John is home. Massive amounts of Turkish Delight have been distributed. If you are local and read the blog and haven’t received your sample yet, please let me know.

More than the delight, I am enjoying the gizaria (made from carrots) and the tarchin (cinnamon) and kekik (oregano) from the Egyptian spice market. Every year, John makes the trek for me to bring back these small things that just mean so much…Unfortunately, this year I am the recipient of some wonderful Turkish coffee which is now off my radar.

I have been working like crazy, but it’s all just for me. It doesn’t seem right somehow. New booth displays, luxuriating in new spinning techniques, dyeing. Building things….it is almost too easy, too stress free.

I decided not to jury for Granville Island this year and I now believe this is what has relieved me of such a huge stress. The jurying is done, people have been chosen and I can walk away. It was an oppressive and uncreative environment to sell in. Whoever thought that CMHC (Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation) was appropriate for managing over a hundred artisans jocking for space to sell their wares must be on crack.

And so the year is all mine. I am in the places I want and need to be, not overtaxed, with enough time and space to make the things I want to sell. Giving me the chance to work on this…These photos are a teaser for Danielle..

This is two pounds of the Crossbred, pre spinning in it’s glorious bump phase. This breed is Australian. It is lovely to spin and it the result of breeding merino and corriedale together.

It’s a good thing I’ve decided to branch out. Three years ago I made a tree hat and scarf set, keep revisiting it, but this project is of a more monumental proportion. If you can’t go big, go home, right?

There will be a finished item post. I am almost there. But today belongs to Pearl and the wonderful fibre adventure I know we will have. I am really hoping not to come home with another loom however…I am seriously running out of room here. The studio is a massive disaster and the living room is turning into a lovely studio alternative and the ball winder and swift are turning into lovely decor items.

Spin or knit something beautiful today. Touch some wool…enjoy your day. I am sensing something wonderful is going to happen today.