I have good news and bad news….

Good news:

I finally am posting again.  Yes, I know, it’s been ages.  AGES.  I won’t give a long list of excuses.

Bad news:

Den and I are done shopping at Black Sheep.  If you planned on buying anything at the Gathering, you should have done it before we got here, because trust me, there was PILLAGING.  You know how some restaurants have pictures of their regulars on the wall so servers know to give them the extra special treatment?  Den’s login and picture are on DISPLAY at Blue Moon.  Seriously.  She is “THAT” knitter.  In order to make up for the fact that she was going to buy them out we bought them muffins and sympathy cards.  Strangely, they like us, however, we owe them more muffins.  Probably some chocolate too or something.  I can’t completely blame Den because I cut a swath of my own there too.  I bought 2 things of merino/tussah roving, 1 of merino/bamboo. and 1 of their merino/tencel which I feel ok with since they don’t sell it on their website and it is only available at fiber fairs.  We are not currently counting Den’s fiber because it’s vacation and I refuse to do higher math while relaxing.

Good news:

I found some fabulous fiber blends.  There was pygora, there was cashmere, there was yak, and there was silk.  I now have a deep love for a new vendor.  If you ever get a chance to check out Crown Mountain Farms, do so.  The man who kept taking my money (he seemed pretty happy to see me all the times I kept coming back) seemed both nice and was also happy to tell me I have great taste in fiber.

Bad news:

It wasn’t free.

Neither was Den’s yarn.  We ever figure out how to make it free, we’ll share… unless it means ours won’t be free.  We’re nice, but not that nice.

Good news:

We have some great pictures of shops along the way .  We have lovely pictures of Eugene and the fiber fair.  We laid out our entire haul on the bed and took pictures of it separate and together.  They are beautiful pictures that make us feel a little warmer and fuzzier about all of the naughtiness and the frolicking.  We are going to share them.

Bad news:

Left both the cord and the adapter that would have made it possible to show all this picture glory with you guys at home.  It’s probably sitting right next to the hand carders I borrowed for this fiber fair and my lazy kate *facepalm*.