Woolpacalypse! (Winter Woolfest in Wamego!)

Holy cow! Two weeks into the new year and I already don’t know my ass from my elbow (wait, is my elbow the big doughy thing?)! I’ve been running around like a lunatic, but of course I have found time to obsessively compile my new Überlist.

Tomorrow is Winter Woolfest! Come see me! I’ll be selling lovely woolly goodness and signing & selling my new book, Literary Knits! Look at all those exclamation points! (I can’t believe my book’s been out for almost 2 months and I still haven’t showed it off here yet. It’s really lovely! Stay tuned for  a showoff and giveaway next week. There. Now I have to do it.)

I’m back in the corner of the main floor. Look for my goofy pennants festooning my booth:

I’ll have tons of spinning and felting fiber, the new Cupcake Ranch CSA Fiber Shares (on sale for the first time finished–next round will be a pre-production, more like a traditional CSA), a Card-it-Yourself Batt Bar, spindles, hand cards, maybe even a few drum carders if I can fit them in my car. Maybe dye and undyed fiber if it will fit, too. IF THERE’S ANYTHING YOU ESPECIALLY WANT ME TO BRING FOR YOU, LET ME KNOW BY 7AM!

I was pretty nervous about doing this whole operation with Twyla Pearl (aka T. Pearl, Sweet T, Pearly, The Tiny Boss, T-Boney Maronie, Chili Dog, Puppy Chow, Cheeseburger, Tiny Tears, T-Bird, and Birdie), but supermom and amazing Woolfest creator & organizer (and Yarn School teacher extraordinaire) Jennifer Schermerhorn has been so incredibly helpful that I’m feeling a lot better about it.

Twyla Pearl, sporting her Adrian bonnet and overalls and her Melinda cardigan. Unfortunately, the Columbian is like a thousand fucking degrees, so she will not be wearing her darling knitted duds. She’s pretty hot-natured (thank goodness because the school is cold most of the time–though not with these 59F January days, huh?) and she would be wailing inside a few minutes, as would I. Hopefully, all the coming and going will cool the place down, because it was  bit too cozy tonight, even without scores of fiber fanatics. I’m already always red-faced and overheated, but I get extra hot when I’m nervous, so I’m afraid my head will burst into flames during my carding demo.

I set up my entire booth in a classroom yesterday, then broke it down and took it to Wamego (sans most of the merchandise) and set it up this afternoon, with Jennifer’s kids (and models from my book) hauling in everything for me because they are AWESOME.

Lucy (modeling Lyra Hood and Phoebe Coat), Jake & Sam (modeling Oskar Pullover, all from Literary Knits):

Okay, better go hang up all that last-minute dyeing, or a I’ll be dragging a bunch of wet wool with me tomorrow!

See you there! Huzzah!

 

 

3 Replies to “Woolpacalypse! (Winter Woolfest in Wamego!)”

  1. Hehe! :) I’m glad that The Tiny Boss will tolerate the sweater for a little while…if nothing else to get this fantastic picture of her “OMG, Mom, what are you doing?!?” face. She is adorable and rocks the handknits, of course!

  2. It’s been awhile since I’ve visited here, but I’m glad to be back (“knew” you when it was Disgruntled Housewife, and I was spending my work day on Wall Street surfing your site – ah, the good old days). Anyway, I still have my own “uberlists” hanging around, and I’m glad to see you’re still at it.

    Twyla Pearl? Super cute and super lucky. Congrats!

  3. Hi Nikol, I’m always so impressed with EVERYTHING that you accomplish. Miss Twyla is precious in her knitted pretties. I sure hope she is staying well with all this illness going around. It’s a good thing we postponed spinsters our mad batter day. Next month hopefully I will drive a new car down for it. Fingers crossed anyway. Get well soon!

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