Yes, it's been a long time since last I blogged. I haven't given up, life has just gotten in the way. So a few random bits...
SAFF has come and gone in the loveliest way. With a zillion changes that all kicked in a few weeks before our regional fiber festival, the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair has been put to bed for another year. While everything wasn't perfect, it was really quite lovely. The animals were there in full fleece - lots of sheep and llamas, a few angora goats, the charming alpacas. The people were there too, most friendly, a few crazies, but pretty much everybody smiling and glowing to be with like-minded people and lots of yarn and fiber. Thanks to everyone who came by my booth - I got to know a few people who I only 'knew' online before.
I've been spinning and knitting regularly. Yarn and hats have becoming and I have the trashed studio to prove it. This morning I needed to find something to wear that did not require ironing as the ironging board is covered with yarn. I had a booth at the Madison County (NC) Heritage Festival on a very chilly Saturday.
High on last weekend's agenda was to kit up yarn for hats - a very messy process that apparently involves pulling every skein of yarn out of the tub or drawer or basket that it resides in and grouping it with any possible related color, texture or weight, looking at it in several different light sources and then putting 2 or 3 or 4 yarns in a bag to be knit up at a later date. Then I can just grab a bag and knit at hat. I take a few to work for lunch hour knitting, so I can not work about thinking too much.
I really can only blame the blog silence on my day job. Love my day job - I am very lucky to have a job that I like, but both halves of my work-self have been running on overdrive lately. My grant work has been very busy as I have been working with a school district who has been selected to be a pilot school implementing the new Social Studies standards (for non-educators, I know this sounds like gibberish) in addition to the regular stuff I do. My undergrad classes have also been kicking my bum. As everyone who does grant-based work knows, your job is only as secure as your current funding. Although it hasn't happened yet, I took on an additional class as a bit of job security in case this grant funding is reduced. I love the classes and my students, but it's a struggle to keep all the balls in the air. The main balls that have dropped are this blog and the garden. I did plant some salad greens, but I've let nature take care of the rest.
But as midterm is behind us and most of my workshops are completed, so I can put a bit more energy into the fiber-y part of my life. Back to dyeing, back to the Etsy shop, back to the blog. And I'm happy to be back!
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