Which-Crafts?

I have definitely had the crafty horn of plenty visit for the last 2 weekends. I feel very full up of crafty-goodness, and still very inspired to keep going.

Weekend before last, S. and A. and I took off for the wilds of Marengo, IL. to visit The Fold. Toni who owns The Fold has created an excellent store chock-full of all of those things fibery folks like most. Our “purpose” for driving out there was to let A. play with as many spinning wheels as possible for research. This was theoretically a research trip not a “purchasing” trip. S. and I were along for the ride as encouragement and enablers. Plus I am never going to turn down a trip to The Fold (just too many things to touch, covet, and dream about). Actually I had emailed a bit with Toni and she was going to give my sample 4ply a look-see and give me some spinning advice.

When we got there the store was a mad-house, we got comfortable poking around the store looking for just the perfect yarn for S.’s upcoming baby blanket project. A. also started ogling the fiber, she has some very specific projects in mind, and we were looking for just the right stuff for the projects. Once the store cleared out we started putting wheels in front of A. I am pretty sure she tried almost every one in the store, while having a good run at the fiber selection, trying out all kinds of different kinds soft fluff. She clearly felt right at home on the ashford traveler, and had a few that were far from fun. As the day wended on, S. and I just sat down with our knitting and we ended up in kind of a little craft klatch, knitting, spinning, chatting and snacking. Toni approved of my 4ply and didn’t have any suggestions, which made me feel pretty good. And when all was said and done, A. couldn’t leave the little ashford traveler at the store, and so she took it home with her.

The here is some yarn pr0n of my 4ply which I spun up from my hand-dyed fiber :

Single Strand

Swatch made with yarn

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