Jay County 2022

I think the last time I actually left town was last November, for the trip to the Wabash Woollen Works (which I have yet to blog about - bad fiber blogger!) The drive between here and Jay County is pretty boring - very flat farmland for the most part - but one is kept awake by the possible need to pass a slow moving Amish buggy. The marshland near Geneva usually smell like rotten eggs, but I didn't notice it this trip.

The primary activity at fiber fests after workshops is shopping. One doesn't need to go to a fiber fest to find these long needles, but I was there and so were they, so I grabbed the last of them from Copper Centaur Studios of Anderson.

I need more yarn like I need a dropped stitch, but I could not resist these "beehives" of wool, especially after the seller, Wayne Trace Farms, dropped the price by about 30%. They are from Blue Sky Fibers, called Woolstok Jumbo, and the colorways are Gray Stone, Arctic Cloud, and Snow Storm. They are crying to be made into a jumbo tapestry.

I have SO much rug yarn awaiting to be woven that I did not need this alpaca cotton core "skein" but I bought it anyway, just because I like the color combination. I didn't get the story behind it other than the fiber content.

I also do not need an apron, but I could not resist this handmade, reversible one made by Phia who owns the Little Shop of Spinning in Roanoke IN. Besides being cute, it is long enough to actually be practical for fiber prep. Also, her husband Mark was very persuasive.
I am really bad with names and faces, and managed to embarrass myself while at the Wayne Trace Farms booth. Wayne Trace is a street in Fort Wayne, so I asked if they were from here. Why, yes, yes they are. I then asked if they were familiar with the spinning guild. Why, yes, yes they are. In fact, one of them is a co-president of the guild. I think this is the first time I have seen Case without her mask, but one would think her long red hair should have clued me in.