A big thank you and the contest winner!

Thanks for making the Cloverhill booth a complete success!!!

The space went from this:



to this:



thanks to help of some awesome people (you know who you are) it all got setup and looked awesome.

Then the crowds came!!


Wow!!



We couldn't have done it with you!

And now for our contest winner!! Congrats Beverly!! We just had to pick Beverly for having the best fiber fest story:

Beverly wrote:
"I just returned from the Martha's Vineyard Fiber Festival. I went with a friend of mine from college, and while on the ferry over to the island, we couldn't help but notice a good-looking (Brazilian, it turns out) bunch of guys in motorcycle gear having a great time. I passed by on my way to get a coffee, just as one was taking a photo of the others. I offered to take a photo of all of them - as I always do - and did and thought nothing more of it - other than to lament to my friend that 15 or 20 years earlier, all those guys would have been swarming our table, chatting us up. Oh well, we thought, c'est la vie.

We got off the boat and were trying to decide how to get over to the festival: bicycle? moped? hitch? as we walked by the group, now with their motorcycles, waiting for another of their friends to join them. They motioned us over to ask where they should go on the island, and as I gave them advice, somehow it was suggested that we'd get some helmets and show them where to go. If I hadn't been with that particular friend, it probably wouldn't have happened - we tend to encourage one another's goofier sides - but there we were, on a gorgeous day, riding all over the Vineyard hanging onto to a couple of handsome Brazilian guys! Come on - what could we do? It wouldn't have been a good story unless we'd actually done it! We eventually even made it to the Fiber Festival - with our drivers no less! As I told my friends when I got back - BEST FIBER FESTIVAL EVER! See you in Maryland!"

Congrats Beverly! I'll be emailing you for your address.

ITS TOMORROW!!!

SEE YOU THERE!!!

That's Jolene.

She'll be in charge.

This year, the baby will be on THE OUTSIDE.

2 days!!!

Woolarina

Just a tiny bit more tantalizing fiber (from Woolarina) to hold you over until the real thing:

3 DAYS!!!

A Verb for Keeping Warm

Kristine makes the MOST BEAUTIFUL fiber and yarn.  She also sells natural dyes, bags, textiles, and even a very cool t-shirt design on her site.  We will be featuring some of these lovelies in JUST THREE DAYS!!!

4 Days!!

Seriously...only 4 days left!
We are offering a contest to pass the last fewer days quickly...check it out!

Today's Artist Profile:

Spritely Goods

Spritely goods is home to luxury blended fibers, unique handspun and handdyed yarns, original patterns, luxuriousl 100% vegetable oil soaps, and wonderful bamboo products...we are so happy to get our hands on some of her beautiful handdyeds for Sheep and Wool!!!

5 Days!! - And a CONTEST

Today's Artist:

Sheila Rovelstad Designs




Sheila's Knits with Sticks website showcases her gorgeous semi-solid dyed yarns like these...











Not only does Sheila create fabulous colorful sock yarns, she also makes stitch markers! These dangling stitch markers are made with semi-precious stones and crystals.






Sheila is generously donating a skein of her yarn and matching stitch marker for today's contest.

Contest details - along with more of Jody's sheepy pictures:

"Do you wanna know the details? Huh? Do ya? Do ya?"

The contest is simple, comment with your best fiber festival story, or if you've never been, share your expectations for this years fiber-frenzy. Contest happens until 5 pm eastern time on Wednesday. Winner announced Thursday.


Don't get caught with your head in a bucket - comment now!

6 days!!

The Sanguine Gryphon


Gryphon's website offers handpainted and handspun yarn, handpainted and natural fibers and many of the tools that compliment them including patterns and spinning wheels. We cant wait to see all of the fibers she sends for sheep and wool...

Here is a sample of her handpainted wares:











(On a side note, I think I am going to have to stop browsing all of the artists' websites...cause now I am reaching a dangerous level of handpainted fiber coveting...as of right now, I am still holding out for sheep and wool.)

7 days!!

Neighborhood Fiber


Along with having absolutely beautiful fibers, Neighborhood Fiber offers the added draw of naming their colorways after various geographical areas of my adopted hometown - Washington DC. Just reading the names makes me nostalgic for college...and look how beautiful they are:

8 Days!!

Loop


A picture is worth 1,000 words, and today I seriously wanted to give you a million - because I could NOT choose which bats to put up pictures of...they are all so amazing. Seriously, you just have to see these hand-blended babies in person to get the full effect.