Where did summer go?

There's a chill in the air and autumn is here. September went by in a blur and it's already the middle of October.

I spent September travelling. I went to Northern Manitoba on a field course. It was pretty cold by the Hudson's Bay...


(My spinning and knitting came along of course).


And then I went to Nova Scotia for a conference. That was pretty awesome.


The best part was that I ran into some spinners at a farmers market in Wolfville. They worked on the nearby Gaspereau Valley Farm. I pulled out my spindle and spun with them because it just happened to be WW Spin in Public Day (and because it was just fun!).

They even gave me some Cotswold locks to take home.


As autumn settles in, my thoughts turn to warmth. I had a bunch of samples of fibre that I'd gotten with my spindles and from Sheeples. I didn't have very much of each but I decided to make something, a bag, I thought.


But as I knit I realized that what I had looked more like a hat. And so it was.


All my own handspun :)

This weekend I went to my spinning group (I missed the September meeting). I had a wonderful time as usual. I was telling a story about how I had touched Qiviut (musk ox down, very expensive and soft) when I was in Churchill. All of the sudden, the hostess disappears and returns with a garbage bag full of Qiviut. And then she gives out handfuls! (Someone had given her 2lbs!) I just about died of happiness!


I immediately got out my russian spindle and the fluff practically spun itself! Wow...