And, the Sheep & Wool Report

[serinde]

nedlnthred, briony530, caelfinn, nancaurelia, and I went to the Sheep and Wool Festival this weekend. Since I have an enormous sack of yarn that I haven't done anything with yet, I restrained myself from the shiny pretty things, and made but two purchases: 1) A large skein of undyed soft Falklands wool to make a baby blanket for some friends who have one in the oven, and 2) some seriously loud softness to make fingerless gloves to wear at work, for which I have a direful need. Happily, those shouldn't take long, even at my glacial pace of construction.

I intend to do the blanket in a set of mixed cables reminiscent of the Irish fisherman sweater, the happy couple being very much of that persuasion, though caelfinn tells me that those sweaters actually originate in the '50s. Not so much with the cultural heritage. Oh well, I think it'll still look nifty; briony530 has a full-size blanket in that idea and it's quite handsome.

We met ilaine_dcmrn and her two girls at lunchtime, and trysted for dinner & good conversation with hlinspjalda andalistrina, fiber luminaries of the faraway north. All in all, a good weekend, if ass-freezing cold. (Because why? I DIDN'T WEAR WOOL. I win the moron hat.)

Comments

[briony530.livejournal.com]

briony530's mother says thank you.

[nancaurelia.livejournal.com]

Maybe 50 years' worth can still be considered as cultural heritage?

And a fine time was had by all.

[ilaine-dcmrn.livejournal.com]

Yes, there is a reason wool festivals are in October. Pay no attention to that Maryland thing. They don't get cold enough for wool anyway so it doesn't much matter when they hold it.