I am happy with my work yesterday even though it wasn't much.  I did make it to about halfway through the purple section on the sleeve I was working on.  That's going to be where my focus will go today.  I would love to finish knitting one sleeve but I don't think so.  It's a little ambitious.

And that is it for today.  Not feeling a hundred percent seems to suck the life right out of me.   I suspect this is normal.  Ah well.  The sun shines and that pretty good.

What I can

First up, Stash Down Diaries has a nice post about Woolstock East.  Not so much from the show, but you can really tell she had a great time.

I made it to the end of the purple section on sleeve one.

I have the next garter section to go before I move over to do the purple on sleeve two and through the green and a final garter section to finish sleeve two.  I am so close to finishing.

I want to show you my progress/not progress on my chair pad.  I have some fleeting upper arm pain that is making this project go slower than the other pads.  Crochet seems to bother my arm more that knitting.  

I love the strong contrast on this one.  It is much much more interesting to work on than the bag of tawny greens.

And that's it for today.  I wish it was more but there it is.  I do what I can and am happy with that. 

Yarn Festivals and Sharing the Joy

I went to the Manitoba Fibre Festival yesterday, courtesy of  MyPinkBathtub-Diane on YouTube.  A great event.  There were lots of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta yarn dyer and farm producers and all sorts of good things.

I love following youtubers as they go through festivals.  I don't get out and watching these fill me with the joy stepping into a yarn shop gives me.  I watch Amora loves yarn on YouTube as well.  She loves going to yarn shows and it's wonderful seeing all the colours and the sheer joy of it.  She is British so most of her shows are from Great Britain but it's great to see what is going on over there.

The South Sea Podcasters I watch (Australia and New Zealand) have gone to several shows that I really adored.  Its how I get my yarn thrills without the danger of purchasing.  I have a hard enough time avoiding yarn buying online at the best of times.

The one place I seriously would love to go is Sandnesgarn's outlet shop.  Oline from Norwegianknitter goes once in a while and it is one of those places that just made me salivate.  I love me a good discount section.

And Briggs and Little.  Every once in a while someone out there goes to their shop at the mill and it just makes me cry the way it did when I went there and sat, all alone in the store while the ladies had their lunch.  It was a dream come true to be surrounded by all that yarny goodness.  

I am kind of hoping that someone out there gives me a bit of a show from the Prairie Fibre Festival too.

I miss yarn stores.  Who wouldn't but I get a lot of pleasure from watching other people go, and I really appreciate them sharing the joy.