So I went to bed around 10:30 (eastern) and got up at 6. We went over to KT’s house and met the small hollering boys (we read a book about bulldozers). M went off to Baltimore to look at the boats and KT and I hopped in the car. Everything was going swimmingly until we got stuck in traffic on the beltway. I had my sock pal’s sock and KT (who is Entertaining all on her own) so I was Fine with it.

KT is modeling the sock to keep us busy while we are stuck in traffic.

Because of the delay, many many people made it there before we did.

There is an equal number of cars to my left. Seriously.

There was tons and tons of yarn and fiber and sheep and sheep accessories. I only have a couple of pictures because it was Completely Overwhelming. I had a really hard time buying anything at all because there was just so much to look at.

This stuff is interesting becuase it’s naturally non-felting. KT, what is it again?

I did not get to touch this particular fiber, there were too many people in the way.

Alpacas!

That’s pretty much it as far as pictures go – there were HOARDS of people and I did not think that they would have appreciated me getting in the way with my phone. There were Serious Fiber Enthusists **I just watched the Kentucky Derby! Woot!** in attendance! As far as fiber goes, there was a lot of roving/fleece (goes without saying), a whole lot of miscellaneous handpaints, sock yarn, handspun, machine spun (in natural animal colors and dyed) wheels and spindles. The Socks that Rock sock yarn was SOLD OUT by 10am (no keychains either, boo). KT was very sad (not like she isn’t in the club or anything – but once you get some of that stuff, you just want more). She bought roving and a spindle to console herself. Heh. I believe I might have encouraged that a little. Just a little.

There were these amazing Orenburg lace shawls. I was Enchanted by them and I desperately want to make something that delicately beautiful. I’m going to get a book, give thought to the project and some day, when I finish the Epic CounterPain, maybe I can make one too. I would have bought the yarn (cobwebs, really) already, but it was also GONE. But I did get:

That’s some worsted in purple and grey from Fingerlakes, some stinky sample fiber (I can’t remember what it is?), some roving from Cloverleaf Farms and a swift! Yaaaay! KT ended up (the picture I took is Horrid, not worth the download time) with some roving from the Fold (Hot Flash), the spindle, some really pretty stuff from somewhere she went while I was busy fondling the shawls and some of the naturally machine washable wool in red for vests for the boys. Not nearly as much yarn as I thought I would get, but I did get my swift so it is all good.

In conclusion: I had a great day!

This is my pitiful attempt at a group shot!

We are going to look at DC monuments tonight (they are pretty all lit up)! After that I’ll see if I can’t remember my password and check my email. Thanks for all the fun comments – it’s been fun blogging as I go along!