Spa Revisited

Spa was ages and ages ago now but I was not able to finish my post about it before vacation. I am sad about that so I am just pretending that it was last week instead. Way back machine- wee!

(As a side note, you know you are one of those crazy blogger types when there are 2 cars full of your in-laws downstairs waiting for you to go catch a flight and you are yelling to your husband to have them wait a second because your post is uploading. Ahem.)

Anyway, where where we?

So, we had this room in the Hampton Inn that Kelle (the wonder that she is) finagled for us with the management. It was a room totally for spinning. No beds, nothing but chairs and lamps (and booze and food).

We all sat in there talking about various important subjects like infant circumcision, my hatred for The Big Lebowski (I still don’t think the rest of the Boston group has forgiven this flaw in my character- hehe), lots of fiber and spinning talk, and the general geographic location of the Upper Peninsula in relation to the rest of Michigan.

We realized halfway through the latter discussion when, I think, Kellee (again with the brilliance) pointed out that Maya was wearing the perfect demonstration tool: her ‘Michigan: America’s High Five’ t-shirt. Also, knitting needle? Great pointer.

(Kellee, Elisa, Debbie, Maya and Jackie)

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But what did I buy? Oh, what didn’t I buy….

As I mentioned, Amy Boogie weaves a wicked spell. I accidently went to her booth about 10 times and some of her stuff just jumped on me. It wasn’t my fault. (I am so pissed that I didn’t get a picture one of those ten times because she has the coolest handpainted hair too. Super cool.)

So first up is some Corriedale in her Autumn colorway. Laurie showed me the wonders of pre-drafting… it is an art, is it not? I have done some half-hearted pre-drafting up until this point but now I am a total convert. You must click to see the squishy!

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I think this is destined to be a Spring Cap- if I can somehow figure out how to make a big happy yarn out of my singles. Maybe a 4 ply shoe box lazy kate? hmmm.

More Amy goodies: left and second from the top is her Skinny Socks (handpainted superwash merino) in Aztec, right and top is the same yarn in the Chocolate Covered Cherries colorway. The two free mini skeins (yay!) on the bottom are fabulous too but the colorways are not marked.
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Then, more of Amy’s fiber: Blue-Faced Leicester in Neopolitan on left and more Corriedale in the middle, Vineyard colorway
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I forget where the left came from- don’t have a tag. It is a mohair blend though. And the right one! Oh my goodness, it is unbelievable… so soft. Indigo Moon Farm’s Camel and Silk.

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I think this picture wraps it up very nicely- Spa yay!

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11 Responses to “Spa Revisited”

  1. Carole Says:

    Thanks for bringing it all back!

  2. Jackie Says:

    It was good times :) I’m so glad you and Maya came! But the real question now is - how was Mexico!?!?

  3. maya Says:

    the epic post lives!

  4. Dorothy B Says:

    That looks like it was a ton of fun and you managed to get some really great stuff.

  5. Sara Says:

    I’m still bummed that I couldn’t hang out with all of you! Next year, darn it… next year!

    I love your spinning… it is such delicious colors!

  6. maryse Says:

    you know until now i was kind of ok with not going. but then i saw your pictures. thanks ;)

  7. elisa Says:

    So. Much. Fun!!!

    I’m glad you’re back - tell us about Mexico, pleasenowthankyou.

  8. Manise Says:

    The alpaca/ wool blend roving on the lower left is from Friends’ Folly Farm (www.friendsfollyfarm.com). It’s the same stuff Amy of Spunky Eclectic bought 2 lbs of. I almost bought some and now regret having put the bag down! Great haul.

  9. s t a c i Says:

    wow…I’ve never seen camel/silk before, or any camel for that matter. It is so shiny! You could direct marine traffic with the shine off that stuff!

  10. Amy Boogie Says:

    Awesome photos. I should’ve gone with you guys at the end of the day!

    That green fiber is from Friends Folly Farm in Monmouth Maine. I got a bit (sweaters worth) of that color.

  11. Yarnish » Chicken Salad So Good It Makes Miracles Happen* Says:

    […] In preparation for our mini-Spa, we all made/brought various goodies to sustain us through the weekend. Kellee made (among other delicious things) chicken salad. Chicken salad the likes of which changed my life. In the wee hours of the first night, as I devoured my first chicken salad sandwich of the weekend, I asked Kellee in wonderment what was in it. She rattled off a list of ingredients, saying she made it up on the fly with the stuff she had in her kitchen. […]

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