora Weisenhorn - Colored alpaca fleeces: black, brown, fawn - Alegre Alpaca's Web site


The Bellwether presented by Amelia Garripoli - spindles, fiber and more!Find out more at:  The Bellwether's Web Site

BJS Fiber Creations presented by Barbara Seeler  -   BJ's specialty is Merino/Tencel 50/50.  She loves to spin, knit and wear the socks she makes and was on a 15 year quest to find a fiber for socks that would and could not be worn out by wearing.  When she found the 50/50 mixture she figured she should share it with others.  Couple that with her love of color and chemistry background and retirement business was born.  By the way, Barbara  guarantees that the 50/50 mixture will NOT wear out.  If it does (and no one has yet taken her up on this offer), she will replace the fiber for free.

She also sells hand-painted silk in a variety of forms, hankies, bells, roving, noil etc.  In addition to the dyed fibers, she have an extensive inventory of alpaca, wool/silk blends, wool/mohair blends.  Plant fibers include ramie, hemp, flax and cotton.  As an aside, if you like to spin cotton, she has 5 different naturally colored cotton fibers, with and deseeded. (she grew the cotton in California).

Chris Condrad presenting Kakishibu dye, book, kakishibu dyed items (including yarn and silk scarves), mohair roving, weaver's roving (mohair felted around a jute core), raw mohair and washed mohair locks.  The Kakishibu Web Site

Country Time Alpacas presented by Lesa Berdoy,   Alpaca: washed fiber ready for carding, rovings, fiber for felting, and some alpaca yarn.  Country Time Alpaca's Web Site

Graydown Alpaca Ranch presented by Steven & Karen Vanderwerff.  Steve and Karen are returning vendors from the last Spin-In. 

Marietta Shetlands from Bellingham – John Park & Tina Thomsen-Park -  Shetland fleeces, processed Shetland fiber.  We are sharing our booth with

WashingtonWooldotNet a Washington State co-op of fiber growers.  There may be angora, dorset, etc…  Web site: WashingtonWooldotNet

NW Handspun Yarns from Bellingham presenting Fiber, combs, drum carders, wheels, drop spindles, Schacht Cricket loom, Earthues dyes, Judith Mackenzie dyes and more!  Web site:  NW Handspun Yarns

RainShadow Farm presented by Marcia Adams.   Beautiful naturally dyed, blended and carded Coopworth Rovings for spinning and weaving.

Rosebud -  Stitchmarkers, cable needles, soaps, pendants presented by Rose Nerad

Heather Seevers: Yarn, boa's jewelry, drop spindles, buttons, shopping bags

Spincycle Yarns - for hand-dyed, hand-spun yarns and patterns. Find out more at Spincycleyarns.com

Wildrose Farm presented by Nanette Leaman.  Providing raw Wensleydale and Border Leicester and crosses of the 2 and processed wool too.  Find out more here

January 9 Meeting in Burlington

We met January 9 in the big meeting room at the Burlington Public Library.  It is a very nice, light & airy room.

There were over 25 people at this meeting!!!

Deb brought the new Lazy Kate she had gotten for Christmas -









This lovely lacy item is a neck warmer

 

 

Nicki was nice enough to model this coat (not hers, but it fit perfectly!)  Nice to have you back Nicki! 

We had some lovely woven items to show off too.

And Felted Hats

And Itty Bitty sock ornaments
















Speaking of felted items - that talented Deb Lacy made this cute PINK flamingo for her folks

How could you pass up a face like this?

A new venture for one of our members........

And last but not least, the cotton that Nancy's friend Casey brought back to her from Hawaii.