Yesterday's classes were a sort of pre-festival thing- the actual Fiber Festival doesn't start until Saturday. There were no vendors open yesterday, and only one food booth. But there were classes everywhere in the big, airy barns. It was warm, but not unbearably so, and my *classroom* was near the large open doors so we frequently got cooling breezes. The venue is pretty amazing, with multiple barns all interconnected- all overseen by the Big Metal Chicken (and if you don't know why that's amusing all by itself, go here .)
There weren't enough signups for the class I proposed for today, so it was cancelled. I would be sad about that, except that this gives us a day to do some sightseeing. We're staying at my sister-in-law's house in Hastings, out in the country. It's lovely here- much like the Pacific Northwest, only without mountains in the distance. Lots of rolling hills and green farmland, old silos, and trees trees trees. The mist rolls in every morning (so far the dewpoints have been low, so the temps have been tolerable, though the mosquitoes are not), and the countryside looks like every fantasy you might have about 1800's farms (if you ignore the pickup trucks and power lines).
Today, we're driving to Holland to see Lake Michigan. On my only other visit to the state, we crossed Lake Michigan on the ferry (from Manitowoc to Luddington). It was a rough-water crossing, so I spent most of it inside and did not see much of the lake. Today, I'll take lots of pictures.
Tomorrow, I teach Little Tips and Knitting Tricks in the morning, and Writing Patterns for Publication in the afternoon. I believe some of the vendors will be open then (I hope so- I want to buy a spindle). But even if no one sells anything, we'll all have a wonderful time.
In the meantime, these Sandhill Cranes landed in Jayne's yard.
2 comments:
I used to teach a CPR class all day, and once we were to go to my parents afterward for dinner. I lay down on the couch and went right to sleep. It is a totally different sort of energy that is required. I was much more tired after that than an evening of actual nursing, which is pretty grueling too, but in a different way.
The crane picture is lovely.
Thanks for a lovely class this afternoon - I really enjoyed it and took lots of notes.
I'm inspired now and have confidence that I can not only design something but I can go further by writing that patterns and either self publish or submit with confidence to magazines!
And I hope you got your spindle...I got a small stash of yarn, a georgous pattern and a small pouch.
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