Showing posts with label maryland sheep and wool. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maryland sheep and wool. Show all posts

05 May 2013

Oops.... post by Guest Blogger Jeff

Somehow this 200+ year old great wheel ended up in my possession. I don't know how that happened, but boy am I excited about it. :)



Overall, this Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival was the BEST. I'm sure Will will be posting all about it over on his blog, and he is the real blogger in this family, so I won't go all into it except to say I spent lots of money and don't feel bad about that one bit. We took a shepherding class on Friday(decided I wouldn't mind having a small flock for fleece, but probably won't go into it full time), spent all my cash on Saturday on goodies from Gnomespun, Into the Whirled, Persimmon Tree Farm, Loop, and a few other small farms on some breed specific fiber (Icelandic) and yarn (Montadale), took the sheep breed walk with the amazing Deb Robson on Sunday morning and learned about breeds I'd never even heard of (have you ever heard of Soay or Hog Island sheep?), and bought a great wheel that's been around as long as we've been a country. All in all, a fabulous weekend!

I'm Back! ~ guest blogger Andee


I am so excited to be joining the May Day KAL!  I spent the weekend at the Maryland Sheep & Wool Festival and look who I ran into Willy G & Jeff!


Do you like the bag I'm carrying? Lori made it. So she was kind of there with us. My sister Leanne was off at another booth so she missed the photo :(
I had such a good time meeting these guys they are so much fun. It was great to chat about yarn, patterns, and people in the KAL. I was totally shocked that I ran into them. In the small time we got to hang out I think 100 people complimented them on their hats. They were such a huge hit.
I came home from the festival with 6,110 yards of yarn and 24 oz of roving.  Oh and some books for me and toys for the kids.  Now can I figure out what to use for the shawl? I am thinking about spinning the purple roving to make the shawl.  Because apparently purple and spinning are the things to do these days.  So fingers crossed I can get this casted on soon.  I'm so glad to be back in the KAL!


I have more pictures from my trip on my blog.

Happy Knitting!
~Andee