Well I sure had a lot of fun at the fiber fair at fort Massac; surprisingly one of the best sellers was the inkle looms my Dad and I built some time ago. I really am glad they did sell too, as I do not need 6 or more inkle looms considering how infrequently I get around to weaving on them. I have so much fiber and yarn, so little time. J Let’s see what else did I do that day, I demoed drop spindling and inkle weaving during the day, most of the time I was spindling but I did show the people interested in inkle weaving how it worked. I taught a young lady how to use a drop spindle, bought some fiber, talked to a lot of friends, I didn’t sell as much as I fiber as I’d have liked to and no yarns, but all in all I paid for my gas, the fiber I bought, and food and broke even and I had a blast, so I can’t wait for next year! On the down side I was so busy I totally forgot to take any photos at the fest, so no pictures for the blog but if you look at https://www.facebook.com/SILspinnersandweavers you can see a few photos of the festival.
While I was at the fair there was a company that now manufacturing a reproduction of Gearheart circular sock knitting machine and I think I have been bit by the bug, after watching some you tube clips about their product I realized that while there is a bit more involved than I realized I’m still thinking about buying one, and they are not cheap. I have a bit more thinking to do to decide if I really want one and a fair amount of saving to do before I can afford it too. But right now I’m still dreaming about maybe being able to make a pair of socks in one night. Any way the website is www.erlbachergearhart.com Later all.