fiber, foliage and friends

last week an email arrives in my inbox titled: fiber, foliage and friends. hmmmm, intriguing. there were but two words: too soon? my fiber friend kathy is part of barbara parry's foxfire fiber csa, and last weekend was the annual fall visit for members. so the unasked question was: are you crazy enough to drive to shelburne, massachusetts for an afternoon touring her farm and playing in wool? well, everyone who knows me realizes that answer is absolutely yes!
i quickly found us a hotel and made arrangements for pets and families and off we went on saturday morning. kathy had never been to the yarn store that is webs, so our plan was to spend the afternoon wandering about the store. i chuckled when she commented that we'd have lots of time..... we closed the store after squeezing, sighing and dreaming over every item. i really don't have enough superlatives to describe the staff in this shop. helpful, pleasant, dilegant ( yes, i had one poor gal on the hunt for yarn & patterns) and most of all fun! we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves and basked in our finds with a glass of wine after dinner.

i found room to pack my wheel, so got quite a bit of spinning done....

we slept in and slowly meandered our way to the farm. the weather was picture perfect

nothing better than an afternoon on the farm with fiber, sheep and your peeps! we harvested from her garden.....

had a lesson.....

met new friends...

and left with treasures....

i came away completely refreshed, with my fiber love renewed. i'm looking forward to joining the sheep shares for 2015 ( and hoping there's room)!