A Great Weekend

Sometimes you just need a fiber fix. Whether it is reviewing your stash, breezing through the fluff at a craft store, visiting a yarn shop, or best yet - a fiber festival! This past weekend I got to attend SAFONA's 4th Annual Fiber Festival in New Holland, PA. Although it is small (held in a fire company building), it does not lack for fluff.

And so as winter looms nearer & most chances of getting such a fiber fix are slim pickings, SAFONA saved the day! Although it was cool but sunny outside, there was plenty of warm selections to browse through indoors. Naturally, some great mohair and alpaca roving jumped into my arms. I'll be prepared when the snow blows (oh, yeah, we already had over ten inches of that powdery white stuff before Halloween -- thanks, Mother Nature.)
After the fiber festival, we ventured toward Lancaster but stopped in Intercourse and wandered around the Kitchen Kettle Village area. Wow, would you believe it? A Yarn shop! Well, of course we had to go in. There, as I made my purchase, I mentioned my article in the Knitscene magazine.... one thing led to another...
I had my first autograph request and photo-op!

This is me with Wendy of Lancaster Yarn Shop. What a busy weekend! Thank you Wendy for my moment of fame.
Well, gotta go - cookies are ready.
See you soon,
Kat

I'm Back...

Wow, dinner sure did take a long time to prepare...
I really meant to come back to blogging, but as with all new habits, it takes time and repetition. So what is my story of my long absence? Simply put: LIFE.
It is not as though I didn't think about things that I wanted to say, but somehow thinking and being near a keyboard at the same time didn't seem to happen. But now, after nine months, I have returned. Birthdays and funerals sort of put a new perspective on how you view life. Experienced both of those last week.
On that note, I'm going to aim a bit higher with my personal expectations. Time tends to just slip through my fingers some days. I'm hoping to change that. I'm hoping to accomplish more.
Actually, in my hiatus I really did get something done. I'm now a published author. I have a short blurb in the Nov/Dec Piecework about the history of MIWW and I have an article about angora bunnies in the winter issue of Knitscene. Currently I am working on a few other writing projects (besides this blog).
I have also been doing a lot more spinning and knitting. So let's just keep going, one stitch at a time.
See you soon (I hope!)
Kat