Journey Charkha's on display at Maryland Sheep and Wool. So inviting, to just stop by and test drive the book charkha. I resisted the temptation, for another charkha, but I did get an ebony drop spindle with a cocobola shaft. It spins like a dream. I spun gotland wool all the way home on the plane.Maryland was great again this year, the spring weather was cool enough to make it pleasant both days. There were lots of folks on Saturday, the traffic was backed up 4 miles at noon when my husband came back to take me to lunch!
I spent Friday and all Day Saturday as the Fiber Groupie with Little Yarn; stocking shelves and bagging goodies for customers. Sunday morning was my time to run around and get pictures. There were many people out enjoying the wonderful morning air.
Here is Morgaine demonstrating a new wheel at Carolina Homespun. Her booth had some great things, the fibers were in the most amazing colors! She had so many wheels to try, as you can see from the picture. The first thing I checked out at Carolina Homespun was the new Ashford rigid heddle for knitter's, a great little traveling loom. It is designed for making scarves.
Early morning at Hillcreek Fibers, the square loom set up to make a rectangular shawl. This is a great new design for the square loom. Check with Carol Leigh for details on how to use the square loom on the rectangle.The food vendors had many varieties of lamb deliquesces; on Saturday we had bar-b-q'ed lamb sandwiches and on Sunday lamb sausage subs. MM MM Good....
