New friends
Spent a lovely afternoon with Andrea and some of her friends I met for the first time today. I really had a good time. We were on a house on a hill, out on a large terrace overlooking Glendale, sitting around a big table covered with food and yarns. As always when I am having a good time, I only remembered to take pictures at the end. Now I could kick myself for not shooting Julia's beautiful thick-and-thin Blue Face Leicester yarn, MJ's knitting, Lori's Urban Aran cardigan, Kat's leg warmers and Mary Heather's handspun. Hopefully, I'll see them again.
Here's Andrea's Icarus shawl. Isn't it a beauty? I can't believe Andrea is leaving LA in just a week or so. :(
And the dishcloth she knit from her own handspun flax. How many people do you know who spin flax?
I took a few pictures of Shannon's toe-up socks in Lana Grossa but they came out mostly blurred. This is the best shot.
Andrea had also a top …
and an embroidery in progress.
For the first time in ages, I got a little spinning done. Really a lovely afternoon.
Comments
as always, a great great time hanging out with you. ;) but of course!
ah, and you fiber fiend, i can't believe i came home with all that roving. it's loooovvveeeely.
Posted by: andrea | October 22, 2006 12:29 AM
Sounds and looks like you all had a grand time. I especially love the embroidery.
Posted by: Barbp | October 22, 2006 11:56 AM
Thanks for coming, Francesca! It was wonderful to meet you. I posted a few more pictures on my site - I have a very similar shot of Andrea. I hope that you'll continue to come to our spin-ins. It's always wonderful to meet new spinners!
Posted by: Julia | October 22, 2006 1:47 PM
It was such a pleasure to meet you on Saturday! I learned to spin after you left- there are some photos up on my blog today. It's nowhere close to your beautiful handspun, of course, but I love it! :)
Posted by: Nonnahs | October 23, 2006 1:56 PM
Francesca, your knits and spindling were so inspiring. I want to make that Solveig Hisdal sweater now. It really was wonderful meeting you!
Posted by: MJ | October 23, 2006 3:25 PM
It was good to meet you! I really enjoyed watching you with the drop spindle!
Posted by: lori z | October 23, 2006 3:53 PM