Shenandoah Fiber Festival

I do love fiber festivals! This one was in Berryville, and there was much more than I remember from years ago.  (Why am I surprised?)  The food was surprising acceptable (thanks Boy Scouts) and the vendors were full of yummy fiber and fabulous tools.  I bought.... well, fiber!  Fleece, yarn, and even a beautifully turned shawl pin.  Petting fiber ranks right up at the top of my sensory favorites!

The Weekend

Oh a good weekend, a fun weekend, a productive weekend! Besides a little housecleaning, I just concentrated on carding and spinning one of the alpaca fleeces I bought at the sheepdog trials. I took the smaller, cria, fleece, 20 oz. I got it all carded on my Louet mini roving carder, and spun up about half of it. Maybe a little more. It was so warm and balmy outside that I did alot of the carding and all of the spinning outside, helped of course by my 2 funny kitties. I am spinning a pretty fine yarn that I will ply with itself to use in a shawl or maybe a hood/wimple. I am ready to start on the second bobbin, and hope to finish it over this week. It is so soft, I spun it with a medium draw, semiworsted style. Oh it is lovely I tell you, lovely!

More of Maryland S&W

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