Black Sheep Gathering Day One
Saturday arrived bright and early, but we were ready for it, with the help of a stop at a coffee shop and bakery get the energy going. I had a very yummy strawberry croissant, but can not remember the name of the place it came from. Anyone familiar with downtown Eugene?
After a tour of the show a la Kristine, I headed to a demo with Adrienne to learn how a make a drop spindle by Ken Ledbetter. In about 30 minutes, Ken had a spindle made and that was with talking to us the whole time.
My main goal for the day was to find a new drop spindle. I found the prettiest spindle from Spindlewood. I have to say that Steven and Connie are the sweetest people ever!
Pink Ivory with Ebony whorl with Ebony sharft
1 1/4 ozs
I started spinning on her right away. She's spins like a dream!
I decided that I wanted to experience the wool show sale. I was going to go and look at the fleeces and see how things worked. I thought the made dash to get what you wanted would be fun to watch. Well, I got caught up in the moment...
People in line in front of me
People in line behind me.
I am blaming my indiscretion on Marlowe and Kristine my enablers. Somehow in the rush of things, Marlowe and I came out with 3 bags full of fleece. Um, oops! I only have pictures of the Romney/CVM right now. One Corriedale fleece was sent to be processed (it was 9.55 lbs and placed 1st in its class!) and Marlowe has the Targhee.
Look at that crimp!
This beauty placed 3rd in its class and weighs 6.83 lbs.
We spent the rest of the day wandering about, spinning, and knitting. The day ended with a dinner out and then retiring to Kristine and Adrienne's room for more fibery goodness. Suddenly is was very late and we headed off to bead with visions of sheeps and goats in our head....
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