Rather than editorialize about this past weekend’s trip to Penland School of Crafts and downtown Asheville, I’ll just give you a whole buncha pictures to look at. We had a really good time… and got to do a lot more than last year.

Last weekend the girls’ grandpa moved in! He brought his cat and his library:

I finally bought the Corn Puppy a twin-sized bed:

I got to trade kapok fluff for some “mini moonbeams” from Moonwood Farms:

free sample of handpainted milk fiber included:

I also received my first top-whorl drop spindle and have spun a lace-fingering weight single out [...]