Maryland Sheep and Wool Fest swag post!

[pinesandmaples]

Did you go to West Friendship, Maryland today? Are you going tomorrow? Did you bring home fun things?
I want to see them! (And I'm sure everyone else does, too!)
Leave a comment, share some pictures, delight us all, huzzah!

Comments

[wolfshark]

[pensnest]

What a fabulous collection of colours.

[wolfshark]

Thanks - I liked them!

[pinesandmaples]

I'd love some details on this yarn:

[wolfshark]

It's Persimmon Tree Farm, Piggy TOes SW "Pot Luck" 100% Superwash merino

[clare_dragonfly]

Ooooooh.

Yeah, definitely a good thing for my budget that I didn't go. What's that lovely little purple skein?

[wolfshark]

Reflections at Rodan's "Out of the Dyepot" Superwash merino wool

[aquaeri]

Hey! That's more or less the colour of my yarn collection too :-).

Yarn first, then fiber.

[pinesandmaples]

Oh man. I bought lots of lovely things.

I bought four different colorways from Made By Ewe because she prices her stuff really well. I mean, really cheap. Her colorways don't have names so I made some up. Each skein is 220 yards of superwash merino. Yes.

Meezer!


Olive Oil!


Beach Ball!


Sunshine!

I also bought a sweater's worth of yarn from Green Mountain Spinnery in Shamrock. I am eyeing Girl Friday, but I have enough yarn to make pretty much anything. (I over-bought. Oops.) But exciting!


Creatively Dyed always manages to knock me off my feet, and I spent my last bit of money at her booth today. The yarn I bought didn't photograph well, but it's just amazing. Trust me. I got two skeins (enough for two pairs of full-length socks.)

Beaches in Melbravo


Beaches in Orcas

I also spent a good bit of money with Spirit Trail because I want to knit Anna Dalvi's latest knit-a-long, Mystic Desire. I got some lovely silk lace weight in a color called Sugar Maple. Oh, and I met Anne Hanson, lace lady extraordinaire.


My fiber purchases were equally lovely.

I got two ounces of Feeling Sheepish in Malibu Waves from the folks at Spanish Peacock, a lovely spindle booth. No regrets!


From Wild n' Woolly Farm, I got two bumps of two ounces each to play together! These folks were really cool, and they were really kind when I was making my purchase. I thought their colors were great, too.

Toasted Lemon and Slime Green

My fiber shame of the day is that I bought merino from a booth without a name. I honestly, seriously don't know who I bought from because I didn't see a name, don't remember where the booth was, and paid cash so the receipt gives me nothing. They had this amazing wall of cubes, full of fiber that you could pull out and bag up for $1.85 an ounce (cheapest I saw anywhere!) that was really high quality. The needle felters loved it, but I wanted it for spinning. Why not? If it holds color, then I'm going to mix and match! I made two braids for myself while I was picking colors, and the proprietress looked at them at the cash register and nearly yelled, "These aren't mine! You can't buy them here!" I explained that I made the braids so I could store them together, and she laughed. They were really nice.

Lemon and Turquoise twined together.


Dark Grey and Chili matched up.


This is a colorwork sampler I put together for my wife. She loves to spin, and she recently discovered that she loves colorwork so I thought she would have fun putting together a little project for herself.
Here are the colors:
center --> apricot
clockwise from the very top --> candy, grey, lilac, iris, smoke, teal
(The smoke, teal, and lilac are not true to color in that picture. The group looks much better in person.)

Re: Yarn first, then fiber.

[squirelawrence]

Wow, lovely fiber choices! I really like the Dark Grey and Chili matchup. I'm also impressed that you managed to walk out of Spanish Peacock without a spindle! I snagged three, and only just managed to keep from going back for a set of supported spindles (only because I already HAVE a couple of supported spindles I don't know how to use yet).

Re: Yarn first, then fiber.

[pinesandmaples]

I'm also impressed that you managed to walk out of Spanish Peacock without a spindle!

I don't have any time or patience for spindles. I have a wheel that is my close friend and coworker, and I don't have a need for any other spinning tool right now. The wife is a dedicated spindle spinner, but she's also a low-stuff/no stuff sort of person so she has three spindles (period). Were I to cave for a spindle, it would be for a Golding.

Re: Yarn first, then fiber.

[pensnest]

I want to stroke your yarns!

Re: Yarn first, then fiber.

[pinesandmaples]

Right now, I have a spare mattress on my bedroom floor so a friend can spend a few nights here. When I got home yesterday, I took pictures of the yarns and fibers on my bed, then tossed them onto the floor mattress in a big pile. Then yes, I did indeed go flop! It was very lovely.