I have been extremely good about not buying yarn lately as I have gotten plenty on more recent SnB outings. I am really anxious to start my next tank top but I have been way to busy and have loads of things around the house that need fixing. The Dish Network broke (and I hate them now after their crappy customer service, they wanted to charge me money to come out and fix my dish outside), my iPod broke (yup indeed, the center button is pushed in and won't push out so it drains the battery over and over) and well our air broke but that is sort of fixed now.

I could list more things that broke but it's too depressing. I need to record a podcast and well I need to do about 10 other things! I have decided to skip SnB next Saturday so I can take care of stuff that needs taking care of.

So here is my part 2 of the "Plying the Arts" adventure. We met up with Mouse, Sandy and Jane (Quiddity)! It was nice to see them but of course I was stuck in class all day and didn't really get to socialize that much.

There I am with my new spindle, which was wonderful and affordable, $20 and made of polymer clay with a neat stamp in it.

It is an LHF Lady Spindle and hand made, with a nice wooden shaft. It spun really well. I walked over to another vendor to try some more espensive wooden ones and they didn’t like me. As mouse said, I have found the perfect weight for how I spin. I like from 3/4ths to 7/8th of an ounce.

We got nice little back pack type bags, with some free dale patterns and orifice hook.

So here is the stash. The big bag in the back is a pound of something I can't remember and didn't come with a tag. I have emailed the shop owner to ask. The "Ball" is pure merino in a wonderful "blue jeans" color-way (1 pound). It also has some brown in it and it's very pretty. Down front is a color-way called "Monet" and it is silk, angora and merino. To the right, the brighter green stuff is from LHF and just was some very affordable "wool" of no particular origin.

Last but not least are these wonderful little booklets and a tiny handy niddy noddy that comes apart easily to travel with.

After the whole day was over Claudia and I ran over to a Sushi place and she had a yummy Cosmopolitan while I had my favorite, a Shirley Temple.