23 August, 2010

Camping

yes, me...camping.
Proof...


Proof!!

Well, there had to be a good reason for me to give up my "idea of camping is a hotel without room service" motto. The reason, a weekend at the Michigan Fiber Festival.
I had a blast!
My friend Lorrie

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has a mini pop up camper, it sleeps two comfortably. We had everything else out under a 10x10 canopy that we got screen for on the second day. The flies were biting and we did not like that.

The draw was the fiber, but the friends we made were awesome as well.
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Our next door tent neighbors talked us into to going to the triangle loom booth, yeah, one had to come home with me.

Triangle loom

And you know I had to buy fiber...what else do you do at a fiber fest..well, other than spin and drink *grin*

Some dyed fibers:

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Natural Fibers:

Targee
Icelandic wool

and yarn

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I also won two raffle drawings where I chose:

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and

Babe Noddy

I was given a present of

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by Debra. Will talk about the fiber mill in a later blog post.

On Saturday night we went to a local sheep farm for a BBQ. Good food! and the view...

Wind Swept Farm

Who could ask for more.

There is more...but that is for another post.

3 comments:

Dawn said...

What Fun!!! I'm not a camper either...I definitely don't do the squat thing either, lol! Love all the pics! Thanks for posting!

wooliegirl said...

I love the yarn hanging in the background and the wheel sitting under the canopy. It looks like so much fun and all the smiles are making me jealous!
Also, great pick of the win...those colors are beautiful....tell us more!

~RaenWa~ said...

I have never been camping yet but its on my bucket list. You look like you all had a great time & came home with some gorgeous goodies I can't wait to hear more about it in your podcast.