As I have been using so much sock yarn for Country Kiddie lately I stashed up a bit on that. I really wanted to make one from STR and I figured I needed to have the experience of waiting in line for sock yarn, everyone should. I waited 45 minutes. It was 11am when I got in line and it was already pretty picked over. I couldn't find a pink/green color-way like I wanted to but I got some other pretty stuff.

The green's look a bit gray in this photo for some reason. This yarn below knits up SO pretty! It is an angora/wool blend and is hand dyed and then hand plied (the women who does it must enjoy plying, A LOT because they had A LOT of yarn!). The booth was in the main building and had a ton of sample sweaters in the same pattern but in different colors. I can't wait to knit this up, it's really pretty and of course my favorite colors.

Now for my two favorite purchases, one is a hank of 100% cashmere. 300 yards. I am thinking about making cashmere socks. How nice would that be to wear in the winter around the house? Or even with burks on a cool spring day.

Second, something I have wanted for years. A golding spindle. This one is 1.9 ounces and perfect for long fibers like BFL and Shetland. The women working the Golding booth was so nice and helpful. I was torn between this and a butterfly 1.2 ounce one which would have been nice for merino but the truth is I spin most with Shetland, BFL and those types of wool. She had me try it out and wow it spins like a dream. I went outside today and spun up some but then it got too windy and I had to stop. I LURV it.

I did not buy any roving (oh I wanted too) but I have loads in my closet and I really think I buy to much stuff so I tried to keep my purchases small. I actually only went in one barn (to get the STR) and never walked through the rest of it, and went through the main big indoor building. I missed SO MUCH but I knew I would want to buy to much and it was best not to even look. I also got some really funny stitch markers but I still need to photograph them. I also met someone while shopping and I will tell you all about that later too!