the results of this weekend
Oct. 5th, 2008 06:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
2eclipseman did i have a GREAT time this weekend.
after about 30 false starts, i finally got down to the campsite around 6:30 and set up my tent and bought some firewood and met my site mate, renae. she's pretty awesome. there were 3 different sites full of people there for knitting, spinning and dying. the folks running the campsite got a big kick out of us coming to their place to do it, and even put out flyers for a couple of knitting machines they had for sale.
it was just south of the cities...maybe 45 minutes from my house. a beautiful campsite, with very private sites as long as you didn't need full hook-up for an RV.
we didn't get much done the first night, but MAN did we get a lot done saturday. renae dyes. i mean REALLY dyes.
so we had dye pots out pretty early...and it seemed like everyone brought something except me.
renae talked me into dying some of my crapwool, which turned out great. and i also wound up getting some undyed roving (split with renae) and yarn for xmas gifts...some of which turned out awesome and some of which really needs to be over-dyed because renae took one of them out too early by mistake, and the other just didn't end up how i wanted it to.
the first night was numbingly cold and i hardly slept, even in a goose-down bag until the sun began to come up. we had frost advisory - so it probably got down to 35 degrees or so. there was frost on the bath house (which was beautiful, clean and HEATED. very important.
the second night, renae invited me to crash in her pop-up camper. SO nice of her. i woke with a crick in my neck, but otherwise well-rested.
it started raining at around 4am and we had to go rescue all the yarn and roving hanging on the line to dry. this morning was spent cleaning our wet campsite and going to perkins for breakfast, as we were out of propane for the stove and all our firewood was wet.
we had a giant potluck saturday night and wound up with about 12 people at our site and all kinds of good food. i loved making new friends.
anyway,
alpaca sox taken out of the steamer too early by accident. i didn't like this at first, but it's kinda growing on me.
malabrigo. this one i just don't like. no matter what the kitten thinks. this one is getting over-dyed.
more malabrigo. this one i'm pretty pleased with
this is my crapwool over-dyed in blue and purple. i wasn't sure how this would turn out and kinda had to be talked into it, but i'm really glad i did. i certainly have enough that i can afford to experiment, and i really love how the colors came through the grey.
and here is the incredible coopworth roving i split with renae. this is 4 oz. of it. enough to make a pair of socks. she hasn't dyed hers yet, but this is how mine turned out - awesome.
after about 30 false starts, i finally got down to the campsite around 6:30 and set up my tent and bought some firewood and met my site mate, renae. she's pretty awesome. there were 3 different sites full of people there for knitting, spinning and dying. the folks running the campsite got a big kick out of us coming to their place to do it, and even put out flyers for a couple of knitting machines they had for sale.
it was just south of the cities...maybe 45 minutes from my house. a beautiful campsite, with very private sites as long as you didn't need full hook-up for an RV.
we didn't get much done the first night, but MAN did we get a lot done saturday. renae dyes. i mean REALLY dyes.
so we had dye pots out pretty early...and it seemed like everyone brought something except me.
renae talked me into dying some of my crapwool, which turned out great. and i also wound up getting some undyed roving (split with renae) and yarn for xmas gifts...some of which turned out awesome and some of which really needs to be over-dyed because renae took one of them out too early by mistake, and the other just didn't end up how i wanted it to.
the first night was numbingly cold and i hardly slept, even in a goose-down bag until the sun began to come up. we had frost advisory - so it probably got down to 35 degrees or so. there was frost on the bath house (which was beautiful, clean and HEATED. very important.
the second night, renae invited me to crash in her pop-up camper. SO nice of her. i woke with a crick in my neck, but otherwise well-rested.
it started raining at around 4am and we had to go rescue all the yarn and roving hanging on the line to dry. this morning was spent cleaning our wet campsite and going to perkins for breakfast, as we were out of propane for the stove and all our firewood was wet.
we had a giant potluck saturday night and wound up with about 12 people at our site and all kinds of good food. i loved making new friends.
anyway,
alpaca sox taken out of the steamer too early by accident. i didn't like this at first, but it's kinda growing on me.
malabrigo. this one i just don't like. no matter what the kitten thinks. this one is getting over-dyed.
more malabrigo. this one i'm pretty pleased with
this is my crapwool over-dyed in blue and purple. i wasn't sure how this would turn out and kinda had to be talked into it, but i'm really glad i did. i certainly have enough that i can afford to experiment, and i really love how the colors came through the grey.
and here is the incredible coopworth roving i split with renae. this is 4 oz. of it. enough to make a pair of socks. she hasn't dyed hers yet, but this is how mine turned out - awesome.
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Date: 2008-10-05 11:41 pm (UTC)And that sounds like a lovely weekend, despite the cold.
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Date: 2008-10-06 03:20 am (UTC)and it's pretty much all going to be gifts.
and then i came home and ross showed me this AWESOME new computer game that i'm really going to have fun playing called assassin's creed....pretty.
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Date: 2008-10-06 01:11 am (UTC)~A
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Date: 2008-10-06 03:18 am (UTC)yeah...i mostly avoid buying yarn at michaels these days for exactly that reason.....there are SO MANy amazing yarn stores in this area and then things like lisa souza and blue moon fiber arts CALLING me to spend my money there instead....it's really very dangerous.
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Date: 2008-10-06 01:57 am (UTC)that first one
Date: 2008-10-06 02:08 pm (UTC)Re: that first one
Date: 2008-10-06 06:28 pm (UTC)Re: that first one
Date: 2008-10-06 06:30 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-10-07 03:53 pm (UTC)