Fiber Festival!!!

So way back in May (!!!) I went to a fiber festival with my mom. We went to the Shepard's Harvest Sheep and Wool Festival in Lake Elmo, MN.  It was the first time I had ever been to anything like this, at that point in time I had only ever been gifted fiber or bought it at yarn stores who just had a few braids of fiber here and there. It ended up being rainy the day we went so there was not a lot going on outside but there was so much happening inside the buildings. I had never been around that many people dedicated to fiber arts! I of course tried to sneak home the cutest angora rabbit in the world but my mom caught me.

I did end buying way too much fiber, funny joke, there is never too much fiber. Some of it I spun before I could even get a picture of the actual fiber so here is the fiber I was able to get pictures of before I lost all self control.

There are three more that I bought and have already spun up that I need to take pictures of still. As you can see I completely fell in love at the Hello Purl booth. There stuff is so amazing and the colors in person are completely gorgeous! I am a little nervous to spin these gorgeous batts because I just want the yarn to turn out as gorgeous as the fiber. Any suggestions of spinning ideas would be welcomed!


For my birthday my dad got me a ton of alpaca (it is like a cloud of joy) There are three colors and he got me two braids of each. Seriously it is like a bag full of soft happiness. I am wanting to spin it and maybe make a teddy bear or a cowl. I am so excited about having this much fiber to spin!!