Craft Fair, Darling Harbour 2013

Did any of you brave the fair this year? There is always such a mix of trash and treasure but I do enjoy it!

This was the first time I've taken Eva as a companion rather than in a stroller whining. She loved it! We oohed and aahed and touched and prodded away  we didn't come home with many things. A few choice patterns, a little cloth, and lots of business cards for later website perusing and more thoughtful consideration.  But I did but myself a new Janome sewing machine. It will be so nice to use. Can't wait to bring it home for a play. I pick it up later in the week. Eva was very taken with all the fancy stitches. I like its smoothness, the absence of a foot pedal and automatic thread cutting and stitch locking. 

Maybe the best thing of all was a freebee from a formidable spinner who was womaning the guild table. 

As you can see it is a plastic disk with 8 slots around the edge and a central hole. A bunch of 7 threads are threaded up through the middle and then locked into each of the notches leaving one free. 

Eva has selected the third thread to the right of the notch

The third thread to the right of the notch is then placed into the free notch.

Then you move the disk around so that the notch is up the top again and keep going. After awhile the cord builds up in the middle and can be pulled through to the back and you will see the cord emerge......