Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival...

The weather was beautiful! And, we were really happy as we had wandered through rain our entire day on Saturday while at Shelburne Museum. This was our first ever Sheep and Wool Festival...and we had no idea what to expect. Scarlett was like not really interested...until she got there... Yes - that would be her that you see learning how to spin on a wheel! She couldn't do it either! It's that rub tummy and head in different directions thing...but, she did learn how to use a drop spindle - and they were kind enough to give her some roving and a drop spindle made from discs for her to practice on to see if she likes it well enough to buy a real one. It was fun...and it was especially fun to watch her as she saw all the different beautiful yarns and roving that was to be had there. We watched the llamas run an obstacle course and saw sheep and goat just about everywhere you turned. These little sheep were resting after doing a show with some very talented herding dogs...

We had a great time...and ended up only buying Ann Budd's The Knitters Handy Guide to Yarn Requirements.