Harry Potter hangover yarn

Weekend before last Little E and I attended the Midwest Fiber & Folk Art Festival in Crystal Lake, IL. It was the day after our Harry-palooza, which I wasn't able to blog about because we still weren't back up and running at that time yet. The short version is that we went to this and had a front row seat to listen to Emerson and Ben from Mugglenet.com give their talk. Then we grabbed the 9:56 train back to La Fox and headed over to Barnes & Noble to await the 12:01 chime and get in line.

The next morning while Mini-Me was sleeping and reading, Little E and I popped disc one of the audiobook in the car stereo and headed to Crystal Lake. The day was beautiful and the festival was lovely. I was on a pretty tight budget but did manage to sneak in a few purchases. I couldn't resist this lovely laceweight from Briar Rose Fibers. I'm not sure what it's ultimate destiny will be but I couldn't pass it up. The colors make me think it will make a lovely Invisibility Cloak.

The wooden bowl was also purchased at the fair. I've misplaced the business card from its maker so I can't share that information. But each bowl is hand-carved and sanded and uniquely one of a kind. I just couldn't resist the tactile beauty of them and spent quite a bit of time deciding which one I preferred.

I also picked up a small learn to drop spindle kit but haven't had time to try it out yet. After eying all the gorgeous batts of fiber at the festival, the idea of getting into spinning is daunting and makes my budget ache. E was quite the enabler that day. Just by expressing a shared interest in learning to spin and innocently asking if I would knit her a pair of socks she drove me to buy the spinning kit and some sock yarn.

We also enjoyed and nice lunch with our friends BloglessCarla, YogaNan and her daughter Meija (I'm sure I spelled that wrong), Emily and Mary.