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More SPA Shopping

February 21, 2006 By Carole

Thanks to everyone for the excited well wishes on my new wheel. For those that have been asking, it’s a Rick Reeves. Not a Schacht-Reeves, but an actual Rick Reeves. I had seen this listed on the NETA Housecleaning pages but assumed it was already sold. Then on Saturday morning, Blogless Sharon came into the gallery and asked me if I had seen the wheel in the hallway. The one that was for sale. I said, nope. And she said, I think you ought to go take a look at this. I think it’s like the one you want. The one you tried out in Pennsylvania last November.

So, I went and looked and fell in love. I spun the stuff that was sitting by the wheel and then I went and got my own stuff to spin and that was that. Sold. Her name is Rosie and we’re going to have a very happy life together. If you want to see how totally excited I looked right after I bought her, take a look at this picture on Jackie’s blog. It captures the moment perfectly!

There was other stuff to buy at SPA, too. There was fiber. And roving. And more fiber. See?

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Grafton Fiber. Yummm.

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Indigo Moon. Llama Silk and Merino. And some Romney top that spins like a dream.

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Spunky Eclectic. How can you not buy roving that’s called “Chocolate Covered Cherries”?

While it may sound like I was all about the shopping at SPA, there was so much more to it than that. Come back tomorrow and I’ll tell you about the people at SPA because that’s what made it really, really special.

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  1. maryse says

    February 21, 2006 at 11:32 am

    rubbing it in … meanie

  2. Cheryl says

    February 21, 2006 at 11:34 am

    I succumbed to the Grafton fiber booth too. That stuff is so gorgeous!

    It was nice to get to meet you at SPA, I wish I’d been able to stay longer and hang out, but not this year. I’d never have recognized you though, you look so damn young. And you claim to be forty! Ha, good one!

  3. Kate says

    February 21, 2006 at 11:39 am

    That looks like the same Grafton batt that I got, you however were smarter than I and got two batts. How I resisted Indigo Moon I don’t know… probably the lack of cash and not wanting to go out in the cold to the ATM (conveniently located next to the Doubletree)

  4. Jackie says

    February 21, 2006 at 11:44 am

    Ack! I totally forgot to email the picture to you last night! Didn’t even turn on the computer when I got home. Sorry. Tonight, I swear. 🙂

    Can’t wait to see how that Grafton spins up on your new wheel 😉

  5. Lucia says

    February 21, 2006 at 11:47 am

    You do know how to get a girl going, just when she was trying to be mature and sensible and count her blessings. It’s probably a good thing I wasn’t there, though, because I would have fought you for the Reeves. (If both survive the circular, combat will continue with the steel double-points.)

  6. Chris says

    February 21, 2006 at 11:48 am

    Hmm, I might need to go next year! It sounds like a complete blast. Great picture of complete Carole joy – very nice. 🙂

  7. PumpkinMama says

    February 21, 2006 at 11:50 am

    lovely fiber – I wish I could have bought one of each. I did make it home with a Grafton Fibers batt though – how could one resist?

  8. --Deb says

    February 21, 2006 at 11:51 am

    Mmmm . . . chocolate covered cherries!

  9. jillian says

    February 21, 2006 at 12:27 pm

    I love the pic of you on Jackie’s blog – how happy!

    I think you should eat a box of chocolate covered cherries while spinning that roving!

  10. blogless sharon says

    February 21, 2006 at 12:44 pm

    that wheel was made for you. spin on happy girl

  11. mamacate says

    February 21, 2006 at 12:56 pm

    Good stuff. And that smile only begins to cover the happy face. I think I saw an inch of two of air under your feet while you were walking around later that day.

    But you’re right. It was all about the people.

  12. Bookish Wendy says

    February 21, 2006 at 1:35 pm

    Yay…so fun. I can’t even begin to tell you what a wonderful time I had…

  13. margene says

    February 21, 2006 at 1:46 pm

    That smiles says it all. You lucky duck;-)

  14. Beth S. says

    February 21, 2006 at 1:51 pm

    Oh, congrats! It’s a beauty! And all the luscious fiber to go with it… sigh!

  15. Jess says

    February 21, 2006 at 2:09 pm

    Nah, you’re not happy. Not one bit. Sounds like you had a horrible time. ;o)

  16. KIm says

    February 21, 2006 at 3:14 pm

    Waa…..now I really miss being at Spa. I would have really enjoyed competeing for that Tiara

  17. Vicki says

    February 21, 2006 at 3:21 pm

    Please don’t spare a single detail!

  18. Marie says

    February 21, 2006 at 3:27 pm

    I am super jealous! What lovely fiber you picked up – all makes me want to go out and buy more.

  19. deidre says

    February 21, 2006 at 3:51 pm

    I can’t believe that I have never heard of SPA. I will be there next year after reading how much fun everyone had. Geeze, I gotta get out more.
    I love everything that you bought.

  20. Scout says

    February 21, 2006 at 4:41 pm

    It’s alllll sooooo purty!

  21. pallie says

    February 21, 2006 at 7:44 pm

    YUM!

  22. maggie says

    February 22, 2006 at 3:41 am

    Congratulations on the new wheel…that Rosie, she’s beautiful! Here’s to spinning long and happy together.

  23. Karen says

    February 22, 2006 at 7:43 am

    Yep, that is a happy face. I am sure you and Rosie will be very happy together for many years. It soulds like a wonderful wheel! I never named my wheel. Maybe I’ll try to think of a name that fits her. 🙂

  24. Laurie says

    February 22, 2006 at 7:50 am

    Beautiful stuff! You are going to have so much fun spinning that up. The memories of where and how it was purchased gets mixed in with the roving as it is spun…it’s pretty cool.

  25. Ruth says

    February 22, 2006 at 9:22 am

    Oh, that all looks so lucious! No way you could have resisted … especially with a new wheel clamoring to be put to use.

  26. susan says

    February 21, 2007 at 8:35 am

    I refuse to believe you bought another wheel. Nope, I’m not having any of that. 😉

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