Neglect

Okay....I have become very neglectful of my blog recently...It is difficult to write about doing nothing! Well, I did have a little excitement last weekend. Some ladies from my knitting group volunteered to do knitting/spinning demos at the Central Florida Fair. I took my wheel and all of my spindles. To my surprise, there was a lot of interest in the spinning. I never realized so many people had no idea about spinning at all!

When my fingers became numb from spinning, I took a walk around the building we were in. People were demoing stained glass, gemology, beading, polymer clay, weaving, kumihimo, etc. Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on if you are me or DH), I have found another hobby I would like to explore a little more....WEAVING! I sat a loom and did a little weaving - I loved it!!! While I would love to have a table loom with a floor stand, we really can't afford that right now - money or space wise. I think I am going to have to go on a hobby diet for a little while. I have "yarned" myself right out of space! I visited the polymer clay booth and found a couple of items I could not live without - a polymer clay moose and a couple of little sheep that I intend to turn into stitch markers. The highlight of the day was one younger girl that came up, tried the spindle and really liked it. She took the information for our Saturday meetings so she could learn more! It was so gratifying to be the enabler, instead of the enablee for a change! Two of my good friends came by with another friend. The friend really like the spindle too! YEAH! Hopefully, I have been able to give them at least half of what I gained from learning to use the spindle. Well, there was another highlight of the day....I tried a fair food I had never tried (or heard of for that matter....a deep fried Oreo. It probably sounds to you about like what it tasted like to me. The pancake batter the Oreo was dipped in before it was fried made the cookie soft. YUCK! I like my Oreos a little more crunchy or made gooey by milk!

This Saturday, J & I are heading up to Jacksonville for a Fiber History Social...We are not quite sure what we are going to encounter there, but it will give us a good chance to socialize and meet other fiber minded people.

Check out my flickr page...I have loaded pictures of some of the yarn I bought on the trip to Maine and since....