Goodies....

@hotazzknitter made this for me for my birthday...plus gave me some yummy Moscato! This is setting on my knitting table and makes me smile every time I look at it! Thanks bunches and snorts!:)

Goodies from my guys...slippedstitchstudios project bag/pattern keeper; Signature circulars (ahhhhh); Tempted Hand Painted yarn in Mocha Chai colorway; Wolfe Farms soap, lol and a bunch of cupcakes from Double D's!

Goodies from the spin/knit/potluck....gorgeous fibers from FreckleFaceFibers...she brought bags and bags of lovelies!

Awesome yarn from a destash...Numma Numma Toasty in Black Cherry Jam; Three Ewes Twisted in Fiber in Frog Legs; and Twisted Limone in Jean-Jeanie.
Ordered some Highland Handmades and stripey sock yarn from Knitterly Things (vesper)! Can't wait! Will have to wait to cast on after I finish the next Loopy Ewe project! Project 2 has to involve cables in either mittens/gloves/socks...I'm doing Wendyknits Lace/Cable socks in the above Tempted yarn! It is so soft and squishy!

Fiber from @craftygirl83

This arrived in the mail yesterday and cheered me up!

100% BFL wool (50% dark brown/50% ecru)4.1oz/113g

In the colorway Lime in the Coconut from Unwind Yarn Company. Dana (craftygirl83) has lots of beautiful rovings, batts, and sock yarns in her shop on etsy. Go check it out, you'll love what you find! Need to free up a bobbin so I can start spinning this!

Made a pillow/bed for my lil piggy I'm getting tomorrow!

Fuji testing it out for me!

Fabulous polwarth fiber by Bee Mice Elf....Peanut Butter colorway...so soft and squishy!

Fibers...

James and Jimmy bought me this gorgeous fiber from SosaeCaetano!

Carrot Cake colorway; BFL. Sosae is so friendly and has just lovely colorways!

Black Trillium merino in the Watermelon colorway. Just fell in love with these colors and had to use some Christmas $$!

Beesybee gorgeous polwarth in the colorway Alice in Red....awesome fibers, awesome customer service, and fabulous prices!

Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 2010

Cogknitive Retreat 2010 in Tehachapi, CA.!!

James in front of our shelves!

Some awesome shoppers!! Kristina (Casdena) and Lorena (Loremor) :)

Jamie's Metalworks & Tally's Bags....the Jedi Team!

Bee Mice Elf & Feltilicious....Laurs and her sister must of hid from the camera!

Alpenglow Yarns! Redsknits and her daughter Curlie!

Mette (Alpacaholic) & Tom from Ranch of the Oaks!

Learned so much from them and already miss them...we'll come visit soon!

Redfish Dyeworks! Sandy & Elff...love these two and have so much fun being next to their booth! Big hugs!!!

Slipped Stitch Studio....Laura and her hubby! See ya in Torrance!!

True Love Fiber from Fresno, CA.....sweetest gal, love ya Angela! We both went super short this year with our hair! lol Have to get together before next retreat!

Me next to our table!:)

Other vendors were: FreckleFaceFibers, Unwind, Fickle Knitter, and StashyMama...took the pics but the camera must of ate them because couldn't find them on my camera or the phone? Strange!

Classes held were: Mindy's Fitting Class; Ann's flick carding; Eileen's colorwork; Alexis' Tunisian crochet.

Fun, wonderful, relaxing, calm, awesome day! Exhausted but had a fabulous time! Within the next couple of days I'll post the goodies I got!:)

Saturday's Fun!

Had a great Knit Twit Meet!

Above: Nicole's(Neckio30) backside :), Jeanine (MsDiva), Nicole (Frecklefacefibers), Me and Fuji!

Nicole playing with FFF's yummy, scrumptious, fiber and yarn!

So awesome she brought some goodies!

Jackie (katnmouse), Luanne (courtsgram), Sydnie, and Chris (knittingglassguy)!
Jackie was working on socks; Luanne was working on the travelling woman shawl; Jeanine was working on a cell phone/ipod pouch; Sydnie was knitting a scarf; Nicole was knitting another hat; Chris was working on his socks; Nicole O. was working on a stocking and I was knitting on 198 yds. of heaven. Busy bees but so much more laughing and chatting than knitting, lol!

Cookies: Chocolate Chip with extra chips!:)

Fabulous FreckleFaceFibers..Enchanted Hollow; Merino/Tussah!

Thank you so much Nicole, you're the bestest!

Soap demo went well and was really fun sharing our process! For those who didn't get to attend this one, we will be doing it again after the Christmas season!

Friday FFF Dye Day!

Nicole (FreckleFaceFibers), Sarah (Limejuicy), and Me (Knittinwolf) :)

Nicole showing us how to mix the dyes...

Nicole putting the already prepared fiber (was in a bath of Dawn) into the dye baths.

At this point she has poured one of the dyes into the trays already.

Nicole pouring one of the shades on top of the roving...

After this is on it, it marinates for the day...then its rinsed..spun in the washer...put in a big steamer....hung to dry...braided....then ready for you to buy!:)

Some yummy merino/tussah roving in the colorway Cherry Season I bought!

Going to turn this into an Ishbel!:)

Some more gorgeous FFFiber in bombyx/merino called Marigold.

Restrained from buying green and one called California Poppies..very hard because all of her rovings are soooooo drool worthy!:) You can go get yourself some on her etsy site...FreckleFaceFibers! Her fibers are the only ones I have spin and knit with and they are just as wonderful to work with as they are to look at!

Nicole's such a sweetie...she knows I'm working on the never ending scrappy happy sock blanket and gave me some of her mini sock skeins! You're the best Nicole....thank you so much for "teaching" us! Look forward to hanging out with you again soon!:)

Village Spinning and Weaving....

Village Spinning & Weaving Shop
425 Alisal Road
Solvang, CA 93463
United States
Tel: (805) 686-1192

This is the same store that I bought my wheel at last year. Extremely wonderful service....last year they spent four hours with me testing out wheels and then another four hours when I went back and purchased one. Tons of fiber to choose from, wheels, looms, books, yarn, notions.....

This time I had to pick up some fiber...of course I went for the greens at first but decided a different color would be best!:) This is a salmon color merino...soooo soft!