It wasn't the brightest of starts to the weekend this morning.  I had an email to say that I had not been allocated a stand at Woolfest 2011.   I'm pretty devastated by the news, because I so much enjoy Woolfest and meeting folk.  I really can't  express my disappointment at not being allocated a stand, and it has been pretty hard to digest today.   Other than the organisers saying they had received a huge number of applications for stands, no specific reason was given for turning me down.  I really thought Ripples Crafts was the type of business they were after for Woolfest, so I hope this doesn't mean a change of emphasis on their part, as Woolfest has been great for small concerns like mine.

A number of my current customers had arranged to come from as far afield as New Zealand, America and Spain this year, and while I don't for one minute suggest that they were coming just to see me, it has added to my feeling of disappointment that I will not be able to give them the opportunity to see my yarns displayed.  Sorry about this.

I have always been a huge fan and supporter of Woolfest ande I hope I bounce back from the disappointment soon.    Stevan is trying to persuade me still to go as a visitor, and maybe take some of my yarns for folk who wish to see it at a gathering we could arrange.  Plans are already afoot for a bit of a gathering of friends old and new, and I would look forward to seeing everyone.

On a more positive note I will be at Scotland's Knitting Only Show in Perth in May and I will also be making a return visit to Gardening Scotland which I am really looking forward to.

But it raises the question in my mind - if you were to attend your dream woolly event, how would it look?



To distract me a little from feeling so glum we took a drive to Ullapool today.  It is such a pretty town, and the sun was shining, so it was hard to be too glum for too long.