We arrived around 11:30 and went directly to the Authors booth. We met up with Mary Beth Temple and her daughter Little Loopy. Little Loopy and Mini~Dee are friends, having met a few years ago at one of the CGOA Conferences. With Little Loopy joining us for shopping bliss, we left Mary Beth behind so she could autograph her books.
Our first stop was a visit to The Rams Horn. I purchased the yarn basket earrings I mentioned in my last blog post. As earrings, they feel a bit heavy for what I normally wear. That's OK; I have another plan for them. (More on that in a future blog post.) Then we checked out all the other vendor goodies. One thing I noticed, thanks to Little Loopy tuning me into it, is that the 1980's are coming back. For those of us old enough to remember the 1980's that spells out a 4-letter word worthy of blinding our retinas. Yes, the word is NEON. (do your eyes hurt reading that? Yeah, mine too.)
There was NEON colored roving, hand spun hanks, and funky skeins of yarn EVERYWHERE! And on this dark, raw, rainy day, the NEON really showed up! ((and you all thought my yellow nail polish I wore a few weeks back was bright! Ha!)) I did not buy any of the NEON yarn goodies, but Little Loopy did. It will be interesting to see what she does with it. :)
One new vendor I found nearly freezing to death (they're from North Carolina and not used to our chippy weather here in the Northeast) was The Art of Conni Togel. This vendor had paintings & prints of wooly humor ... and I bought one small print. In fact, it was this one I had purchased, to hang in my future Yarn Studio; it made me laugh so hard! (No, they won't be at Stitches East next weekend, nor will many of the vendors there. It seems there is some sort of huge event going on in North Carolina next weekend, reportedly bigger than Stitches East. Unfortunately I don't recall the name of the event, but perhaps one of my readers from NC knows & will post the name of it here?)
We took a carriage/horse ride, ate yummy food & fudge, and hooked up with other crocheters: Leslie, Andrea, Diane, Barbara, Jennifer, and Lily Chin too! We were given some free mini~hanks of yarn from St. Denis; and they gave us a bunch of pins to hand out to our CGOA Chapter members. We also attended the Ravelry Lunchtime Meet-up. This was my first time meeting Mary-Heather, Casey & Jessica, but not the first time seeing them in person. The other times there were just too many people around, so saying a proper hello was just out of the question. Which reminds me, I need to get info to Casey & Jessica about the Big E ((wouldn't it be cool if they had a booth there next year on Massachusetts Day???)).
Soon, too soon if you ask me, the announcements came on officially ending this year's festival. Just before we left I managed to buy a hank -- the only yarn I purchased -- from Brooks Farm Yarn. It's a sweet mixture of wool, silk, and viscose; "blue jean," golden, and green in color. I'm not sure what it will be when it wants to grow up, but judging on how much Mr. Dee is admiring it, I'm guessing it might end up to be something for him. And yes, this is another vendor who will be attending the North Carolina thing-y next weekend.
We had a lot of fun, and even though it's a year away, we're looking forward to the next one already! :)
8 comments:
Sorry to have missed you. I went up on Saturday. Insanity is more like it. Even though I am sure a GOODLY AMOUNT of folks stayed home and canceled hotel plans, there was still a tremendous amount of folks there, despite the threat of rain.
One of these days we'll catch up in person!
I need to snap a picture of the yarn I bought and will be updating my blog tonight, I hope!
I know the weather wasn't thrilling, but I'm glad you had such a nice time regardless. :)
thanks for posting the link to the artist of the print you purchased. It was adorable! I have some friends going to the NC festival this weekend and will tell them to keep an eye out for the booth.
I'm glad you all had fun!
Sounds like a really fun day!
Hey Dee, it sounds like I just missed you at MBT's signing. I am a sucker for Brooks Farm yarns, too. I think I got some of that same stuff... Acero? Mine is deep blue.
I am writing to inform you that this statement:
Camel TM Crochet:
Camel TM Crochet is a term owned by Lone Star Yarns, now out of business. The technique focus is on utilizing the horizontal bar in the back of the stitch, ignoring the top two loops. When this happens, the top two loops are "bent" forward and give a slight resemblance to knit stitches. Also see "Short Double Crochet."
Is incorrect as to whom owns it, created it, nor never sold it to that company. The true Creator of the Camel Stitch is, Naka Pillman, who is as well the author of the book and patent holder on the exact method. She is still alive and in fact getting no recognition, nor royalties either from her continuing book sales. If you dont believe me contact me, she is a friend of the family.
And it looked like fun was had by all that day! At least now my dreams are starting to get less "wooly". :D
Thanks for posting all the fun details. I feel like I actually went! Sorry to hear of the passing of your family member. My cousin passed away on the 21st at the age of 37,after 9 years of fighting breast cancer. We are driving from FL to RI this week for her memorial service. I pray that God will give you the comfort you need during this time.
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