10.18.2009

ny sheep n wool

by far the most I've ever been overwhelmed by amazing craftsmanship. this festival was so big, with so many vendors. it took us 5 hours to walk around and I'm not even sure we saw everything. then it took another hour to go through again trying to find the vendors I wanted to buy from.

so I gave myself a hundred dollar budget... and I went over by 2 bucks. hehe

ny sheep & wool festival

ny sheep & wool festival
1lb 50/50 romney/mohair blend. such luscious colors! and by far the softest romney I've ever felt.

ny sheep & wool festival
1lb gorgeous teal and moss corriedale

ny sheep & wool festival
4oz (carded) yellow and (loose) pink cotton.

ny sheep & wool festival
2oz silk noils and silk waste

ny sheep & wool festival
2 silk caps. this picture does not do justice to the gorgeous colors

ny sheep & wool festival
8oz random bag of wool, mohair, angora and alpaca. and glitz!

I went in there with the mindset that I wanted to buy fibers that I have yet to work with, and I succeeded for the most part!

5 comments:

  1. Um, can we say nom nom nom as loudxmouse would? lol Geez, gorgeous! I just LOVE your color choices always. Love that glitz at the bottom, I'm gonna have to get some multicolored one day. I did order (in that famous late night binge of mine) a bag of the peacock colored firestar. I've yet to use it but it's so yummy.

    Silk caps/scraps/waste, OMG. Those colors are so vivid! I've not done silk yet so I'm so curious about it. I'm trying to get down spinning bamboo on my wheel, it's tough but doable.

    & Of course the rest is awesome, but I'm afraid I'll eat up your comment space oooing and aaaing over it so I'll spare you. ;) You seem to know it's awesome. Thanks for sharing!!

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  2. hehe I almost went through a late night fiber buying binge a few days ago, but I talked myself out of it with the promise of buying tons of goodies at rhinebeck.

    I love bamboo, but I'm not a huge fan of spinning it on it's own - too slippery. I like to mix it into EVERYTHING though.

    ps, you can eat up as much of my comment space as you want :-D

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  3. OMG...what a gorgeous haul! I love what you found at the festival!

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