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We joined hands and spent a mid-October Saturday together at the 10th annual Woodstock Fleece Festival. These right steps answered T’s big question: Why do you go to a spinning festival anyway? Reason Number 1, there are fibre animals, dear The 4-H Llama Club brought super tolerant llamas. This sweetheart was almost eye-level with 6 […]
Read MoreThis past Saturday was the 9th annual Woodstock Fleece Festival, and I made it! It is held an hour away by car, and is by faaar my favourite local event for fibre folks. Last year was a definite miss. It’s much improved but a school week is a school week – I can’t predict whether […]
Read MoreWarm (i.e. wooly) congratulations to the flock that I wrote about in my last post! Laurie’s Little Lambs farm won blue ribbons in 2 categories of the 2015 Royal Agricultural Winter Fair fleece wool competition. Both are in the competition’s Down-type category (26-33 microns). It was their first year exhibiting, and I am very happy […]
Read MoreThe Royal held its annual fleece auction at the tail of the Fair in Toronto, Sunday before last. My quiet initiation to this event came two years ago when it was held on the second level above offices & stable. It was a cheap & cheerful sort of afternoon. Not only did I make out […]
Read Morehat trick n. 1 the scoring of three goals, points etc. by one person during a game. 2 three successes ◊ Paperback Oxford Canadian Dictionary, 2004 It hit me that in this 3rd of 3 years of attending this Stringtopia event, I was most at ease. This simple band or jakima represents this for me. The […]
Read MoreHello, morning of String Thing! This year Sandi and I overnighted with my family in their lovely Toledo home. It broke my drive but was much more – a chance to visit & laugh with some of my favorite people. Sandi graciously agreed to this plan. She survived us talking at full speed! The Golden Lamb was just […]
Read MoreHave you been waiting for this year’s Stringtopia class line-up to drop? It’s now called the Spring String Thing and is set for April 26 – 29, 2013. I’m not sure whether a hat-trick will be possible for me but each of the announcements has my Full Attention! It’s no secret that I have fallen in […]
Read MoreEvery now and again, I get a blog photo shoot. Just to keep you on your toes. The buttonholes may need reinforcing in time. For now, I am good with checking up on them. What you couldn’t see when it was flat on the table in the last post. I was running too late to […]
Read MoreStringtopia 2012 was a blast! It was April 27, 28, 29 at Ohio’s oldest hotel, The Golden Lamb in Lebanon, Ohio. The best view I have yet to see from a hotel parking lot… It was a wonderful weekend. I took off my blogger hat shortly after arrival but not before I took pics of […]
Read MoreThe year is young but it’s been a good one so far (knock on wood). Of course, I rate as good any winter that gives me this vista so deep into January: But I digress. The good start has a lot to do with an extremely fun knitting event in the province. My friend, Sandi […]
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