Sunday, October 16, 2005
Sheep and Wool Festival 2005
Did you go to the Sheep and Wool Festival this year? I love going because of the tons of wonderful people, yarn, sheep, rabbits, alpacas, llamas, cheese, sheepdogs, fun stuff to buy, etc., etc. This year had the added delight that my daughter, s-i-l and g.daughter came along. We missed the angora rabbit fur-directly-to-spinning-wheel demonstration and the parading llamas and alpacas but there were terrific exhibits and discoveries like the sheep/cheese/wool farm from Lauer Road in Poughkeepsie; they have tours and I can't wait to visit. It did seem a bit less crammed full of stuff than it used to be - no machine knitting demos, for one thing - and I think there were fewer exhibitors. Also, I don't spin or weave (yet) and many displays are geared to spinners and weavers. I like going, very much, and I'll be there in 2006 with bells on. P.S. I bought a big orange basket from Amazing Threads, which was the perfect size to deposit the adorable g.daughter right into but I resisted.
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