There I was, minding my own business, watching stupid tv with Todd and carding up some more of the rambouillet fleece… when the wool monster attacked!

Believe it or not, Max was even nice about it this time. He sat there for an hour watching my card. Poor guy must have missed me last weekend.

Does this animal look neglected to you?

Yeah, I didn’t think so either.

My puppy-bear is at the vet today having work done. I’m not sure I’ll be happy till she home again tonight.

To keep my mind occupied, I’m in the planning stages of a new sweater. Ever since the Kauni madness hit last year (do a search for Kauni on Flicker and see what I mean), I knew I’d have to make one. I just had a few issues to overcome:

• A complete lack of experience in stranded knitting
• Fear that this beautiful wool that cost me so much to ship from the Netherlands would be horrifically scratchy
• Fear of ruining said expensive beautiful wool by cutting for steeks
• Complete boredom with the pattern

So far, all obsticles have been over come with this swatch.

While many states can boast of their Rhinebeck, their Taos, or their Black Sheep, let’s face it- the south isn’t known for sheep & wool festivals. As much as I’d love to travel the country fondling fleeces and skeins while enjoying the brisk autumn weather, it’s just not in the cards at this time (especially since the powers that be decided that tuition is due before the holidays this year).

Fortunately for me, Texas does have it’s own fiber festival- one glorious weekend in the fall when hoards (well, small ones anyway) of fiberholics flock to Boerne, TX for the Kid ‘N Ewe and Llamas Too Festival. It’s a weekend filled with spinning and weaving workshops, fuzzy critters, vendors, and a chance to hangout with other equally fiber obsessed individuals.

I’m leaving tomorrow! I’ve already signed up for a couple of tablet weaving workshops by Michael Cook-aka Wormspit. (By the way, if you ever get a chance to take the silk reeling workshop from him, then do it!! You’ll have a new found appreciation for the whole silk process. ) I’m also taking a workshop in which I’ll be building a tabletop great wheel (a new wheel for $100). I’m so excited!

Unfortunately, this sweet little girl will be going too.

Nym has come down with an ear infection, the likes of which the vet has never seen. Since Todd will also be out of town this weekend (no envy there- he’s herding undergrads all weekend) and I’ve got to dope her ear twice a day, she’s coming along for a weekend of R&R at the swanky motel we’ve rented.

Yes, I realize how insane this is, but I can’t afford to board her at the vet’s office and I don’t feel like I can ask my friends to volunteer for the twice daily blood-bath that goes along with medicating this one’s ears. So, since the hotel takes critters, she’s tagging along.