Yarn Bliss

Yesterday my friend and I drove down to the New York State Sheep and Wool festival. It was AWESOME!!!!!!!! We had the most amazing time. We got there about 1/2 hour after the festival started and they were already out of maps. Next year we are going to go on Saturday. Many of the vendors were running out of items. We looked at some really cool knitting kits at one place, and by the time we came back we couldn't find the one that I liked any more. Most everyone was really nice and friendly. We did run into one women who was mad that I had the last variegated blue ball of yarn at this one shop. I really wanted it as it was a full pound of yarn! I had bought a pattern early in the day and this yarn would go perfectly with it. She told me I should look at another color because she wanted that one. Too bad for you honey, I wanted that blue one! My friend who was with me is over six feet tall, she was ready to take this women out if she tried to take that yarn from me! It's nice to have protective tall friends! Here's my pound of blue yarn!

We then went to one barn where they were having a llama jumping competition. It was really funny to watch. The owners would get the llamas running up to the jump, hand the rope over to someone else, and the llama would stop and just look at the jump. They would try to pull them over it, a few did actually jump it and it was really neat to see. The picture is a little dark, but you can see the llama and the jump it was supposed to go over. I also bought myself this great licenses plate cover.

We saw a women who was using a drop spindle and after a long chat with her I bought a drop spindle kit. It has the spindle, some roving wool and directions in case I forget what she showed us! And, finally, I bought this amazing shawl kit. Yarn, pattern and all!! It was the last one!