Wool Market, Part II
Now, I know it's the Estes Park Wool Market. But there are so many wonderful things that are not exactly wool! For example,
caramel alpaca from Paradise Valley Alpacas, 4.5 oz;
white llama from Red Barn Fiber Processing, 3 oz;
a llama cookie cutter;
burgundy silk hankies (ironwood/cochineal, 1.2 oz) and a spinning wheel basket from Stefania;
and finally, I did eventually buy some wool: three huge skeins of purple-blue Brooks Farm Duet, 50/50 wool/mohair. (If you look at the picture in their webpage banner, I think it's the one on the left edge; my photos aren't coming out well.) It is absolutely divine and I'm thinking of using it for the Hourglass Sweater (from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts) - a very simple pattern to show off the color variations and shine of the yarn.
I probably could have bought more, but I definitely have a decent stash of spinning fiber built up, and I want to start working my way through it. The only things that I'd considered buying but didn't were: a new niddy-noddy, I loved the birdseye maple ones that Stefania had but they were more than I wanted to spend; and sock yarn, which I completely failed to see except at the Shuttles booth, and I can get that any time. I don't know if I missed it because I'm so spinning-obsessed, or if it really wasn't there. Oh well, I know that Sue at Mew Mew's just ordered some new Trekking... and as for the niddy and more fiber, I'll have to wait for Taos.
I was sorry to miss the blogger meet-up, but I'm looking forward to reading about everyone's adventures, and I'm planning to be at Estes every year for the foreseeable future, so I'll see you all next year!
caramel alpaca from Paradise Valley Alpacas, 4.5 oz;white llama from Red Barn Fiber Processing, 3 oz;
a llama cookie cutter;
burgundy silk hankies (ironwood/cochineal, 1.2 oz) and a spinning wheel basket from Stefania;
and finally, I did eventually buy some wool: three huge skeins of purple-blue Brooks Farm Duet, 50/50 wool/mohair. (If you look at the picture in their webpage banner, I think it's the one on the left edge; my photos aren't coming out well.) It is absolutely divine and I'm thinking of using it for the Hourglass Sweater (from Last-Minute Knitted Gifts) - a very simple pattern to show off the color variations and shine of the yarn.
I probably could have bought more, but I definitely have a decent stash of spinning fiber built up, and I want to start working my way through it. The only things that I'd considered buying but didn't were: a new niddy-noddy, I loved the birdseye maple ones that Stefania had but they were more than I wanted to spend; and sock yarn, which I completely failed to see except at the Shuttles booth, and I can get that any time. I don't know if I missed it because I'm so spinning-obsessed, or if it really wasn't there. Oh well, I know that Sue at Mew Mew's just ordered some new Trekking... and as for the niddy and more fiber, I'll have to wait for Taos.
I was sorry to miss the blogger meet-up, but I'm looking forward to reading about everyone's adventures, and I'm planning to be at Estes every year for the foreseeable future, so I'll see you all next year!
posted by Alex at 7:08 PM
4 Comments:
Beautiful colours! I loved spinning my silk hankie. Peopl in my LYS talk about Estes in hushed tones, thanks for the pictures.
don't know how i missed you. it was fun wasn't it :) see you wednesday for knitting :) lesley
Oh, I love Duet! I used it to make my friend's Sarah Blanch shawl, and it was wonderful to work with. I have more than 1/2 the hank left over. I'm hoarding it.
Oh, that duet will be sooo perfect for an Hourglass! I made my hourglass out of a less than perfect yarn and I'm sort of regretting it ... too bad I missed you at Estes! See you around soon!
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