Craft Fair Zwolle, softly softly

Oh my....

Yesterday, I had a well-deserved days off and managed to let myself be tempted to go the Craft Fair in Zwolle. It's a good (really?) thing I brought the big yellow backpack that I usually only use for hiking because we managed to fill it up with yarny and fibery goodness.

In this image you will find Angel Yarn by The Natural Dyestudio, Noro Kureyon Sock (both from Wereldwol), several bats by Dutch Wool Diva and some from Storm op Zolder, Evilla artyarn twice (Astrid's Dutch Obsessions) and some Ashford spinning stuff I needed some extra from for Mythos, you know the Unfinished Object

Please find which is which yourself... All I can say at this point in time is that some of it is already being spun. If you have a soft-fetish, my stash is where you want to live.

Anyway, the Fair was super busy when we arrived around noon. Miraculously, we found a parking spot real easy right by the door. This was explained later, when I saw a sign "parking for vendors" as we left. Oops. Free parking though, well done Zwolle!

No lines to get in, but then we were stopped by the mass of people in the hall. Once we fought our way through to where most of the knitting and fiber stalls were, it was a little more civil, so we never moved far from there. Mom loaded up as well, getting some nice Mission Falls for a pattern I gifted her last Christmas. We weren't just spending all day, mind you. We brought bread rolls and drinks. Probably saved us enough to allow some of the yarn we got ;)

Amazingly, there were a great number of fellow ravelers to be recognized, as there were buttons to be used. It's nice to be part of an online community (hello, marriage, anyone?) but it's always nicer to meet a great bunch of creative people in real life. As by appointment we met with Dutch Wool Diva, whose actual name I don't remember, and Marieke (?) from Wereldwol. Unfortunately, the tweetup with Aafke didn't happen, but that's really not so strange. There were thousands in the hall at one time, and if you don't look exactly like your ravatar or Twitter pic, there's a good chance you'll be missed.

In the end, we had a great day, and made it home before dinner. It was nice that traffic kept itself to our agreement, there was hardly any in our direction. It'll be another month until the next Fair, I wonder if we can control ourselves until then...