But even before the crowd - on preview night - I purchased some glitzy fun from Donna Jo Copeland of Breezy Manor.  On the left is a badly photographed small batt of varied fibers with a touch of glitz.  The masses of color on the right is a gallon zip bag of varied locks and fibers in amazing colors with copper angeline (on top left of the pile).  I am contemplating adding some alpaca to the mix before I card.

From the amazing mind of Fuzzarelly's Nancy comes these two squishy bits of delight.  Her new name for the angora blends: Bunny & the Beast.  HA!  Brilliant!  I meant to go back for more, but the day was so busy i got side tracked and the next thing I knew, all was done!  Note to self, email Nancy ...

Cheryl of Mt Ampato Alpacas in Ohio had new rovings - striped!  She had a few colorways, but I let girlie choose, so rosey goodness it is. 

Always a favorite of mine is Trading Post for Fiber Arts and the blended rovings from 3 Bags Full.  This time i went for 2 colorways.  They are wool blends with silks - nice lumpy yarns.

From a new vendor I first met in Greencastle in April I made 2 lovely wood purchases.  Sistermaide lucet and tatting shuttle.  I have a smaller lucet from Greencaslte and let girlie choose one this time.

And finally, non descript neutral wools.  I picked up several of these 2 colors.  Will be fun to dye and blend.

Any of you wonderful customers who purchased my art yarns, i was serious about contacting me to see finished items.  I like to see where other people's creativity leads!  More later - especially about alpaca fe

Betwixt the hurricane winds, no power for days and being driven from the house (thankfully, though) by roofers, my mind is still a bit muddled.

I am excited about Southern Indiana FiberArts Festival in 2 weeks!!  Wait, 2 weeks, I still have so much to do, argh...  For those of you few folks who are not aware, I am president of Fiber eXchange Guild who presents SIFAF each year.  We have a good group and everyone does something wonderful and important.  There are some things I have a hard time delegating, but as our wee event has grown so much, for next year we'll have even more folks doing important things!

If you are within driving distance - or need a fiber adventure of your own - come see us on Saturday, October 18 from 9-5 at the fairgrounds in Corydon, IN.  See the website at http://www.SouthernIndianaFiberArts.com  

see you there ;)

a little for me: natural white and multi colors dyed wool, white alpaca, cotton thread with multicolor e beads, silver filiment

repainted: pink roving, blue locks, pink silk petals, blue cotton thread

AND one of my favorites of all time ... elvish night: contents are listed below in another entry.  Specifc steps will be posted here, but maybe tomorrow

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I cast off a second item today, but no pic yet, so I'll save that ...

I also completed a handspun that isn't really in competition, but fun anyway!  Weep not is named for the Picto Create challenge for which it was spun "Sad Clown".  The large faceted plastic orbs are on a cotton twine which was used as the core.  Around the core I spun white wool with blue locks.  A thinner single of white was added as a second ply.  Only about 12 yards, but what fluffy funky yards they are!

HA!  Posting 2 days in a row!  woohoo!

Two knitting projects have been started, but I'll save pics for later.  1.) First new cast on: sockmark book mark, will be a gift and is being knit from reclaimed yarn (gray wool with silver and blue cotton).  And b.) Second new cast on: Tudora Neck Warmer in a lovely golden cascade wool.

Now for the fun!  More on 1-3-5 Swap:  Elements were received from SparklingScraps.  1 image: [http://faeriefae.50megs.com/cgi-bin/i/the_goblins_market_margaret_tarrant.jpg][2]   3 words: bejeweled, regal, enchantress   5 elements:
1. striped roving and matching locks
2. fabric from brides maid dress
3. beads: glass black iridescent and wood multicolor
4. minis: pom poms and flowers
5. multicolored thread

Note bride's maid dress scraps are now strips.  Multicolor thread was wound onto Tinkertoy bobbin then threaded with ab black glass bicone beads.  Pompoms are threaded with fluff (angora, alpaca and silk blend) with a needle - the fluff will be spun in on either side.  Two sizes of multicolor wood beads are strung onto gold cord.  I am still trying to decide if I will add fiber and if so, what kind, how much, what color to dye, etc. 

Below is pictured what I received from an elements swap within the Novelty and Art Yarn Group on Ravelry.com.  I wanted to share the bits with you and let you ponder them.  In a couple days (promise), I will be sharing more about the swap and what will become of all these things.

Next is suit spun for Fiber Friday Group also on Ravelry.  Wool suit jacket pieces with natural dark brown wool, plum wool and plied with gray thread.  Spun during Clark County Fair Spinning Demonstration with Grinny Possum.  I wanted to spin something unusual and different from what everyone else would be spinning that night ;)

Lastly, spicey also for Fiber Friday.  Red wools and alpaca with bits of orange and whiter spots plied with gold cord.  I know the picture is a little fuzzed, but I like the loopys ;)

Tomorrow is the beginning of the International Olympics and also the start of something called Ravelympics.  In Ravelry-land teams were formed and competitions chosen.

The short version: I am on Team Indiana competing in Handspun Heptathalon, Cowl Jump, WIP (work in project) Wrestling and Holiday Handball.

The long version: Look here for regular updates.  No, really, I will do my best to share the fun ;)

Another swap is for tea bag holders (like soft wallets) to carry in a purse or project bag.  And the last currently in production - actually just in need of finishing touches - is the quarterly ATC swap for Project Spectrum.

The cord connecting my camera to the computer must have a short because it isn't working.  I hope to get this sorted out soon because a blgo without pictures is just too wordy ;)  But I also wanted to get the who month of participation in Project31 for the flickr group.

Here's hoping for pics next time! ;)

SO, what I was dying is pictured below - cotton pencil roving and hemp.  The roving colors got a bit mixed near the end as what is now blue was to be more pink, but, whatever.  There was no specific plan intended, so no harm - just pretty colors.

I had put a white shirt on girlie so she: A.) Wouldn't ruin clothes and 2.) Could have a fun dyed momento to wear all summer.  One. Pink. Spot.  Not even as long as this sentence.  That is it.  She wasn't really trying to be neat, just turned out that way ... ah, well, later there was mud and there is always more dying to do ;)

Marilyn also included a post card of the marina - with her house boat in the picture (how cool is that?), the pattern for this wonderful scarf (yea!), a scrubby loofa, Manos del Uruguay in black/green, "create" stone, cable needle and yarn shuttles, loverly stitch markers PLUS extra bamboo yarn and beads from the gift scarf!

I didn't realize the picture was so dark and even in the lighter one I took, I did not do justice to the nice Manos del Uruguay yarn, it is very nifty.

If you have never participated in an online swap, I would encourage you to try a reputable one.  If you are on Ravelry.com there are numerous opportunities, just search for swaps.  swap-bot.com is another source that has certain responsibility factors built in.  Some swaps organized on Ravelry and other sites actually take place within swap-bot.

The third incarnation of ISE was my first online swap and I have been a vounteer hostess with the past 2.  I truly enjoy surprises.  At Christmas you would never find me snooping for gifts - no surprise in that!  Surprises involving fiber art are just THAT much more fun!

I dyed this for my International Scarf Exchange 6 partner.  The left started as white shetland (from B & G farm) and the right as white alpaca (from Crossroads Alpacas).  Same dye pot with blue drink mix only.  I know the picture looks like the lighting is off, but this is pretty true to the colors, maybe a bit duller.

I had originally planned to card them together, but with this new color intrigue I chose to spin them independently and ply together.  Nice yarn ;)

I knit some teeny bunnies that are too sweet!  The blue one is from a bit of alpaca left after plying the above.  The reddish on left is cotton boucle, commercial spun.  And the super soft orange on right is my handspun angora.  I purchased the angora fluff from Fuzzarelly Fibers.  I made some tiny alterations that really don't matter on this scale, but the pattern I used is Teeny Tiny Knitted Toys from Little Cotton Rabbits.