A couple of weeks ago I went on my annual trek to the mountains of Asheville, NC for SAFF and stayed in a rustic cottage of mostly awesomeness with my girls Evil Science Chick, Evil Julie and Nytefalle.
Drinking Is Srs Bizness
Evil Science Chick
Zombie Nytefalle
We learned that if a bear shits in the woods, it definitely stinks. (A bear may or may not have shit outside our cabin. Or possibly the drunk boys 2 cottages down. OR there may have been an issue with a septic tank. We went with bear.) We pretty much blamed that bear for anything remotely stinky. Strangely enough, I think that bear may have followed me home.
Moving along!
We ate lots of tasty, tasty food.
Caramel Sea Salt Mocha Chocolate Cake
Spring Ridge Creamery Ice Cream (Pumpkin Pie & Peppermint)
Acropolis Pizza
Saw lots of cute animals:
Heeey, Baby!
Communing With the Sheepies
Check Out Those Horns
How You Doin'?
This Is My Good Side
I made several purchases. Again.
Corriedale Fleece
It is both awesome and dangerous to be friends with folks who on a fiber mill. I had 2 alpaca fleeces and also wool from Sugar Ray (I hope he’s getting plenty of tail in bunny heaven) that I wanted to blend and Jen picked out this gorgeous Corriedale for me. Then Jared took in my order. I’ll be getting a beautiful DK weight yarn out of the mix. I can’t wait to see what they do with it all!
Supporting My Friends
Sugar Skull Stitch Markers!
Gale-dar in Full Effect
Stash Enhancing
Because Everyone Needs A Ball Sack
You Can Never Have Too Many Project Bags
Oh Yeah. I Went There.
And the coup d’état :
Loom!
I blew my Vegas wad on a loom! [Sidenote: I won a grand in Vegas on the penny slots and my first thought was "OH MY GOD, I WON!!!" and my second thought was, "SAFF MONEY!!!!!"] I got a Kromski Harp 24″ Rigid Heddle Loom. As you can see here, I set it up as soon as I got home and started warping almost immediately. I think this is an excellent starter loom. You have the loom on one side, flip it over and the warp is on the other. Which is what you’re looking at. (The pegs are removable. Also very awesome.) I will be going through my used stash to find the rest of my sock yarn remnants to play with this baby on my first run. I imagine it will become a scarf that only a first-time weaver can love. But I can definitely see how easy it will be to use up a lot of yarn quickly. Maybe even some of my handspun. Also? It has the option of adding a second heddle, which means I can get fancy with the designs. Lots of options.
This was my 6th year of attending SAFF. I can honestly say that it never gets old. Asheville in October is absolutely gorgeous.
Scenic Drive
We usually see interesting things along the way:
You're Not Reading That Wrong
Let's Stop and Ask for Directions!
And I get to spend time with my tribe.
Bunch o' Weirdos
I can’t wait for next year!
October 30, 2011 at 4:44 PM
Aw…I can’t wait for next year either. I still have to do my SAFF post, but I’m currently occupied making a caramel apple jam. The apples have been around longer, so they get first priority.
Oh, your link to Fleury Sheep & Wool is screwy.