Maryland Sheep & Wool
So, I left my house at 8:15, arrived at Libby's (who just go a blog, say hi!) at 8:45, arrived at Bridget's house at 9:15 after getting coffee, and then finally left Bridget's around quarter to 10. What is it about getting 4 girls moving in the morning that's like herding cats?But finally, we made it there, just in time for a photo op.
Mad props to Libby's boy, J. It's not every man who will spend 8 hours at a fiber festival... and buy a Denise kit! (Yes ladies, he knits too. And by the way he was staring at the spinning demonstrations, he'll probably start spinning, too)
We arrive as other women are starting to leave with some of those huge push totes full of fleece. Some day, I will be one of those older ladies.
In case you're wondering, that's an angora bunny on that woman's lap. She's literally pulling tufts of fur off of the bunny and spinning it right then and there. Someday, when I can take care of a plant for longer than a week, I will get an angora bunny.
Look, it's like an alpaca lollypop!
One of my friends met a llama. The llama says hello. Someday, a llama will say hello to me.
OK, maybe it's just me, but... I swear, these sheep look like dominatrix (dominatrixes? dominatrices?) sheep. Hand me the flogger baby, I've got a wicked shorning coming up. Some day, I'll end up looking as silly as that. Actually, that's probably already happened.
I think I'll go for a walk! I like to stretch my legs before a group of strangers decides just how pretty I am! Someday (actually, in about 15 minutes), I'll walk a
And of course, I spent most of the fair completely ignoring the fiber and checking out all of the wheels and prices. It's odd, but I tend to not shop for yarn unless I have a project in mind. Or it's onsale. Spinning is very different, as is the giant bags of odd lots at great discounts that Knots & Treadles always has. I really wanted to buy a fleece but decided against it. Someday, probably at next year's MS&WF, if I'm still in town, I will buy a fleece. Maybe two fleeces.
Some day, I'll buy a spinning wheel.
Oh wait. That was Saturday. ::bounces about happily::
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