And Alpacas, TooNovember 13, 2006 At Kid 'n Ewe and Llamas, Too, Texas' big fiber festival... There were no kids (at least not the goat kind), there were no ewes or llamas even, but there were alpacas. And that's okay because alpacas are really cute. Part of Kid 'n Ewe was the knit-blogger meetup even, where all of the Texas knit-bloggers (who could make it) convened. Food, knitting, yarn...you know, worth the drive. |
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The drive was a long one across the great state of Texas for those of us from Houston. The even was held in Boerne (pronounced "bur-nee" with the strongest southern accent you can muster), which is just north of San Antonio. My directions said it would take me 3 1/2 hours to get there, but it took me four (and I drive pretty fast). It was GREAT weather and a beautiful drive. |
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The knit-bloggers met up inside one of the buildings. My favorite part of the event was seeing my knitter friends again. Here is Christine (also here) in the blue Clapotis, and Julia in the black shirt next to her. They organized the knit-blogger part of the event. |
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From left to right, here is Kristin, Jana (who can often be found on Kristin's blog), and Janet. We were standing around the alpaca pens here. |
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Back inside, here is Blogless Katy, Julia again, and Caro moving in a blur in front of the food table. |
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And a couple of Houston gals...Amy and Kelly. This was near the end of the afternoon when we were all tired enough to finally sit and knit. This photo also shows how dangerously close our headquarters were to the Brooks Farms booth. I know a lot of money was spent there on Saturday. I was so busy enjoying the event, I didn't get photos of all the knitters. At least not good photos. |
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So what else did I see? I saw alpacas. They make the cutest noises. I think all of the knitters agreed that they each wanted at least one to take home. I kept hearing questions to the breeders like, "Do they get along with cats?" "Can this one fit in my Jeep?" |
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I saw spinning and weaving... |
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And I saw one woman spinning angora directly from the bunny on her lap. The bunny seriously did not seem to mind. |
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Besides seeing my knitting pals, my other goal was to learn to spin on a drop spindle. And I did. A woman named Rasa at Rosewood Yarns sat down with me and gave me a lesson. She said that I took to spinning well, but my first yarn looks awfully lumpy and twisted. |
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I really didn't buy much at all. All I bought was this drop spindle and two $10 bags of roving. This particular roving is merino and silk and it feels soooo nice. After I got home, I showed the roving to Chris and he didn't seem impressed. I said, "Don't you want to touch it??" He replied, "It looks like an old lady's wig." |
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And he was right! It does look like an old lady's wig! |
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So what did the men of the house do while I was gone? This. (Lou was, of course, standing right next to Chris while he took this photo, so he's not in it.) |
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My email - staci@verypink.com |
Chris' email - barkless3@yahoo.com |
