The day started bright and early. Miss E woke us up at 4:45 and I never got back to sleep even though she did. After a 6 am CVS run (why is it the Motrin always runs out when you need it the most?), I had a lovely hour to myself before Mr. G woke up.
My early morning sweetie.
He and I hung out for a bit and then I headed down to meet my knitters for our trek west to the Massachusetts Sheep & Wool Festival. Alas, the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry…or in this case perhaps it should be the plans of cats and knitters. One lost kitty, one sad mama, and 2 hours later*, the halved posse was on the way to the festival. MAS&W is a nice little festival, much smaller than Rhinebeck and perfect for a few hours of browsing and fiber petting. Say hello to some of the wooly friends we met:
Llama llama llama
For Melody...white bunny, RED eyes!!
Gray Angora Bunny
Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool? NO, you took it all!
The one thing I was not leaving without today was a spindle. I purchased a 0.68 oz Mini from Bosworth. The whorl is purpleheart.
Purple...pretttttty
Some fiber also came home with me. I found some things I hadn’t spun before so I can work on filling out my spinner’s bingo card!
Spunky Eclectic 4 oz. Alpaca in "Forecast"
Abi's Web 8 oz. Merino/Silk in "McKenzie"
Acker's Acres Angoras 4 oz. Angora/Merino in "Raspberry"
So all in all, a fabulous fibery day. I would also like to introduce you to the newest inductee over to “the dark side”.
Jen and I, proud owners of new spindles!
One other fun note from today: While perusing the Abi’s Web Stall, the owner told me I would be spinning like a spider with the merino and silk. Jen commented, “Just like Charlotte!” And now my wheel has it’s name! 
*Don’t worry, the kitty was eventually found hiding in a pile of leaves a couple hours later. Silly kitty.
Yay! What a fun day – silly kitteh was right. Those purple bosworths are bee-u-teeful. Glad the wheel has a name.
wOOt. you girls had a fabulous time and thanks for taking the pic of the scary devil bunny for me
love your spindles… FOR YOU
glad you girls had an awesome time.
Looks like a fun day…I missed it
Actually, I can’t complain – we got the garden in and planted raspberries, so it was a good day! Someday soon, I’ll be lured to that 1st spindle – your new fiber is gorgeous!
Looks like a great time! I’m glad you guys had fun!