Comments on: Fiber Festival for One http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/ A Boykin Spaniel, some yarn and some books . . . what more could a girl ask for? Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:19:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kim http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/comment-page-1/#comment-7302 Kim Mon, 07 May 2007 10:44:48 +0000 http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/#comment-7302 Sounds like a great day. I definitely could have done without the MDSW crowds! I've read a few Bill Bryson books and enjoyed them. What's the one in your stack? Are you going up to the MV for vacation? Sounds like a great day. I definitely could have done without the MDSW crowds! I’ve read a few Bill Bryson books and enjoyed them. What’s the one in your stack? Are you going up to the MV for vacation?

]]> By: Sheila http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/comment-page-1/#comment-7301 Sheila Sun, 06 May 2007 18:52:38 +0000 http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/#comment-7301 Yesterday was a gorgeous day to garden. I dead headed the roses and did some general pruning. Then it was off to a Cinco de Mayo party. What is the Bill Bryson book? My old eye couldn't read it! Yesterday was a gorgeous day to garden. I dead headed the roses and did some general pruning. Then it was off to a Cinco de Mayo party. What is the Bill Bryson book? My old eye couldn’t read it!

]]> By: Chris http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/comment-page-1/#comment-7300 Chris Sun, 06 May 2007 15:04:51 +0000 http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/#comment-7300 I like your idea of a personal mini fiber festival! Alas, I would've been blown TO Maryland yesterday - it has been WINDY. Some huge branches down, intermittent power outages, that sort of thing. I like your idea of a personal mini fiber festival! Alas, I would’ve been blown TO Maryland yesterday – it has been WINDY. Some huge branches down, intermittent power outages, that sort of thing.

]]> By: deb http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/comment-page-1/#comment-7299 deb Sun, 06 May 2007 13:07:58 +0000 http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/#comment-7299 That sounds like the perfect formula for an at home fiber fest! In fact my day today will be consisting of the tea, a book on tape, an aran sweater...then switch to a sock...maybe a movie with a different sock...a wee bit of lace work. tomorrow is a spin in at my LYS. I am ready to get my Schact home so I'll be bugging the ladies to show me the tricks. I need to catch up on all this lovely fiber sitting around here! That sounds like the perfect formula for an at home fiber fest! In fact my day today will be consisting of the tea, a book on tape, an aran sweater…then switch to a sock…maybe a movie with a different sock…a wee bit of lace work. tomorrow is a spin in at my LYS. I am ready to get my Schact home so I’ll be bugging the ladies to show me the tricks. I need to catch up on all this lovely fiber sitting around here!

]]> By: minnie http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/comment-page-1/#comment-7298 minnie Sat, 05 May 2007 21:54:31 +0000 http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/#comment-7298 i spent the afternoon spinning, too. unfortunately, it was grey and cloudy and MUGGY. blech. i coudln't get the house to cool off at all. i got lots of spinning done, though! i spent the afternoon spinning, too. unfortunately, it was grey and cloudy and MUGGY. blech. i coudln’t get the house to cool off at all. i got lots of spinning done, though!

]]> By: Marcia Cooke http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/comment-page-1/#comment-7297 Marcia Cooke Sat, 05 May 2007 19:47:26 +0000 http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/#comment-7297 You may have had the better fiber fair! MDSW was even more crazed than last year...they were lining up at certain booths by 8:15, and it wasn't officially open till 9! By 11 or so, it was just unbearable, although they did seem to have more, um, facilities, than in previous years! (Ask me how I know they were lining up at 8:15!!) I couldn't take it and headed back to Baltimore before 1 pm! (I am going back tomorrow, towards the end for a few hours, just to check out a few things I missed, but no fleeces followed me home this time!) You may have had the better fiber fair! MDSW was even more crazed than last year…they were lining up at certain booths by 8:15, and it wasn’t officially open till 9! By 11 or so, it was just unbearable, although they did seem to have more, um, facilities, than in previous years! (Ask me how I know they were lining up at 8:15!!) I couldn’t take it and headed back to Baltimore before 1 pm! (I am going back tomorrow, towards the end for a few hours, just to check out a few things I missed, but no fleeces followed me home this time!)

]]> By: Victoria http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/comment-page-1/#comment-7296 Victoria Sat, 05 May 2007 19:25:15 +0000 http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/#comment-7296 Looks like a perfectly wonderful way to spend a lovely spring day! Looks like a perfectly wonderful way to spend a lovely spring day!

]]> By: Beth S. http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/comment-page-1/#comment-7295 Beth S. Sat, 05 May 2007 19:13:50 +0000 http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/#comment-7295 Heh. I spent the day pulling up wisteria roots the size of pythons. Everything hurts now--my hands, glutes, etc. But I also went to Etsy and bought some pretty roving. See, not all the good stuff is in Maryland! ;-) Heh. I spent the day pulling up wisteria roots the size of pythons. Everything hurts now–my hands, glutes, etc.

But I also went to Etsy and bought some pretty roving. See, not all the good stuff is in Maryland! ;-)

]]> By: Amy http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/comment-page-1/#comment-7294 Amy Sat, 05 May 2007 18:11:09 +0000 http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/#comment-7294 Frankly? No crowds, no gasping feeling of "gotta get that now"? I think you're ahead of the game. Frankly? No crowds, no gasping feeling of “gotta get that now”? I think you’re ahead of the game.

]]> By: Alexis http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/comment-page-1/#comment-7293 Alexis Sat, 05 May 2007 18:08:28 +0000 http://chappysmom.com/2007/05/05/fiber-festival-for-one/#comment-7293 I don't know if you're a fan of spelling bees (I watch the national one every year) but if you are, you might enjoy American Bee: The National Spelling Bee and the Culture of Word Nerds by James Maguire. I thought it was really interesting. I don’t know if you’re a fan of spelling bees (I watch the national one every year) but if you are, you might enjoy American Bee: The National Spelling Bee and the Culture of Word Nerds by James Maguire. I thought it was really interesting.

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