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Knitting in Public...
Jun. 13th, 2009 09:02 pmToday was World Wide Knit in Public day, and there was a local event just a short walk away.
Unfortunately, though I packed the muffler, it was really sticky out, so I got much more spinning done than knitting. But that was fine, because there were three vendors at the event, and I got to see two different Spinolution wheels -- the Bee and the Mach One; I rather like that they have side-to-side rockers instead of heel-toe pedals. I'm not sure how ergonomic that is in the long run, but it certainly seems like it might be a useful innovation.
Wild Hare Fiber is two women running a small scale fiber farm and mill. The colorways looked good, and some of the wool with thrums rovings were spectacular looking.
Rock Creek Yarn is very *very* local, and has some really fabulous colorways -- I like Kilauea, which is designed to pool spectacularly and give you 'volcano socks'. The silk yarn was also lovely, but the yardage was a bit odd -- enough for a stole, but not quite for a full-size triangular or Faroese shawl.
Woolarina was also there, and yet again had gorgeously bright colorways that just didn't click for me. I've never bought anything from her, even though it's good yarn dyed well, and I don't know why
Sadly, I had about two dollars in cash on me, so I didn't even buy a raffle ticket -- considering the number of raffle items they had on display, my odds would have been quite good, too...
Unfortunately, though I packed the muffler, it was really sticky out, so I got much more spinning done than knitting. But that was fine, because there were three vendors at the event, and I got to see two different Spinolution wheels -- the Bee and the Mach One; I rather like that they have side-to-side rockers instead of heel-toe pedals. I'm not sure how ergonomic that is in the long run, but it certainly seems like it might be a useful innovation.
Wild Hare Fiber is two women running a small scale fiber farm and mill. The colorways looked good, and some of the wool with thrums rovings were spectacular looking.
Rock Creek Yarn is very *very* local, and has some really fabulous colorways -- I like Kilauea, which is designed to pool spectacularly and give you 'volcano socks'. The silk yarn was also lovely, but the yardage was a bit odd -- enough for a stole, but not quite for a full-size triangular or Faroese shawl.
Woolarina was also there, and yet again had gorgeously bright colorways that just didn't click for me. I've never bought anything from her, even though it's good yarn dyed well, and I don't know why
Sadly, I had about two dollars in cash on me, so I didn't even buy a raffle ticket -- considering the number of raffle items they had on display, my odds would have been quite good, too...
