Metting Up at SAFF
For those unfamiliar with what SAFF is, it's the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair, held in Asheville, NC. Robin and I are meeting up at SAFF this weekend, and both of us are looking forward to this trip. Our husbands are making the trek with us.
Our plan is to have dinner at one of our favorite restaurants with other guild members on Friday night, Early Girl Eatery. This is probably one of the best restaurants I have been to. The dinners are great, the desserts are to die for. Well, you get the point. We (my hubby and I) are looking forward to dining there.
We also plan to go to Black Mountain at some point, a great little town. We love to eat at My Father's Pizza, which has wonderful tasting pizzas. Not sure about the other items, but the pizzas are mouth-wateringly delicious.
Hmm, based on this blog entry it would seem my weekend is focused around food. But, no, really, it isn't! The great food is just a perk of going to SAFF. SAFF is one of the smaller fiber events, but it's growing steadily. I've been every year since 2002, when I tagged along with Robin and her husband. We drove, walked the fair, and drove home in a single day. Phew, that was a long day! That was the day I bought my first drop spindle, a beautiful walnut high-whorl Kokovoko spindle. Yummy. It was also the first day I met my favorite wool breed, Finnsheep! Good fiber to start me off on as I found out I am a bit of a fiber snob. Some fiber types make me itch. Maybe it's just mental, but soft is good!
SAFF is a growing fiber festival. A few great things about SAFF are the amount of classes offered and the quality of the classes. The classes are relatively inexpensive and pretty varied. Of course, this will be the first year I take a class at SAFF, but Robin took a felted bead class last year, I think. This year, both of us are taking a class. We're taking the "Spinning Silk Hankies" class on Sunday. Should be a great learning experience for both of us, as neither of us have tried spinning silk hankies.
Robin has experience spinning silk caps, and both of us have spun silk roving. Both of us have also dyed silk caps, but I have yet to spin my silk caps. I think I'm afraid of ruining them. Should be a fun and informative class. Look for a post from us next week on SAFF!
If you're heading to SAFF too, and see two blonde (er sort of for one), petite, relatively young-looking women (cough), say hello to us!
Our plan is to have dinner at one of our favorite restaurants with other guild members on Friday night, Early Girl Eatery. This is probably one of the best restaurants I have been to. The dinners are great, the desserts are to die for. Well, you get the point. We (my hubby and I) are looking forward to dining there.
We also plan to go to Black Mountain at some point, a great little town. We love to eat at My Father's Pizza, which has wonderful tasting pizzas. Not sure about the other items, but the pizzas are mouth-wateringly delicious.
Hmm, based on this blog entry it would seem my weekend is focused around food. But, no, really, it isn't! The great food is just a perk of going to SAFF. SAFF is one of the smaller fiber events, but it's growing steadily. I've been every year since 2002, when I tagged along with Robin and her husband. We drove, walked the fair, and drove home in a single day. Phew, that was a long day! That was the day I bought my first drop spindle, a beautiful walnut high-whorl Kokovoko spindle. Yummy. It was also the first day I met my favorite wool breed, Finnsheep! Good fiber to start me off on as I found out I am a bit of a fiber snob. Some fiber types make me itch. Maybe it's just mental, but soft is good!
SAFF is a growing fiber festival. A few great things about SAFF are the amount of classes offered and the quality of the classes. The classes are relatively inexpensive and pretty varied. Of course, this will be the first year I take a class at SAFF, but Robin took a felted bead class last year, I think. This year, both of us are taking a class. We're taking the "Spinning Silk Hankies" class on Sunday. Should be a great learning experience for both of us, as neither of us have tried spinning silk hankies.
Robin has experience spinning silk caps, and both of us have spun silk roving. Both of us have also dyed silk caps, but I have yet to spin my silk caps. I think I'm afraid of ruining them. Should be a fun and informative class. Look for a post from us next week on SAFF!
If you're heading to SAFF too, and see two blonde (er sort of for one), petite, relatively young-looking women (cough), say hello to us!
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