Wonderful weekend in K-W

Here are some highlights of the Kitchener-Waterloo Knitters’ Guild Fair this past weekend:

accosting a tiara-wearing Sandi Wiseheart (really!)
making Anne Hanson laugh with my “hit myself in the head with a rake” story (there’s a reason Louise keeps bringing that story up)
watching just about every knitter who passed the Sheeps Ahoy booth fall prey to the beauty of the Hibiscus sample
meeting Deshi, who knew what the Strand of Pearls sample was because she owns it
meeting Heather, who did a great job of blogging the fair
lots of time talking with knitters about all kinds of knitting things
seeing tons of yarns in person (especially the Zen Yarn Garden and Indigodragonfly booths)

Observations:

not everyone at a knitting fair looks happy, but most of them do
shoes that are comfortable at a sedentary day job may not work for a day of standing

My haul:

a spindle bag from Zig Zag Stitches (a birthday present from my parents)
a skein of merino-silk lace from Indigodragonfly in one of my favourite greens with a colourway name referencing one of my favourite movies (never go up against a Sicilian when death is on the line!)

a 4oz bag of BFL/Shetland/llama pin-drafted roving from Hopeful Shetlands, which I’m going to try to spin a little thicker than my default yarn
a 6oz rope of BFL from Briar Rose, acquired from the very tempting Shall We Knit booth

And now I’ll go back to madly knitting on my due-at-the-end-of-the-month poppy shawl. All is looking well, it’s just that I still have much to knit!