Maryland Wool & Sheep Festival 2011, recap.
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 11:47PM
As part of my Mother's Day treat, I got to spend part of the weekend with a couple of my favorite people.
Both of these pretty ladies were my roomies and bridesmaids... they continue to be the dearest of friends, have families I adore...and the fact that they are into wool, too, is almost too good to be true.
We had a great time just walking around, stopping here and there to pet yarn, deliberating where to spend our dollars. I thought I'd share some of the sights we enjoyed. There was, of course, a lot of yarn. I confirmed I am very drawn to semi-solid colorways.
I may print some of these shots for my craft space. The colors are so inspiring. And I am officially interested in learning how to dye...
There was even an area where you could pick up your freshly shorn fleece. I found it incredibly odd that this rather charming process was alongside the food vendors selling lamb sandwiches.
A funny thing about the group picture posted above. When looking around to ask someone to snap a shot, we stopped a nice looking fella because his yarn carrier caught our attention--the extremely popular fish hat from Knitty Winter 2008. He merely pinned it and made a makeshift handle, turning it into the cutest bag I've seen.
I will write another post detailing the lovely skeins that made it home with me. I am on a mission to organize my stash and get everything photographed and posted on Ravelry so I can better plan my queue. I am afraid to see what I've amassed in such a short time but it's not like I collect anything else.*
Sandra
*fabric and other craft supplies do not count. Nor do baking supplies. Or craft books. Or cookbooks or handbags. But that's all because no, we are not going to talk about camera gear as I think Charlie reads my blog.
Reader Comments (2)
Wow, that festival looks like it was awesome.
The second yarn photo is just gorgeous, such pretty colors!
I'm glad you had a great time! What pretty yarn photos, and that fish bag is awesome!