I promised yesterday that I would tell you who the lady is with the big knitting. She was just one of a cast of talented people at Woolfest. Her name is Ingid Wagner, and you can read more about her here. She produces amazing knitted items on enormous needles - great fun!
When we started shopping, of course our first stop was with Helen at Ripples Crafts. We hadn't seen Helen since she moved to Sutherland a year ago, so there was a great deal of squealing and hugging before we could think about shopping!
Jennifer was amazed at the range of colours that Helen dyes her wonderful yarn - and of course I had to buy some!
I also bought this wonderful little sheep - if you go over to Helen's website, you can read all about the sheep on her blog - it is a wonderful, heartwarming story
We had a short break from shopping to watch the sheep-shearing demonstration - it was such a warm day, I am sure the sheep were grateful to lose their wooly coats!
This little lamb didn't look to happy at what had been done to its mum!!
While browsing round the stalls - oh would you like an idea of how many there were?
this is just a fraction of the stalls - sorry it's not the best of photos - taken through a dirty reinforced window!
So, as I was saying, I was browsing, when I bumped into Kate, wearing one of her own creations
It is a lovely jumper - but will I let you into a little secret - I can't wear wool next to my skin (it makes me itch) and I don't think this would look the same worked in cotton - ah well .....
So - the important bit - what else did I buy? Apart from Helen's lovely wool, everything else I bought is for needle felting - lots of luscious colours - I am looking forward to working with it all.
And one last thing - this kit to make a funky frog!!
By mid-afternoon, we were hot and tired, with sore feet, so we decided to head for home. But that wasn't quite the end of our wonderful day out - and you know what I'm going to say ...... yes, I'll tell you the rest tomorrow!