Graduation Weekend & Weaving
This past weekend was filled with graduation parties–and a weaving project thrown in between. We attended a close friend’s daughter’s graduation party on Saturday–staying only as long as we had to–not because we dislike the daughter, but because the house is smallish and the people kept coming like bees to a hive. I tend to get claustrophobic around too many people, so we gave our congratulations and gift and left after about 20 minutes.
On Saturday morning, I was up by 8 am, carding the mystery fleece for my fiber friend after hours of picking on the Saturday before. That evening, after returning from the graduation party, I picked more wool from her second fleece in hopes of completing the project before next weekend.
My daughter’s boyfriend had a beautiful graduation get-together at a local venue close to home on Sunday. Even though it was an outdoor event (under a massive pavilion) and close to 90 degrees outside, there was enough of a breeze and plenty of strawberry lemonade to keep us from overheating. (It was also catered by a local steak restaurant, so that was a plus too). Even the cicada-pocalypse couldn’t drown out the karaoke music and slightly off-key singing of guests. I came home afterward and took a nap–something I don’t often do these days, but the heat always drains me.
In between all these events, I managed to weave a McAulay Scottish tartan scarf. My new library assistant’s family are McAulays, so I wanted to try a new tartan out on the loom.
I’ve shipped off 3 pounds of Tillie’s fleece (Gulf Coast Native) from last year’s shearing to the Altitude Fiber Mill in Utah–where a family friend has just taken over operation. The projected date for the finished yarn (worsted, 2-ply) is approx. 6 weeks. If this run goes well, I may be sending a good bit more of my fleeces to her. Fingers crossed.
Since I last posted, I have been accepted as a vendor for the 1st annual Alabama Fiber Festival on November 2 in Brierfield, Alabama (near Montevallo). This will be the first fiber festival that I will have attended as a vendor, so there is lots to do in preparation–mainly booth modifications–since I’m normally selling handwoven items rather than just fiber and yarn. (This event falls right at a month after the Rocket City Scottish Festival event that I’m vending at for the 2nd year in a row.)
I’m hoping this work week will fly by so I can enjoy the upcoming three-day weekend for Memorial Day. While I’m adjusting to my new job(s) at town hall, I still feel stretched thin between my duties there and at the library.