Fibre Fest – Victoria, BC – Keri Coles Photography

kericoles — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:57:36 +0000

As some of you know, I have happened into a whole bunch of yarn. By bunch, I mean POUNDS. It all began innocently enough when I made a cowl last winter. I loved making it and it was something that I could do while hanging out with my wee one (like many, the moment I became a mom I developed a compulsion to multitask). People kept making comments about how much they loved the cowls so I starting thinking about selling them. I wasn’t super happy with the yarn I was finding around town so I jumped at the chance to buy some Fair Trade yarn at wholesale from a friend that just got back from Uruguay (enter first 20 pounds). The yarn is from Manos del Uruguay and is luscious and beautiful. I made a couple of cowls from the yarn and, while they were gorgeous, they didn’t have the exact look I was going for. I was looking for a chunkier wool. So in typical Keri fashion, I dove in. I tracked down some alpacas, went to shearing day (photos to come in another post), loaded up on fibre, and took it over to the Gulf Islands’ Spinning Mill so they could spin it into exactly what I wanted. Some people may say I have a problem ;)

So now I have copious amounts of both Manos del Uruguay yarn and the fabulous Salt Spring softspun yarn. I am cowling to my heart’s content. I went to the Victoria Fibre Fest recently and had a table set up to sell some of my extra yarn. The last few photos in the gallery below (starting at the wooden buttons) are what I had for sale at the event. It was a great day full of fibery goodness.

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Fibre Fest – Victoria, BC – Keri Coles Photography