Monday, November 5, 2012

Been There, Done That, Bought the Shirt...

literally.

What we didn't buy was a lot of yarn.  This was our fourth year at SAFF, so I guess we've become more blasé or selective or something.  

I bought yarn for just one project:  The Shetland Garden Faroese Shawl:

knit from The Unique Sheep's Tinsel Toe yarn, gold to green gradient colorway:

This shawl has eight charts.  And all four of us bought a kit.  What WERE we thinking???

(Yarn fumes.  It's the only answer.)

My only other purchase was some bison yarn for older daughter:

I have, over the years, purchased yarn made from llama, alpaca, sheep (of course), mink, cashmere, mohair, possum, and now bison.  

So that was the Fair.


Random shots from the weekend:

A trucker with a good Halloween sense of humor...or a trucker we don't want to meet---
 Some well-packed dogs.
Our little rented house in Weaverville, NC.  It's a lot larger than it looks thanks to an addition on the back.
Welcome to Weaverville!!! They are such kind and generous folks.
Really, they are.  We spent some time in greater downtown Weaverville.

Some truly great decorating.


And that's all, folks!

Ooops. No it's not.  I forgot our mascot, provided by Sallyknit!

That's all Blogger would let me transfer from my phone, but I'm sure you remember the rest of the lyrics.

Listen to them enough, as we did, and you may never forget them.  

1 comment:

Susan said...

Looks like a great weekend. Who knew - bison yarn...