Felt Balls

[yarncandy]

So, we went to Taos this weekend to see our old friends from Lake Charles who were in town waiting out the hurricane evacuation AND to go to the Taos Wool Festival. I loaded up on wool at the festival, some of which I just felted. See, Nate is 2 years old and has a very strong arm--so strong that he threw a phone at his mother (innocently, of

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[rhitsqueaky]

Cute kids!

I went to the wool festival on Sunday and was surprised myself with how little I bought. I think I was overwhelmed by the choices. It's been a few years since I went to one of these sort of things.

[yarncandy]

Thanks!

I was sort of expecting a lot more good deals on wool. I think I paid too much for some stuff--like $3/oz. for natural dyed wool....it was still fun though--I like Taos and it was the first strictly wool festival I have ever been too, so I went bananas when I saw all the fiber stuff.

[rhitsqueaky]

I kept walking from vendor to vendor petting all the fiber. I ended up buying a fleece (three pounds of wool for me to spin! Whee!), some mohair, and a couple of hanks of yarn. Some of the yarn will be used to knit new socks for my husband to reward him for going to the fair with me. :)