Zombies Beware

My first visit ever to Fiber Fest in Allegan was a BLAST! It all started with the Magic Bus picking me up at the Wonder Farm then off to Vicksburg to pick up Snot and Kentucky Irish.



The representatives of the ZPDK, Zombie Prom Date Knitters, were ready in all of our awesome to Rock the Fiber Fest!

Now riding in the Magic Bus with the ZPDK is not for the faint of heart. Our conversations can run on the spicy side but laughter is always a key element.

There was no way we were going to get lost finding Fiber Fest. You see, the directions are simple, turn right at the rooster!













Crystal and Holly, showing off their awesome!

I was so excited to attend the Fiber Fest. I wanted to get my hands on all the different types of wool and see and feel the differences that each one had which I did.









I wanted to meet up with all the nice people that I have encountered since joining Ravelry which I did. All my friends from Ravelry, some new and some not but all awesome!

I wanted to buy my Niddy Noddy, which I did.

I wanted to check out all the different types of spinning wheels that would be on display and try to find a travel wheel that would meet my needs which I did and I really found one I liked that has the different options I want. It's the Lendrum Spinning Wheel. I was so lucky to have Spinny there. Spinny went on the wheel mission with me and I couldn't ask for a better person to guide me on the journey. Even when I stopped because I was hungry she toured the barns looking for the perfect wheel for me. She's the best! So I will do more investigating on the wheel before I make my true decision but right now I like the Lendrum best. Now, I don't want my beautiful "Lizzy" to get jealous but "Lizzy" doesn't have the large bobbin plus she is going to get banged up if I keep carting her around to spin.....

I wanted to have fun! Boy, oh Boy....I sure did! We made sure there were no zombies on the fairgrounds. I can't imagine that there was a person who didn't know we were there either. Yikes! I think we are loud?

We were in our awesome element of fun and more than once we thought someone would pee their pants in laughter.

I learned a lot though. I know that my alpaca fiber is price reasonably and that my processing is far superior than a lot of alpaca that is out there. I found another mill that I might send some of my fiber to. They had beautiful rovings and yarn from all sorts of fiber. I also fell in love with some new vendors. My goodness, some the the vendors had the most beautiful yarn and rovings from all sorts of fiber.

My friends learned that if they couldn't find me they just had to find the nearest alpaca vendor and more and likely I would be there talking it up.

I found out that carrot cupcakes with a rum based frosting are delicous in a picnic and that Holly is a wonderful picnic hostess. I loved Fiber Fest. The fiber, the day and best of all the company I was with.

On a final note, we found Flat Stanley. It appears he had an accident. He was lying in the parking lot, headless. I don't know if someone thought he was a zombie. We couldn't give him mouth to mouth since his head was gone.

Poor guy, guess he should have hitched a ride on the Magic Bus and hung out with the cool chicks from ZPDK.