Sheep! Wool! Sheep and wool!
So, I met up with my conspirators this afternoon, and we went in pursuit of the sheep and wool festival in Maryland! And I brought my camera!First, we saw some sheep
Oh, wait, I mean some sheep!
And then Tofu the Goat!
And then, I met a bunny!
I was in serious cuteness overload. Because there were so. many. aminals. Sheep! Bunnies! Goats! Angora bunnies! BABY ANGORA BUNNIES! LOOKING FOR A GOOD HOME! Alas, I could not buy one.
We probably managed to cover only 2/3 of the vendor booths while there, but oh my gods there was so much fiber! Just begging to be spun! It was, in fact, crying out 'spin me! spin me!'
Picture your favorite LYS. Multiply it by 150. That's what the booths were like. While there was not, perhaps, a whole lot of variety in yarn types or roving dye colors, there were people from all over the country trying to sell us stuff!
The most successful vendors (for my lil crew) was a sort of flea market shop that had two huge cardboard boxes full of yarn. We dug through and found some beauties. I got 8 skeins of a cotton that will become a fair isle yoked cardigan of some kind - what I wanted in another sitcom chic.
And the fiber! Oh my gods, the fiber! I had so much fun running around just petting everything! And I went a tad overboard on my purchases, yes, tis true. But I'm rationalizing just as hard as I can - I will not have an opportunity to buy fiber like this again for a very long time. Nor will I have the need.
In case you're wondering, I came away with this:
The pinks are the cotton, the pink sparkly ball is wool roving with mylar sparkly stuff, the blue/pink/brown is a wool mohair and the purple is a merino/tencel blend. (!!!! SO LOVELY!)
Officially a great day. And then I went home and balled most of that mess of yarn I got so cheaply! Must finis my current spinning projects, because I can't wait to get my hands on this stuff.
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