A sub-chapter of my "main" blog with historical photos of my spinning attempts over the years.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
2000 Fresno Fair
This felted hat and glove set (FiberTrends patterns) started out as gift for a guy I was seeing who lives in Scotland where it snows in the winter. For some reason I didn't send them to him, but entered them in the fair. I don't have a photo with their ribbon, but they did win 1st place.
This was the first time I'd entered the fair in quite some time - I used to always enter back in the 80s when I was doing x-stitch and tatting and crochet. Entries are due in September for the Fair that runs in October. I started spinning that Feb and this skein was my first fair entry in some time. It's a 2ply coopworth that I bought as raw fleece. I washed, flicked, drum carded and spun up about 10 oz of this yarn. I only bought a lb of wool. Or maybe I bought 2 and split it with my spinning pal Juli. Anyway, this yarn won 1st place that year. What an encouraging start to my spinning "career."
I came across this blogger user profile again in 2020 and need to update it a bit. I'm now a 70-something fiber fanatic who's been retired for over 10 yrs. I have my huge stash (acquired over my working career) housed in a shipping container in my driveway and have all day and all night to knit, crochet, spin, and weave. I don't have a lot of money, but I have enough to feed two dogs and myself and life is pretty good.
2006 - A 50-something fiber fanatic who wishes she was independently wealthy so she'd have time to knit and spin and weave all the fiber already in the house.
This felted hat and glove set (FiberTrends patterns) started out as gift for a guy I was seeing who lives in Scotland where it snows in the winter. For some reason I didn't send them to him, but entered them in the fair. I don't have a photo with their ribbon, but they did win 1st place.
This was the first time I'd entered the fair in quite some time - I used to always enter back in the 80s when I was doing x-stitch and tatting and crochet. 
Entries are due in September for the Fair that runs in October. I started spinning that Feb and this skein was my first fair entry in some time. It's a 2ply coopworth that I bought as raw fleece. I washed, flicked, drum carded and spun up about 10 oz of this yarn. I only bought a lb of wool. Or maybe I bought 2 and split it with my spinning pal Juli. Anyway, this yarn won 1st place that year. What an encouraging start to my spinning "career." 
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