Last weekend I made my annual trek out to the Manitoba Fibre Festival, and I was happy to see this year was bigger and better than ever! I absolutely love that farmers bring in some sheep and alpacas to the festival. Being an animal lover, I always head right over to the animals to see who wants to be friends with me. I bonded with an Icelandic sheep who pretty much made my day :)
It was great to see local vendors who I have come to be familiar with the last few years all set up and doing brisk business! I also noticed that there were more vendors from out of town than I had seen in previous years. It seems our little festival is gaining notoriety, which is great! More choice is always a good thing.
I went to Fibre Fest this year on a bit of a mission to find something nice for the Done in Love CAL I wanted to work on. And when I saw the beautiful transitional skeins that Cog Yarns out of Saskatchewan had to offer, I knew immediately that I had to have em!
Of course, the camera never fully picks up how gorgeous these colours are...but here they are nonetheless. I've laid them out in the order I am going to use on the sweater, with the grey on the left at the top, and then ending with the charcoal on the right.
My husband has proved to be a pretty loud complainer when I use his arms to hold the skeins for me when I roll them into balls, so I've moved on to the chair method instead. It works quite well except for when my assistants get a little frisky with the yarn!
Thanks for holding the chairs down for me ladies! Ah, life is never boring when you have cats. So thanks to Fibre Fest, I'm now rolling on the yoke of my sweater and so far so good :) Already looking forward to next year's Fest, of course!
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