It’s been some years since I’ve gotten to go to a yarn festival. Mom and I were rained out of MD Sheep and Wool this year, and couldn’t get up to Rhinebeck in October, but this past weekend we went (along with friends Monica and Jen) to the smaller, less frantically crowded, Maryland Alpaca and Fleece festival. The night before we went, Mom and...
(Read to the bottom for a look at my newest hat pattern, coming out tomorrow! I’m so excited!) Yesterday I went to the Maryland Alpaca and Fleece show with a carful of friends. It was considerably smaller than May’s Sheep and Wool, and also quite a bit colder and windier. I was more than a little tempted to buy a woven blanket and wear...
Maryland Sheep and Wool was a lot of fun this year! I drove up with Caroline on Saturday morning and we met Laurie there. The three of us spent about six hours, minus fifteen minutes for lunch, walking around looking at everything! It wasn’t too crowded, probably because the forecast called for rain in the middle of the day but clear skies on Sunday....
Hello, friends! It has been a while, hasn’t it? I’ve been super-busy! Most of the year so far has been swallowed up by the process of packing, cleaning, fixing, selling one house, and moving into another. Whooo! But now that is pretty much taken care of. The mountain house has been sold, and while I miss it, I know it was the right decision....
Due to a number of unforeseen circumstances, I am woefully underprepared for Blog Week this year. Rather than stress myself out trying to carefully craft a week’s worth of posts with everything else that’s going on, I’m going to enjoy reading everyone else’s posts and leave as many comments as I can. Hopefully there will be new knitting content soon. Meanwhile, check out these...
On Saturday morning, Michael and I got up (not too early) and headed off to Rhinebeck. The trees – ohhh, we don’t have leaves like that here in Virginia. They’re much duller this year. These are just gorgeous! We went through a few of the buildings and then stopped to admire the alpaca. There was a guy there taking pictures of them with what...
Click to embiggen, of course. Sheeps! A bunny and alpacas! Yarn and adorable little figurines! Teaching Jen to spin! What I brought home with me!
Here’s some more pictures from last weekend’s Maryland Sheep and Wool festival. This spinning wheel seems to have two drive wheels. I wish I’d gotten more details about it. There was a demonstration of a great wheel going on. And lots of other wheels too. Of course, the usual fairground crowds and foods. Silk cocoons to unwind and spin: I was tempted by the...
The riot of colour and texture at any Sheep and Wool festival is just beautiful. My thought was that taking a lot of pictures would have to be a substitute for buying all the things. At least this way get to take a little bit of them home with me. Baskets of roving… Overdyed BFL… Shelves of combed top… Bags and bags and bags...
I got some good pictures of sheep and goats. (You can click each thumbnail for a larger view.)
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