Cogknitive Fiber Retreat 2009

Me spinning and drooling over RedFish fibers that were set up right next to our booth!

Modular knitting class...helping Susan out who was tardy to class! Shouldn't teachers know better than that!:)

My friend Robin and me...the two redheads!

My buddy Nicole also known as FreckleFaceFibers!

This was our setup....did great!

Some of the market....

Finally got to meet my friend Kris whom I've been talking to on Ravelry/Facebook!

Had a blast!

Me shopping/hanging out with the Knitmore Girls from the Knitmore Girls podcast.....Gigi and Jasmin! Awesome!!

Tika from the Gives Good Knit podcast was also there but didn't get a pic with her...

Hanging out with the peeps for a bit! Knitters/Crocheters/Spinners/Weavers were every where! By the pool, in the hallways, in the corner of the conference room, on the patio....so awesome! Every where you turned was fun to be had!

Inside the goodie bags....whoohoo look at the loot!

Had a blast and can't wait for next year!

Spin Day!

Yesterday, Ann (Stashymama) above hosted a spin day at her house. The above picture shows her demonstrating how to make a rolag out of dyed cotton...then how to use it on a drop spindle and a spinning wheel. It was so much fun playing with all her toys. She had 2 wheels, drumcarder, a couple-3 sets of handcarders (1 wool and 2 cotton), spindles, wool paddle combs, flax hackle and washed the final quarter of Chiquita so we could see the scouring process. There was way more than this too....brain overload!

This was the agenda:

Scouring Fleece (demo) Combing Fiber (Demo/play - into “Top” for Worsted spinning) Handcarding non-cotton fibers (Demo/play into “Rolags” for Woolen spinning) Handcarding cotton (Demo/play into “Punis” for supported spinning) Drumcarding batts (I have lots of colorful play fiber for you) Drop spinning Supported spinning - be ready to sit on the floor =D Setting twist (for both protein and cellulose fibers) 2 wheels for your use Fibers available: mohair, llama, cotton, wool, flax, camel, chiengora (dog), etc) Maybe dying (demo) time permitting

Loretta and Nathan taking a break from knitting/crocheting.
Had lots of yummy food too...don't' food and knitting go together?

Above pic as Juanita, Kim, Carol and Gemma preparing the grub!

Had such a huge turnout....Ann (Stashymama), me (knittinwolf), Nicole(FreckleFaceFibers), Juanita (jdheyerman), Kim (Ravensnest), Loretta (Loretta1031), Nathan (straphanging), Tally (rksmom), Carol (Needles), Robin (nd2knitredhead), Gemma (GemmaDW), Jaimie, Mindy (HeyMindy), Brian (Bobokickass), Melissa (Pudmuddles) , Jo (Bellatrix), Amanda (SugaryDynamite), Wendy (Filmstrlet), and Stacy (Jedimom). So funny how we call each other our Ravelry names! Nicole brought two wheel, I brought mine, Robin brought hers...then all our knitting bags..the place was a packed house! Nicole (freckleFaceFibers) brought me a lot of roving too which was soooo awesome. Can't wait to have another meeting...this is such an awesome group!

I learned to two-ply today! I have about two hundred yards! So cool...this spinning is so much fun! Gonna go play with some of the cool stuff Nicole brought me!