I went to our small local fiber fair Saturday, same one I went to last year, and did a ton of buying. I had planned on buying a lot of fiber, and I think I did that, pretty good. Here’s what I got.
Starting on the top row, from the left. Those three big balls of roving and the smaller ball on the right front is some pretty gray/brown Shetland, the white ball, on the front left is Merino. There about and pound and a half of the Shetland and 4oz or so of the Merino. The next two pictures are a couple ounces of amazingly soft Angora, it is beautiful stuff.
On the next row, I have some blue variegated Merino/Bamboo/Nylon sock yarn. It feels almost like silk and has a subtle sheen to it, I’m waiting until I get my copy of Sock Innovation before I decide what to knit with it. Next is 3lbs 12oz of Shetland fleece. There are some lighter brown spots and is already skirted and barely has any VM, I’m going to start sorting and cleaning it this week. Last on the row is half of the cashmere (yep, cashmere) that I got. They were selling it in 1oz bags, I bought two. This one has been fluffed out and had some of the VM removed, I’ll have to do the other one. This is about a million times softer than the angora and is a soft gray and white color.
On the next row, some batts and a braid of roving. The blue batt is 50/50 bamboo/milk protein, the roving is bamboo, the pink is Cotswold, Merino and angelina. I want to spin these into one really pretty, soft, fluffy yarn and maybe weave something with them, but we’ll see. Next is a picture of everything, minus the fleeces. On the left, towards the back in a bag is some Louet Northern Lights pencil roving that I forgot to take a picture of, I’m going to make a felted bag for my mom with it. Last is a bag of raw Llama fleece. It’s been de-haired, which is good since I have no idea how to go about that and is almost as soft as the angora, it’s also clean enough that I could spin it without washing it.
We got a late start Saturday, we overslept and went to the farmer’s market and didn’t head to Marshfield until 2pm, the fair closed at 4pm. We had a little over an hour to look, which was, obviously, long enough. I’d hate to see how much more I would have bought if I’d had more time. I know I would have got at least one more Shetland fleece. The weather was pretty bad, it rained in the morning and then was cold and windy all afternoon. There weren’t many people there, at least while I was there, and a lot of the vendors had left already by the time I got there.
My favorite part was the animals. A lot of my pictures came out blurry but these were the best. We have: Llamas, Shetland lambs, two cashmere goats, freshly shorn alpacas, and more Shetlands. I love the goats they were so pretty and really friendly, the little goat in the middle kept sniffing at me and wanting his nose rubbed. These are the goats my cashmere fiber is from. And the Shetlands are just tiny and adorable, the alpacas were so cute with their big poofy heads and long skinny necks, and I just love llamas, so pretty.
I’ll leave you with a short video of the Shetlands, they were so loud. And you can really hear how hard the wind was blowing in the video, too.
