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Saturday, May 5, 2012

Another Awesome Sheep and Wool Festival!

I'm going to post the images without too much commentary ... it was a lovely warm day, and the rain held off till I was all the way home.



Below is Misty Mountain Farms, my favorite vendor. Last year, I paid their mortgage.


Above are some lovely trindles!  Below, a Christmas ornament.

 
In retrospect, I should have purchased this lovely pink-and-green-and-white Zauberball. It reminded me of roses.



 A peg loom


   

A friendly blue-eyed alpaca and some less-thrilled friends ...


This little one was hopping around like mad ... then she suddenly lay down and rested.


This is an extreme close up of a sheep's nose. A very curious sheep. 
 



My haul ... very restrained! Three bags of roving, some mawatas, a nostepinne, a skein of mixed wool/acrylic/mohair/somethingelse. Last year I over-indulged to a ridiculous degree ... I still have unspun roving from last year, not to mention yarn! So I kept it simple this year. I wanted another spindle, but the only ones that caught my eye cost $100. There were also spindle-lazy kates, but those were well over $100, and I can get by with cardboard tubes. No matter how nicer a real wood spindle kate would be ...



Now I am determined to get through some of my stash, well before next year's Sheep and Wool. If you're going to the fair tomorrow, have a good time!





6 comments:

  1. thanks for posting pictures of the festival! I'm heading over on Sunday and I always think about what is going on there today!

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  2. Thanks for posting your pictures -- an appetizer for me, since I'm attending tomorrow (and can't wait!).

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  3. I like your haul - and love, love, love that blue mixed skein.

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  4. ooooh, love everything you bought and all of the photos. Super envious.

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  5. It sounds fantastic! I'm definitely going to have to make a visit happen.

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  6. Sighh...so sorry that I missed you there by a day. It was a great weekend for a fair though, wasn't it...and
    you got some wonderful things. (Love all the pink!) XXO-

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