The Carolina Alpaca Festival was held this past weekend, and I am pleased to say that I was able to attend. I want to be able to say that I never missed a single one! I didn't buy much--a pair of crocheted gauntlets for Bec, a hank of Thai silk the color of spring sunshine, and a hank of boucle wool that is a lovely blend of olive, teal, and cream (sounds fugly--looks beautiful!) I believe it wants to be a scarf for my girl, to go with her winter coat. The silk? It needs to be mine for awhile till it decides what to be. Probably crocheted, probably a shawl/scarf/stole.

My wonderful companions, Jane & co., Bec and Gretchen, were kind enough to let me view every single alpaca in the entire barn. They were all so cute, I wanted to take them all home. Jane is going to send me some pictures; I'll post one then.

Man, I have no discipline for blogging, apparently. I have done a bunch of knitting, and even have a few pictures, but I haven't kept any of it!



I am still working on Colin's sweater, started back at the end of October, totally frogged twice, and re-started with steady progress since Christmas. I am also actively knitting a pair of gauntlets for him, but since he is so tall, it takes a while (and a couple of balls of Mission Falls 1824 wool apiece!)



I did finish a ski hat (I will try to post a picture--I heard there is one somewhere), and some socks, and a pair or two of fingerless mitts. Lots of stuff that was started and relegated to the frog pond during the big stash reorg last month.