It's Finishtober!

Every knitter has them, those projects that are hanging around the house. Stuffed in bags and boxes, taking up space, and generally haunting us . The spooky thing is that we allow them to build up and sit around until we work on them again.

That is why I plan to finish at least two of the projects that I have sitting around that I have been working on for the last year. At least I only have three I have to work on. Then I can make room for the other things I want to work on, and perhaps leave half unfinished until next October.

1. The Faire Isle sweater I have had going since March.
2. The Swirl shawl (AKA the shawl of insanity)
3. The Crystaline Shawl (AKA that shawl I want to finish. but the yarn annoys me).

Lets see how much I get done!

Oregon Flock and Fiber. Canby, Oregon

I attended Oregon Flock And Fiber Today. It was well worth the long drive from the house and was filled with great things to see and do.

We got an early start from the house and made very good time for what it was worth. (Of course we had to stop for a coffee.)

However, once we arrived, it was well worth all the driving.

After setting up and organizing ourselves, my son and I got to walk around and see everything that was there.

We saw this beautiful, old fountain and I could not resist snapping a picture of it with my son sitting in front of it with his "Shopping Bucket". Too bad I forgot my Claritin, my nose was itching from all the animal dander, and pollen.

This proud fellow was hanging out in the barn with all the other Aplacas, there were also several breeds of Goats, Angora Rabbits, many diffrent breeds of sheep, and a few dogs running around.

I even bought myself an Angora Goat Fleece that had already been washed, I just need to card it before spinning it into a nice yarn for something.

There were also many great stands and booths to look in. Some were well set up and organized, others were just so stuffed to the max with products and it was a bit hard to find anything. I ended up buying from Dicentera, DragonFibers, Blue Moon Fiber Arts, Knitted Wits, and Carolina Homespun. I got a new set of Hand Carders, and a new Drop spindle to work with tool wise, and a ton of dyed rovings and top to spin later. Looks like my winter will be busy.

Next show for me will be Madrona Fiber Arts Winter Retreat in Tacoma, Washington. This way I have time to put some money away for it since it is Feburary.