What a day!!! It was incredibly hot and by the time I arrived at the showground in Cockermouth it was already sweltering. I staggered in with the spinning wheel (the Ashford Traditional) and took it straight to its new owner. So now with some spending money in my pocket I headed straight for The Yarn Yard stall - of course! I grabbed the red that I was buying for a friend and some yellow for her too and some red for me....
So now with the essentials sold and bought I could browse at will. Wow - what an amazing show. Stalls oozing with yarn and fibre of every colour and variety. Spinning wheels in use all over the place. Oh my - it was such fun. There were sheep and llamas and angora rabbits and the cutest lambs. So many familiar names from Ravelry, online stores and bloggers. Lots of Ravelry badges to peep at as I brushed past people.
I was intrigued by a lovely Russian lady who was making the most amazing shawls and spinning super-fine yarn on a drop spindle. I bought some cobweb lace yarn from her in the deepest of purples:
I got a bit carried away with the fibre and fell in love with a HUGE batt at the Wingham stall. I have named it Jupiter because it sort of looks like the colour of Jupiter - hee. See how big it is? It's 80% Merino, 20% Silk.
I also bought some sock blockers - been thinking about getting some for a while - and now I am doing the 12 pairs in 12 months challenge I want a better way to display the socks. Here they are with this months finished socks on:
I bought some plain white merino/silk - to ply with the large batt and some small felted brooches for the boys to give to their teachers tomorrow on their last day of term. I got some sparkly fibre to play with too. Then I sneaked back to the Yarn Yard stall and bought a skein of the new yummy sock yarn in a gorgeous dark blue/green - I think it looks like Black Watch.
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