i met some really nice people down there with really beautiful hand dyed fiber and yarn for really great prices.
there are booths with other trinkets (spindles, stitch markers, buttons) and hand sewn items as well.  on exhibit are some very beautiful and interesting garments, quilts, and art pieces.

this event was very poorly advertised, and i  was lucky to remember it at the last minute.  it will be open until 5pm this evening— so hurry!

i will post my finds shortly.

’til then…

i recently ordered a high speed adaptor kit from the woolery for my wheel and am anxious to try it out.

it consists of a super small circumference whorl and drive band.  you use this whorl for making finer yarns.

a smaller whorl adds more twist with less effort.

now i don’t have to treadle like mad to achieve enough twist to create a smaller girth yarn!

i also ordered a pom pom making kit for corinne and i from the woolery.  what a nice find!  i like putting them on top of hats or decorating gifts with them and corinne struggled with making one recently with a cardboard template and it just didn’t cut it.

the pom pom templates are on the left – four sizes!

and an FO (finished object):

i love how it turned out.  and it’s a nice thick wool.

i embroidered some subtle eyes instead of using buttons (choking hazard!).

some friends of mine in the valley had a baby girl, tessa claire, on march 4th.  i started this for them:

i picked up this project bag while in hawaii:

i also scored a few project bags from the recent surveying and mapping conference courtesy of dewberry.  those dorky drawstring/backpack ShWAG bags make the best project bags!

and that’s all i have to share today.  :0)

’til then…

they are not for me, so they are about a size larger.

they have a weird shape, but i’m pretty happy with how they turned out.

next, is a pair for myself!

’til then…

last night we went to the roller derby.  yes, anchorage has a roller derby – Rage City Rollergirls.  one of our survey friends is a member of the team.  it was so much fun though it was not a close game/match/bout(?).  we played a team from fairbanks.

this is the only photo i managed to get.  the girls move way too fast, and my action photography is not great!

i am way behind on all of my projects.  i managed to finish this hat while in hawaii.  i actually like it better than the first hat (even before i felted the crap out of it).

ANDi got my second month of fiber in the mail!  if you are a member of Lapoli’s club, and you haven’t received yours yet, and you want to be surprised when your package comes (which i’m sure it already has – i am in alaska so was probably last to receive) STOP HERE.

around christmas, when i was learning to spin and got my wheel, i bought myself 3 months of fiber (12 oz. total of HANDPAINTED fluffiness) for a screaming deal.

i still have yet to finish spinning January’s fiber (see post).  receiving this beautiful fiber will definitely encourage me to get the first month spun up.  i love this fiber and was recently looking on etsy for a nice bright blue…

gotta get spinning!

’til then…

yes, that cheesy 80’s movie with tom cruise (i swear he wears white pants in almost every scene) as a super bartender.

there is a part where he and his love interest are walking along a beach and they are being all optimistic and talking about the future – though they have know each other for about a day…

and she or he says, “we can thatch together grass skirts and sell them.”

the other says, “thatch one, purl two.”

buku and i turned to each other and just started cracking up.

buku: “only like 10 people would get that joke.”

and then i had to point out that he was one of them….