Fleece Fectival

Yesterday was the Fleece Festival at the Prospect Park Zoo. About a dozen of us my knitting group went. After checking out the sheep we went searching for the fiber demos. IThe Brooklyn General Store ran the fiber demo and the woman from the store seemed a little overwhelmed. dont think they were prepared for the knitters, who seemed to descend on the table at the exact same moment. Everyone grabbed a spindle and started spinning. Those who knew how to spin taught those of us who didnt. I had an immediate dislike for the bottom whorl spindle, not enough to grab onto to make the thing spin. I found atop whorl, ahhhh...this was fun. Then onto the spinning wheel. Alexandra showed me how to draft the roving and time the drafting with the spinning. I kept overspinning the yarn, but I was mesmerized. I want one.

No time for pictures. Off to the sheep shearing.
There wasnt much else to see at the zoo. I was hoping to buy a spindle and some fiber, but there was nothing to buy. However, the Brooklyn General Store was having 25% off sale over the weekend on practically everything in the store. I managed to convince a couple of the women from the group to go with me. We werent disappointed.

I bought a spindle, some cream colored fleece, blue faced leicester in brown, and merino in fuschia. As tired as I was when I got home I had to start spinning before I forgot how. Its pretty amazing.
In other news, I finished the Embossed Leaves socks.

Patches is such a good sport.

I cast on the 2nd Monkey sock and started on the heel flap. There was also an incident on Friday at the LYS. I woke up in the middle of the night thinking about the blue Berroco Softwist they had on sale. I bought 8 skeins. So much for my rule to only buy one skein of yarn to swatch before committing to a project. After two attempts at swatching I still dont know what I'm going to do with it. I love the sheen but it splits like crazy. Maybe a shrug, though I doubt I'll ever wear it.