Yarn School!

Amazingly, the spring rains cleared up just in time to give us beautiful clear skies and lovely warm weather for Spring Yarn School. I got to see lots of returning friends and meet many delightful new people, and both our teachers (Adrian & Jennifer) and our helpers (Cathy, Jen & Ana) were absolutely amazing. Yay, Yarn School! A few pics…

At check-in, we got mug shots of everyone. Later, they became a yearbook grid sticker for everyone’s Yarn School notebooks (filled with spinning, dyeing & prep info).

Friday – Dye Lab

Dyed fiber on the line (photo by Jan of just4ewe.org):

Friday – Lunch at Alpacas of Wildcat Hollow:

New crias (baby alpaca): Hoss (6 days old) and tiny Little Joe (2 weeks old)

Friday – Hanging out at Cupcake Ranch aka my backyard (photos by Jan of just4ewe.org & Amy W.):

Chickens chowing down on Yarn School scraps (photo by Marybeth):

Friday – Drum carding:

Fiber bins (photo by Marybeth):

Saturday – Spinning (photos by Jen Miller & Cathy McQuitty-Dreiling)

Adrian leads the intermediate/advanced circle

Jen leads the wee beginners’ circle & demonstrates novelty techniques:

Saturday – afternoon spinning

Saturday – Lunch in the courtyard with angora goat and bunnies from Cherie of Little Angora House on the Prairie:

Cherie fetches a runaway bunny:

Look how tiny she is! She’s not a miniature, just something of a runt due to healthy problems when she was a wee kid.

Saturday – Wrapping up a little late-night spinning:

And by 2am, the gym was finally quiet:

Sunday

More spinning Sunday morning, then we ate lunch, took out class photo, and said goodbye.

And even Beatrix is sad to go (photo by Ana Sugaroni):

Until next fall!