so, I spent the day at Maryland Sheep & Wool. lots going on.

We started the day at The Fold, where I resisted the siren call of the Socks that Rock. I did not resist the fiber they had though.
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The purple is a 50/50 silk/merino blend and the black is one of the Raven colors of a sheep to shoe.

Then we passed by the Merlin Tree’s booth, and I sat down to play with a Hitchhiker wheel. It’s a cute wheel, but the treadling is very different from what I am used to. Definitely takes some getting used to.

I also wanted to get some fiber that’s a bit less common. I could not resist the Jacob wool.
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I had a hard time picking which color combo to get. (in the end, I chose a small 1oz ball of a brown & white).

Here’s one of the Jacob sheep that was hiding behind the booth.
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at some point, I ran into a bunch of knittyboard folks - Trillian, Turtlegirl, alerievay, monkeemaven, bezzie, and I’m probably forgetting someone. (it’s late. I’ll link people later.) and then we kept bumping into them throughout the day too. (It seems I forgot to mention that I’m sharing a hotel room with AkKnitter.)

I bought some more lesser known wools (after resisting a bunch in between)
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and then we kind of called it quits for the day. (but not before stumbling on an awesome sheep artist. go check out her work.)

after a bit of dinner, we headed over to the Ravelry shindig. alas, I did not win any of the awesome door prizes, but I did meet a few people and it was fun.
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off to bed now, so I can decide if there was anything I can’t live without that I passed up today…