Saturday, Wood Co. Fairgrounds, Black Swamp Spinners’ Market Day.
Do I need more yarn & fleece? No, no I don’t. Am I going to buy some anyway? Yes, yes I am.
And that’s all I have to say about that.
Well, we went to the Great Lakes Fiber Show today. No, I did not come home with a sheep or an alpaca. I just came home with parts of sheep and alpaca.
Behold:
Look at this face! There were a good number of alpaca there today. So sweet. Look how delicate their necks are!
We purchased fiber from two of the alpacas from these folks today.
I have two photos of the treasures we brought home, the acutal color is somewhere in between. Not quiet as red as the this photo, but not as washed out as the next one.
The fleece in back is alpaca, as is the ball in front. The rest is sheep’s wool. The red dyed wool has streaks of burnt orange and yellow in it.
As before, Maverick had to check out the purchases. He stuffed his big ol’ head deep inside the bags of fleece and pronounced it A-Ok!
I don’t know if Maverick has it within him to be a herding dog, however, he certainly could supervise the Quality Control department.
There were goat competitions and sheep competitions being held. There was much fleece and yarn and gizmos. There was a lot of spinning and knitting being executed. Unfortunately, I was so mesmerized by all the happenings that I did not take any pictures. It’s too bad too, because the sheep that were there were really lovely. Ah well, next year. It may take me that long to clean, card and spin up what I bought.
Looking for a drum carder, anyone selling?
I looked at the blog(s) today and noticed that I have not posted since, well, forever.
We are still here.
Much canning of tomatoes and assorted veggies, a big ol’ batch of apple butter & apple pie filing, and canned butter (oh yes, you can do that) has taken a big chunk of time. There was also the clay oven we build that took a few weekends, see here. Then, I just got tired…
Oh! Also, I decided to try knitting. Just another thing to do. Boy, am I having trouble with tension. The end of my rows are fine, but the middle seems to be just really so tight. Any suggestions on that?
Hopefully, things will start to settle down to a more normal pace and I can post a bit more frequently.
Except for, you know, that whole holiday thing…
<sigh>
