Returned from Shepherd's Harvest festival

[jenett]

aka our local fiber festival: four large non-animal barns of vendors, three barns of fuzzy animals (sheep, goats, llamas, alpacas, and rabbits.)

The fiber geeks among my readers will be impressed: I went in with selkie_b on 7 pounds of fleece (still in the grease, but incredibly clean and gorgeous silver Corriedale.) Total cost? $57 for over 7 pounds.

(The non-fiber geeks will like to know that this is an insanely good price - other fleeces were going for roughly double that, and processed roving goes for around $2 an ounce, or $30ish a pound - of course, that's processed, but this fleece is clean enough it may not need processing, and I'll spin it as is.)

I have plans to try spinning bulky yarn this time, and make a nice cozy shawl for next winter. (It's got to be bulkyish yarn, or I'll never get it done by the end of the winter.)

I also got roving from Frabjous Fibers. I got the Moulin Rouge colorway, which made L blink a lot when we met up with her during her break from her dyeing class. And I was really tempted by one that's not on their website right now, Hespera, which is really gorgeous jeweltones of dark red, plum, deep green, deep gold, and a few other things.

And then I ooooohed over Briar Rose a lot.

Comments

[alsatia]

Oooh, neat. I'm always impressed by people who spin, because it seems so difficult and so expensive to get materials to me. I suppose that's the same way other people feel about me knitting, although I continue to insist there's nothing remotely impressive about any of the knitting I've done.

[carbonel]

I think I saw the place where they were selling that, and I almost bought a bag for $40. But I'm not ready to get into doing my own carding, though if I'd remembered that as a member of the Textile Guild I can use the drum carders there, I might have succumbed.

Instead, I bought a whole bunch of colored roving and top, but I don't get to play with it until I finish spinning this ounce of black silk that is taking forever. Getting close to done, finally, despite the help of both kittens.

[squirelawrence]

Yay for handspinning - need to see if there's a community on DW yet. And if not, whether I'm up to making one. Only been spinning for a couple of months now, but severely addicted.

Came here from the non-fannish friending meme - mind if I add you?