Friday, August 5, 2011

hangover

Yep, I am suffering from a Sock Summit hangover. I'm a little out of sorts. There's stuff all over the place and chores to be done but all I want to do is crawl into bed and pull the covers over my head.

I made it home in one piece with Gladys' luggage and her shiny new shoes plus a stroller that got left behind in Portland. It was a leisurely drive home with a stop in Centralia for the outlet stores (didn't buy much), a brief stop in Marysville for a late lunch, and long break in Bellingham to pick up a spinning wheel, a split bearing for my Traveller (which I ended up swapping with the Traditional because the new one was a smidge too big), and a little Finn fiber.

I'm sure you're dying to see what I bought.

I shopped for other people and this is their loot:


This is my yarn purchase plus a set of carbon fiber dpns:


And this is my fiber haul (approx. 3.5lbs):


Most of it is Polwarth except for the Sheep2Shoe kit which is superwash merino and the pencil roving. The white blob is the Finn. On the far left was my biggest splurge - 50% camel/50% silk. I couldn't resist - it's sooooo soft.

My door prize:


And here's the spinning wheel that I picked up for my niece:


It's an Edammertje and a Dutch made wheel. From what I understand, it's a competitor to Louet. The company is no longer in business so if it ever needs repairs, etc., I will have to use parts from other spinning wheel makers. I've cleaned it up and oiled it. It treadles very smoothly but 4 out of the 6 bobbins are incredibly noisy.

There are a few things missing from the pictures like my Sock Summit swag, a coupla t-shirts that I bought hubby from the Saturday market, See's candies, goodies from my Fabric Depot trip, and some clothes that I bought. I didn't exceed my duty free limit ($750) but I was pretty darned close. Phew!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Woo-hoo!!! What a haul!!! So pretty!! All of it! Can't wait to see the fiber you spin up!

Louisa said...

Nice shopping! Hope you like the Blackthorn needles. I love mine! Never heard of the wheel brand but it's definitely riffing on Louet. Is one of the bobbins missing? Think there should be 3.

Sharon in Surrey said...

That is such a cute wheel!!! And I'm sorry I missed the Show & Tell!! I LOVE Polworth!! And what's that about Carbon Fibre DPs??? Never heard of them . . . . I'll have to look them up.