Caution! Alpacas are cute and you will want to steal one.
Kid and Ewe and Llamas, Too - fun! Too bad there weren’t any llamas there. We did see plenty of adorable alpacas, is that close enough? Props to Christine for driving us there and back in her mega-vehicle (I slept the whole way home, as is kelly’s way) and to Julia for the fantastic hospitality! And additional props to both of them for organizing this whole meetup thing! Yeah!
The animals. Humans excluded, because I have absolutely zero photos of people that aren’t blurry (sorry, Abbe, you are perpetually blurry to my camera’s lens), but Staci, Kristen, and Nanc have some good photos of the peeps that were there, and there’s also a nice list of people with linky linky to peruse.
Alpacas! The Caution sign in the left photo says “Our alpacas will capture your heart.” Yup.
Angora bunnies! There was a bin of “fresh off the bunny” fiber, and it was the softest. thing. ever. At one point, the angora bunny owner was spinning yarn straight from the bunny. Seriously, the bunny was in her lap and she was spinning away. Needless to say, this drew a crowd, and by the time I pulled out my camera and jockeyed for a prime photo-snapping position, she had stopped. Staci has a good photo of the action, though.
First up, Brooks Farm yarn. The first two skeins are Four Play, a wool/silk blend. The camo-ey green one will be something for Rob. Rob is down with this, although I don’t know if he’s realized the amount of lovely silken sheen that his future winter accessory will have. The two on the right are yarn that I WON! People, I am not a winner. I never get my hopes up when lady luck is involved. They are Brooks Farm Riata, a wool/mohair/silk blend. These puppies are soft and pass the hold-it-to-your-neck softness test, despite the mohair content. When I went to buy the second skein of Four Play, I mentioned to the Brooks Farm woman that I was the winner of the lovely yarn, and she asked me if I’d like to swap the skeins for different colors. Hell, yeah! So what was a pinky-bluey-yellowy-really-not-kelly mix became two skeins of awesome.
The braided fiber is merino from Clouds of Fiber, on the right is a merino/tussah silk blend from Heritage Arts. Yummers on both.
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I was envious of your car-sleeping skills on Saturday night! You kind of had that Snow White thing going on.
I heart alpacas. They are actually way more valuable than llamas. But I do love llamas, too.
You really scored on winning such a nice door prize. It’s amazing that we were all able to leave without a few fiber-y pets. Too bad my dogs have such short hair.
Your photos are really nice, btw. You captured a really pretty light on the alpacas that clearly shows off their faces. I don’t know whether or not you just got lucky there, but as someone who is trying to get better at photography, I really appreciate what you were able to do!
Nice! I’m never ususally a winner either - glad to see you are now in the winners corner! Great yarn too - I love Brooks Farm stuff. I always spend way too much time at their booth in MD….
Abbe was talking about trying to fit an alpaca in the back of the Subaru, but I’m glad that didn’t happen. Could have been a stinky ride back to Austin.
Is it wrong that I’ve been petting my Brooks Farm purchases since I got home?
Those alpacas would definitely steal my heart! I’ve still never seen one in the flesh.
And they yarn and fiber! Great colors all around! Can’t wait to see the silken sheen on the future winter accessory.
Yarn and fiber porn! Great colors! Looks like a wonderful time was had, sorry I missed it.
Those are awesome pictures of the cute alpaca faces. And you totally won the best prize of all!
Aww, alpacas are so cute! The haul looks great–wish I could have been there.