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I think it's funny and oh so true

I'm not on Facebook, but I sometimes access DH's page and look at photos (and  keep up with the kids).  I saw this today and thought I would share.

Incredible

That's all I can say about that; the Hansen miniSpinner retreat I went to at the beginning of this week in Port Townsend, WA.  Fifteen people with miniSpinners, Beth and Kevin Hansen, Judith MacKenzie in the flesh (!) and a picturesque little old town.  Doesn't get much better than that. I caught the noon ferry from Edmonds, WA for the half hour to Kingston.  After that I had about an hour's drive to my destination.  Not a bad journey, and the scenery was beautiful.  Quite a few of us had decided to visit Taylored Fibers, so we carpooled to their farm.  We saw sheep (I think this one is a CVM) and sheep butts. We saw the big carding machine that Barry Taylor uses to make beautiful rovings, which he dyes.  Many of us came away from this room with bags of fiber.  I'm planning to make a sweater with the CVM/Merino/Silk blend that I got. We went back to town to get ready for the evening get-together.  This is the stately old hotel where we stayed.  It was v