It is not a good sign to leave for a show when you don't feel well. Even worse if you start to feel sicker along the way. I did not have great expectations for this show, the stock market took such a sudden tumble last week. I figured that no one would be buying handwovens. I had my deal on my booth from the Guild since I was demonstrating and a cheap hotel room. Gas is always cheaper in Ohio so I wasn't loosing that much.
I did get two alpaca scarves done before I left so that people would know what they were going to look like when I was done. I had a van load and decided to make the best of it. A least I would get weaving done.
It turned out to be my best show of the year, I guess that wasn't really saying a lot, but it was good for me. I sold both of my "sample" alpaca scarves before noon on Saturday. Sales were slower on Sunday, but still not bad. Either the people there hadn't heard that the economy was bad or they decided that after all of that bad news they needed a treat. It was also one of my first shows where it wasn't beastly hot. People would actually try things on. I did like having the double booth to spread my work out in.
This does have the down side of "if you sell well you need to weave a lot to replace that." Back to work.
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