The HaulWarning: If Blue Isn't Your Thing, Then You Can Move Right Along

My budget was just about blown in the first hour.  The truth is, my budget wasn't as much as I have allowed myself in the past, so it didn't take much to spend it right quick and I did go over it just a little bit later in the day.  For now I have only photographed the fiber bit of the haul, tomorrow I'll show you a couple of other little things I picked up.

The first place I went was the Grafton Fiber booth.  It is well known that the batts produced at GF are wonderful and I have a couple that I have been spinning that I love.  Since they aren't producing the batts the way they used to I wanted to scoop up another while I had the chance. 

There is a bit more turquoise than I could capture on film, so to speak

As I was leaving I saw this baby:

See the little moon on the side there? This also has more green in it than I could get.I was drawn to the blue shaft on it.

Then I wandered around, not really thinking I would buy anything else until I visited the Foxfire Fibers booth. And Barb had done some truly luxury batts. As I picked over what was left (Manise let me know that she had already bought all of the really good blue ones.......way to rub in my tardiness!) I finally settled on this one:

Pretty blue with mauve, but the blend of BFL, cashmere and silk with a little angelina feels so luscious, it could be any color. Just gorgeous.

Then I found this Grafton spindle at the Foxfire booth:

So pretty! So blue!Everyone was so charmed that the spindle matched my fiber!

And look how it turns purply it turns when viewed from an angle. Is the fiber shopping finished? Almost. I am so lucky that friends have my back. Cheryl had made it to the Foxfire booth ahead of me and seeing the feeding frenzy attempted to call me on the phone that I had left in the car. When she couldn't reach me she went ahead and bought this for me:

I'm so lucky, I have friends that I don't deserve, the really thoughtful ones.

I think that is that. Now I really need to spin, spin, spin!

Two hundred thirty-two to go.  Tomorrow the non-fiber festival fix!

Comments

[Kathy]

I LOVE that the spindles match the fiber. That's just so great and so Terry!

[Carole]

The blue was gone when I got there but the purple is really pretty, too, so I bought two!

[Lynn]

I love blue. Thanks for sharing!

[Manise]

I wasn't the only one who bought blue! Sheesh.... Love the matchy-matchy thing you have going with both spindles and fiber.

[margene]

LOVE all the blue batts. I'm dying to get to the Foxfire booth at Rhinebeck. We must be first! The spindles are just you. Now I want to collect blue spindles, too.

[margene]

Oh and YES YOU DO deserve good/nice/caring friends. We all do.

[Judy]

By the time I saw Barb, the booth was pretty empty. She is the one place where I really treat myself. I decided it was best to wait until MA.

[Laurie]

Great stuff! I think the blue batt from Foxfire was the must have of the day. Everyone had one in their swag bag. (Me too, of course.)