Sheep and Wool Tomorrow!
May. 1st, 2009 11:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
crafty_packratThis weekend is the Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival.
I have a plan this time!
Must buy:
2 tomato plants (one dwarf) and sundry herbs—Thorne Farms
1 lb honey candy—Bee Folks
1 spindle
Look for:
2 skeins sockweight yellow yarn equivalent to Indigo Moon Merino Superwash 2-ply fingering weight (100% Superwash Merino Wool, 370 yds/341 m per 3 ½ oz/100 g skein) in color Buttercup for Netherfield socks
2 skeins (100g) sock yarn in cotton/blend ragg formrshamill
2 skeins (100g) wool sock yarn in ragg formrshamill
2 skeins (100g) cotton sock yarn ombre for self
1350 yards (1 skein Helen's Lace or equivalent) laceweight in semi-solid or solid for Irtfa'a
700 yards fingering semi-solid for Ostrich Plumes Stole
2 skein (different color, solids) sport Euroflax for spectator hat (check Summer 2002 Interweave for pattern)
16 skeins Fiddlesticks Knitting Luscious Tweed (90% Wool, 10% Silk; 114 yds/105 m per 1 ¾ oz/50 g skein) in Peacock (or Garnet) for Ardent Jacket [DK weight, 1800 -2000 yds)
1 skein Pagewood Farm St. Elias Sock (80% Bluefaced Leicester, 20% nylon; 450 yd/411 m per 4 oz/113.5 g) in New Horizon [or equivalent] for Elissa hat & scarf
1 47-inch size 7 circular for lace knitting
8oz+ ball winder for lace winding (only if under $100; check auction for deals)
Admittedly, this is a pretty big list, but a lot of the 'Look for' items are 'maybes'; I'm trying to keep my magpie tendencies (oooo! shiny!) under control.
I have a plan this time!
Must buy:
2 tomato plants (one dwarf) and sundry herbs—Thorne Farms
1 lb honey candy—Bee Folks
1 spindle
Look for:
2 skeins sockweight yellow yarn equivalent to Indigo Moon Merino Superwash 2-ply fingering weight (100% Superwash Merino Wool, 370 yds/341 m per 3 ½ oz/100 g skein) in color Buttercup for Netherfield socks
2 skeins (100g) sock yarn in cotton/blend ragg for
mrshamill2 skeins (100g) wool sock yarn in ragg for
mrshamill2 skeins (100g) cotton sock yarn ombre for self
1350 yards (1 skein Helen's Lace or equivalent) laceweight in semi-solid or solid for Irtfa'a
700 yards fingering semi-solid for Ostrich Plumes Stole
2 skein (different color, solids) sport Euroflax for spectator hat (check Summer 2002 Interweave for pattern)
16 skeins Fiddlesticks Knitting Luscious Tweed (90% Wool, 10% Silk; 114 yds/105 m per 1 ¾ oz/50 g skein) in Peacock (or Garnet) for Ardent Jacket [DK weight, 1800 -2000 yds)
1 skein Pagewood Farm St. Elias Sock (80% Bluefaced Leicester, 20% nylon; 450 yd/411 m per 4 oz/113.5 g) in New Horizon [or equivalent] for Elissa hat & scarf
1 47-inch size 7 circular for lace knitting
8oz+ ball winder for lace winding (only if under $100; check auction for deals)
Admittedly, this is a pretty big list, but a lot of the 'Look for' items are 'maybes'; I'm trying to keep my magpie tendencies (oooo! shiny!) under control.
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Date: 2009-05-04 11:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-05-04 11:22 pm (UTC)Maryland Sheep and Wool
Date: 2009-05-04 11:30 pm (UTC)There's also Rhinebeck in NY State in fall, if that's closer to you.
Re: Maryland Sheep and Wool
Date: 2009-05-05 01:29 am (UTC)Re: Maryland Sheep and Wool
Date: 2009-05-05 02:30 am (UTC)