Yarn Fest 2023 was a couple of weeks ago.
The Steeking class was my first-ever class at Yarn Fest... and the results are two cut tubes and a half-finished zipper bag. :-)
The profound part of the class for me was realizing that the entire thing won't fall apart once you start snipping.
In the photo below, the right side has been secured by needle felting and the left side has not been secured... this was quite a revelation!
There were about 10 people in the class, this is a pile of our partially finished bags.
Since I took a class, I was granted access to the market. I don't like that the market has an admission fee... especially since it's smaller than the others I've been too... and generally doesn't have my preferred, undyed, single breed, fibers.... but I do think it's important to support local yarn and fiber events whenever I can.
In this case, they had two events going on at the same time, in the same place... Yarn Fest and Stitch Fest, which was focused on Quilting.
I don't understand why, but there was more aisle space given to the quilting side of the ballroom. Which means that the yarn side was crowded and difficult to pass.
That being said, the Quilt Exhibit was interesting. I especially liked this one...
For the Yarn Fest portion, there was a lot of sock yarn... and by a lot, I mean almost everything was sock yarn. Which was fine, since that's what I decided my focus would be. ;-)
In the lobby was a community scarf, to which I added a few rows of stockinette. It's been a long while since I used straight needles. lol.
The one thing I was really looking for were Sock Blockers, but did not see any... as in none. It seems they were everywhere a few years ago. hmph.
I found a quiet space and a few minutes to work on my Sandbank prior to class starting.
Happy Fiber Arts Friday!
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