I'm off to SOAR!!

I'm just finishing off my final preparations for getting to SOAR (Spin Off Autumn Retreat) at Shanty Creek Resort in Michigan. I'll be leaving around 4 am tomorrow morning, my truck all loaded up with all my fibery goods (and lots of clothes - it looks like the weather will be warm AND cool this week). Man, oh man, have I been looking forward to this!!

I've got a few things I'm considering putting in the gallery. I've got a couple of shawls, and a pair of socks I'm kinda proud of. The items in the gallery need to be handspun.

So, I washed and reblocked this alpaca/wool shawl I finished last year (preblog).
I'm not sure of the percentage of alpaca to wool because it was a gift from the woman who sold me my Lendrum Saxony wheel.



Here it is blocking in my basement workshop.














Rear view. (yeah, shorts on October 6 - it was 89 degrees here today!)













Front view. (Girl of the House was my photographer!)













I finished the "Robert" seamans scarf last evening. After I took the shawl off my worktable, I put this on it to block.

I have a post-it on my bathroom mirror, so I remember to go down and take it off the table before I leave in the morning.

Do you all do that? Leave yourself notes? (Or is that a product of aging?????)




It was a beautiful day. Unseasonably warm for October in Minnesota.

We had a great day. We spent the morning at the Haskell's wine sale - bought several cases of wine. We're ready for winter!

We had lunch with Paul's family, celebrating September/October birthdays and had a great time. Lots of good conversation and laughter.

When we got home, the Girl of the House went with some friends to do some geocaching. Paul & I did a some quick chores, then we settled in on the deck with a few beers.






Gotta love it when you can hang out on the deck past sunset in October...