Maine Fiber Frolic

Be Warned... This is a picture heavy wool porn post!!

I have just returned from my second annual sojourn to the Maine Fiber Frolic put on by the Maine Llama Breeders Assn. It isn't a behemoth like Maryland or Rheinbeck, but it is a really nice local event. I would guess that more than 50% of the vendors are from Maine and the balance are from the rest of New England.

No one can say I didn't do my share to support the Maine sheep farmers! I bought a coated Romney fleece from Raffaella Reimer at North Tempest Farm (no web page). I wasn't supposed to be buying anymore raw fleece but it was absolutely irresistible. See...



Could you resist such a fleece? If so, you are a better person than I.

Was that all I bought... well... no... I also acquired 8 oz. of hand-dyed Wool/Mohair blend from Stanmere Farm (no web page) in Fayette, ME.

AND... 8 oz. of blue/green wool from Friends Folly Farm...

AND... 12 oz. of cotton candy Romney wool that I can't figure out where I bought it, but it is the most ethereal clouds of pink. Someone needs to have a baby girl... I'm not naming names, but you know who you are...

AND a whole pound of rose/peach/ecru wool from End of the World Farm (no web page) also in Fayette, ME to spin/knit a sweater for one of the nieces. This is actually a Kerri project.

AND buttons for the Tahoe Cardigan which you will see when I finish the darn thing. I think that's everything.

Other than the buttons and the rose wool from End of the World, I have no idea what I am going to be doing with any of it. I bought it because it brought me a little joy, not because I had any agenda. I went in search of sock yarn, but for some reason I couldn't commit to any.

As I fell in love with this llama and as the event is put on by Maine Llama Breeders Assn. I thought I should show him to you.

I am a sucker for a speckled llama. Isn't he gorgeous? I know less about llamas than I do astrophysics, but I was quite taken by his handsome face and quiet charm.

That's my report from Fiber Frolic. I am already looking forward to next year.