My friend from CU, Jess, and I went to the Estes Park Wool Festival. It was AWESOME. Ranchers from all over the country gathered in Estes Park, Colorado for an annual weekend of fun and fiber. We walked around to every tent and visited all sorts of fiber-producing animals including sheep, goats, rabbits, llamas, and my favorite - alpacas. While the main vendor barn with all sorts of yarn was cool, it paled in comparison to our local Boulder yarn store (Shuttles, Spindles, and Skeins). So, I purchased a few skeins of natural (not dyed ) alpaca wool yarn from the vendors in one of the animal tents. It is the softest yarn I've ever held! I almost bought a sheep to bring home (they're only $300!!) but decided that Mike probably wouldn't be too happy with a sheep as a new pet. I decided to wait.
Now I'm waiting to move to Montana to buy some fiber animals. How cool would it be to have my very own alpacas?!? Jess only encouraged these crazy ideas. Yeah right, in my spare time I'll sheer alpacas and spin yarn. ;)
I probably won't start raising sheep or goats or alpacas any time soon. I think I can stick to knitting and crocheting. Now that I have all this yarn waiting for me I had better get started! Luckily, Jess and I came home and put together a knitting group. Yay!
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