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holliOkay, that was *fun*. We got there later in the day than I'd been hoping to, but we still got to spend a *lot* of time walking around the main exhibition hall and most of the smaller barns. The barns with actual sheep in them were a little too stinky to be fun, so we steered clear of those for the most part. But lambs! And bunnies! And 60,000 like-minded fiber nerds!
The thing I did not fully understand about the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival is how freaking *huge* it is. Oh my god, there was so much stuff. I was seriously paralyzed with indecision for a while there.
Not *that* long, though.
From left to right: two undyed silk caps, a scarf kit from Shelridge Farm for this really cool reversible cabled scarf, two balls of hand-dyed wool (which is spinning up kind of slubby, but still very nice), and some absolutely gorgeous alpaca/merino/silk blend. It's all set out on top of my Kiri shawl, which got a *lot* more compliments than I was expecting. Since I wasn't, actually, expecting *any*.
The woman running the Hunt Valley Cashmere booth asked me if I'd be willing to knit another Kiri for her to use as a sample. Which, omg, YES. Mmmm, cashmere. Shira had some sort of a religious experience at that booth, and I very nearly did too.
If I can, I'm going to try to go back tomorrow. Apparently, some vendors will discount things as the festival winds down, and I might be able to pick up some bargains.
On edit: I saw some really neat things that I thought were worth mentioning. At the Shelridge Farm booth, for example, they had a pair of illusion-knit scarves on display, one with the Green Lantern symbol on it and one for Spider-man. I kind of want to knit a Bat-version of that now. Also, I had *great* time playing spot-the-hand-knits, and was able to correctly identify several of the patterns, among them a really pretty Charlotte's Web in shades of blue.
The thing I did not fully understand about the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival is how freaking *huge* it is. Oh my god, there was so much stuff. I was seriously paralyzed with indecision for a while there.
Not *that* long, though.
From left to right: two undyed silk caps, a scarf kit from Shelridge Farm for this really cool reversible cabled scarf, two balls of hand-dyed wool (which is spinning up kind of slubby, but still very nice), and some absolutely gorgeous alpaca/merino/silk blend. It's all set out on top of my Kiri shawl, which got a *lot* more compliments than I was expecting. Since I wasn't, actually, expecting *any*.
The woman running the Hunt Valley Cashmere booth asked me if I'd be willing to knit another Kiri for her to use as a sample. Which, omg, YES. Mmmm, cashmere. Shira had some sort of a religious experience at that booth, and I very nearly did too.
If I can, I'm going to try to go back tomorrow. Apparently, some vendors will discount things as the festival winds down, and I might be able to pick up some bargains.
On edit: I saw some really neat things that I thought were worth mentioning. At the Shelridge Farm booth, for example, they had a pair of illusion-knit scarves on display, one with the Green Lantern symbol on it and one for Spider-man. I kind of want to knit a Bat-version of that now. Also, I had *great* time playing spot-the-hand-knits, and was able to correctly identify several of the patterns, among them a really pretty Charlotte's Web in shades of blue.
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Date: 2005-05-08 02:45 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-08 03:20 am (UTC)If I go back tomorrow, want me to get you some?
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Date: 2005-05-08 03:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-05-08 03:38 am (UTC)Thought we saw you
Date: 2005-05-08 05:41 am (UTC)Did you see the Alpacas? Disturbingly soft, with Ms.H grabbing some skeins from a group out of Mt Airy, who have all of their skeins named from the particular animal they were from...
Re: Thought we saw you
Date: 2005-05-08 07:31 pm (UTC)And, yes, alpacas are neat.
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Date: 2005-05-08 05:47 am (UTC)no subject
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