On Friday I went to the Bothwell Spin In, said hello to the lovely alpacas then made my way around the yarn and fibre stalls, then watched a hall full of spinners spin. The top photo is hand spun super fine hand knitted lace, the white piece is medium weight super soft hand spun wool and it's knitted in one piece! it's finer than it looks in the photo. I bought a niddy noddy, 2x skeins of black alpaca (from Quamby Park Alpacas), 2x skeins of brown/cream mix wool (from Waratah fibres) and a maintenance kit for my spinning wheel. I managed to get this all done in 1 1/2 hours as we had to get back to town early. It was really special to see so many spinners in one place and to see people I only have contact with on the net. Colonial Lake Books were there as well but I was to shy to say it's me Amanda from Hobart and I love your books. I love the lady with the bright red spinning wheel it was the only coloured one I spotted.
Well here's the finished hexagaughan blanket, all the organizing and sewing up was done by cadbury's keeper I don't know how she managed to work and move house as well. This is the first knit-a-long where I've sent something overseas I didn't think my knitting was good enough before. I've just finished a set of organic cotton face cloths including a mitt for Mum's birthday now I have to start another mohair throw this one is for Dan's Mum in a lovely charcoal colour. On a sad note, my brother's dog Junior was hit by a car last week. How he managed to sneak out I don't know, he died very quickly and without any pain, the driver didn't stop but we think they just didn't know it was a dog not a pothole.
