These are the people I spent my afternoon with:
If you’re astute, you’ll notice that they have spinning stuff. You might be thinking, “Chris, you don’t spin. Why did you spend your afternoon with some obviously lunatic spinners?”
A good question. Yesterday I realized that June of Two Sheep lives in Minnesota, only an hour south of Minneapolis. I mentioned in her comments where I lived, and June invited me to a monthly gathering of spinners at Creative Fibers, which is only about 10 minutes from my home. I wanted to meet an actual blogger who I hadn’t already known before I started blogging, so I headed over to Creative Fibers, Olympic knitting in hand.
Here’s June, prepping some cotton for spinning – check out the gorgeous sweater she’s wearing:
I spent an enjoyable afternoon listening to incomprehensible fiber talk, admiring lovely yarn being spun, laughing a great deal, and getting quite a bit done on my Olympic sweater (a very few more details on my sweater progress over at the Team Midwest blog).
Update: It turns out that I met a second blogger yesterday: Kerry of Furballs!
Chaos continues to be fascinated with my decoupage forms… Moments after this picture was taken, Boobzilla was knocked to the floor and much wrestling ensued. So much for redirecting his attentions…
“Mom, I think they make this stuff out of catnip!”
Thanks for all the fabulous captions, which have provided many smiles and giggles these past few days. Remember, even if you couldn’t think of a funny caption before, you have until 6 pm CST on Monday!
I think the comment that popped in to my mind was a bit too crass.
I’m sure you’re not surprised.
You didn’t cave in, did you? There are lots of yarn out there. You don’t need to spin your own. Be strong 😉
A Spinning party! **envious** My spindle is still sitting in the ‘cold’ room of the house, unloved and unspun :o( I need a tutor!
It really looks like a great atmosphere, even with the face-making *giggle*
Chaos is having fun as usual — much like Willow today, wandering off with stuff from my desk and acting innocent ;o) Chaos is secretly wooing Bzilla, but don’t let Girlfriend know!
Glad you could join us! Come again!
Better watch out! Spinning is just as addictive as knitting! I was hooked and altering my budget so I could get my own wheel within a week. Wish we had a spinning group here! That would be so cool.
Hanging out with other spinners? That’s the first step down the slippery slope towards spinning yourself. I’m just saying.
It was great to meet you, Chris! I hope you come back again next month! We’ll crank up the spinning vortex machine and see if we can’t recruit you to the other side. heehee
Can’t wait to see the winning comment. Is Chaos reading now? That looks like a big book!
I need to spend some time with spinners to figure out what I”m doing right/ wrong! My kitties are going to make an appearance soon on my blog …
That first picture is hilarious! Were they drunk? Drunk and spinning. That could be a sport. You could have prizes, like yarn.
Those people look crazy and SO FUN! Glad you and Chaos had a nice weekend….
Everyone needs some nuts friends to enjoy life better. They egg you on to doing things that you wouldn’t usually do. Then you figure out that you did have a great time and you should do it more often!
So you hung out in the Olympic Village! Looks like it was a great day.
And now I am feeling even more inadequate because, not only can I not knit, I definitely cannot make my own beautiful yarn.
Meeting other bloggers is fun!
Lucky girl…I want to spend an afternoon with lunatic spinners!
Looked like you had a lot of fun. Sometimes when I spin my face does weird things too. Don’t let that stop you from spinning though. It’s not contaigous. (I think I just mauled a word.)
Sounds like you had a fabulous day! There is something special about meeting fellow bloggers 🙂
Looks like you had a great time! Have they convinced you to start spinning yet?
Hey, there’s my girl June! It looks like you guys had a great time. We miss her here in Boston!
That spinning looks like it has the potential to be addictive! You have done well not to get sucked into the spinning vortex.
It looks like Chaos is searching for a recipe for a candlelit supper with his hotties Boobzilla and Girlfriend. Boobzilla looks like she’s been knocked out by his charm and good looks 🙂