Worn Out

This past weekend was the Mt Bruce Sheep & Wool Festival in Bruce Twp, MI.  I've done this show for 8 years now and this was probably the weakest yet.  The temps were low and attendance was worse.  My booth was crowded maybe 5 times all weekend.  I work my butt off to create products and put lots of thought into my booth set up and presentation.  I have plenty of bruises to show for my hard work.  Wanna see my shins?  I didn't think so.

The homestead was nicely decorated though I think not as much as usual:

Here's a straight on shot of my booth (lamb meat for sale way back there):

 My tippy mitten tree was less so with the pipe straps I pounded into the ground on the base.

My coat rack worked out well although I'm not sure about it's position in the tent:

I liked the Cranbrook rack for my hats and I think the clothespins worked well for the shoppers:

Here's Hedy before she was brutally attacked by a manner-less little girl who scratched her face up (little sh~t!):

The Etta Hat that she's sporting was the first hat I sold on Saturday.  That was a lucrative sale -- four hats and a pair of fingerless mittens.  I thought things were going to go well but alas, it was very quiet the rest of the weekend.  My sales were down from last year and I thought that was a bad year.  

I always knit at the shows, unless the temps are down in the 40s, and I sold two hats that I made while I was there.  Woohoo!

I'm going to have to let things simmer for a while but after taking an hour to tear down my booth and another hour to load up the T&C, I was just so doggone tired I thought this would be my last time there.  I think the clincher was that they had a window salesman as a vendor.  I truly don't understand why you'd want to take a wonderful event that showcases farm life and country living and throw in a window salesman.  Is it just me?  I think not.