{"id":896,"date":"2010-05-12T05:14:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T10:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.textillian.com\/?p=896"},"modified":"2010-05-12T05:14:00","modified_gmt":"2010-05-12T10:14:00","slug":"so-good-to-be-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.textillian.com\/?p=896","title":{"rendered":"So Good to Be Bad"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well, as you might have suspected, I did go to the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival <\/a>the other week. It was a hot one, too. I can’t remember it being that warm (up to 90 degrees) at the festival. Fortunately, this year, Columbia Sip and Knit <\/a>had a hospitality “suite” just outside the entrance to the festival. So a big thanks to them for that. They helped out a lot of people with their lemonade and cupcakes.<\/p>\n

As with every year, there was plenty to walk away with, and I certainly did my share. First stop was the Barefoot Spinner.<\/p>\n

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I just find her fiber so easy to spin and a quick way to generate some great yarn.<\/p>\n

Then, I happened upon the Fold<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Actually, I happened upon them twice, once on Saturday and once on Sunday. On Saturday, I got the STR Lightweight in Cattywampus and BFL from Fiber Optic <\/a>in Sapphire and Everglade. On Sunday, I picked up more BFL from Fiber Optic in Mulberry and Tuscany. I can not wait to spin these up. The colors are so rich and saturated. And when making my purchase on Sunday, I got to meet Kimber of Fiber Optic.<\/p>\n

From the Fold, onto Cloverhill<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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From Cloverhill, I picked up more of Dragonfly Fibers’ <\/a>Naiad in Black Pearl and Spring in Washington. And I happened to see Kate<\/a>, who I first met at the Homespun Yarn Party.<\/p>\n

Next stop, Spirit Trail<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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On the left is a merino\/angora\/cashmere blend in Celadonian Pines, and on the right is a baby camel\/silk blend in River Bed. Luxury! Of course, seeing this now, I am kind of wishing I bought two of each braid. Hmmmm.<\/p>\n

And on Sunday, I hit Miss Babs<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Working our way from left to right, there is Oregon Cellar and Jingle Jingle in the 3 ply, an unnamed brown in the wool\/bamboo\/nylon blend, and Denim and Bronze Plum in the 2 ply. I was kind of amazed by the organization of her booth. The racks were so that I was almost afraid to disturb the order of the yarn on them. Almost.<\/p>\n

Now, looking back over this, I am thinking that I wasn’t so bad this year. But then I remember that I also purchased a six pound light gray Romney fleece from Triple ‘R’ Farm\u00a0that I dropped off at Zeilinger’s<\/a> to be processed. That should be arriving in July for more spinning goodness. I am hoping to spin the fleece up to weave a blanket, though I am undecided whether I will try to work with that fleece alone or combine it with some of the other fleeces that I have of a difference color. Decisions, decisions.<\/p>\n

Now, why did I go back on Sunday? So I could pick up this.<\/p>\n

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Woohoo for me! More about this next.<\/p>\n

Copyright 2010 by G. P. Donohue for textillian.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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