MDS&W -- Silkworm Day, 15th of Flowering, Year 227

[crafty_packrat]

I went to Maryland Sheep and Wool today with temve and el -- we left to arrive when the gates open because temve had a concert she had to be back for.

We watched the sheepdog trial demo, ate lamb-burger, lamb sausage, and roasted, candied pecans.

I bought:

• 12 chile, bell pepper, tomatillo, and tomato plants


• 6 cotton plants -- 2 Egyptian green, 2 brown, 2 red-foliated


• 3 bags of honey candy


• 4 oz of 50% yak/50% silver roving in a gorgeous silver color


• 2 oz of puni (merino, polwarth, bamboo, soysilk, silk) in a colorway called "blacktop chalk art" from Cooperative Press


• a 6-pack of Kashmir mini-skeins in a color-set called "Valentine" from Fiber Optic Yarns


• a skein of Kashmir in a colorway called "Oakmoss" also from Fiber Optic Yarns


• a jewel-box set of mini skeins for the 9-color version of this pattern -- Vacillate


• a black that was supposed to go with the jewel-box, but might actually be the wrong weight..?


• a skein of laceweight bison down yarn in a blue-green color called "Taos"


• a neon gradient from Wild Hare in black to neon rainbow in 2 repeats


• a 1.1 oz spindle from Snyder Spindles with a cogwheel pattern in whorl and a biohazard symbol on top


• an 8 g spindle from Kate's Cauldron that is made out of Scrabble tiles and spells the word 'Spin'

We didn't get funnel cake, but I bumped into two people I know, one for the local fiber arts guild (I stopped going years ago, because became too much trouble to get to meetings after they kept moving locations), and one from my old job.