Harvest Moon Sheep and Wool Festival Lake Elmo, MN

I got to Meet Karen and we got to shop together at the festival also!! My husband came with and so did her's so it was a great meet up! We shoped while it rained outside which wasn't great but, was a nive fiber day anyhow. LOL~~ We plan to meet up more while I'm in the area. Roving I got. My husband is going to learn how to spin!!! He is signed up for classes already and will be talking to other spinners and joining in some groups. He may even join Ravelry!! What a great hubby I have, Hey! Oh also he plans to get some alpacas, Llamas, sheep and so forth as time goes and then we can have our own fiber!! We are unsure of what we will start out with first but, will update as it happens. If it would have been nicer day Karen brought some of her Alpaca Fleece but, I didn't see it due to pooring rain. So next time we may go to their house and see the Alpaca's and the fleece then!!
I bought some felting needles! Plan to try these out soon.
600 Yards of Alpaca!!! I got another one like this but, can't find the picture. Got a different colorway tho. This is black and tan and the other is brown and white. BEAUTIFUL!! and soooo SOFT.
Roving. For some reason the picture I took is blurry and they are this way in all so for some reason it doesn't like the camera. It is soft and beautiful tho!!
This is Needle Felted animals. NON are done by me. They were shown at the show by Martin's Magical Menagerie. I do plan to learn how to do this tho as it is soooo neat!! They are very light also! Some of them were fairly large also! Like 7" or more!!

I took pictures of some roving at one of the venders for reference. This way I can go on their website and BUY once hubby is better at spinning. He wanted only some to start with.

Llama's in the barn!

nope a sample pic only.
Sample
I got this one! Hubby's bag and hand is in picture even. LOL~~ We got 8.1 ounces!




Cute kid but, was not with us. LOL~~ He liked the bunnies. The barn people couldn't sell their fiber so I have to buy Llama, some sheep, and angora off their websites which I plan to very soon!

Alpaca!
Alpaca!! He was very curious of me and even stuck his head out at me. LOL






Baby sheep. Can't remember which type. There was goats there also.

Hubby fell in love with this little one. The owner was nice and let him hold it.
Can you find the rabbits head??? It is there! LOL

Demo on sheering.

Hope you liked it! It was a lot of fun!

Traveling to WI (texas & NM stops)

This is on our way back to WI. I forgot to take pictures at all our stops but, took the ones that were the nicest. LOL~~ We stopped in Deming, NM the first night but, it was not anything special. The horses did get their own space every night. Most places the dogs got to run around free with no leash but, not all. The cats had it the hardest but, made it with not much trouble. They were even fairly quiet! However My cat Spirit did get sick but, it might be allergies. We may take him to the vet tomorrow but, he is kinda snaping out of it. Nate is Running the girls in the round pen before we have to get back on the road. This place in Amarillo, TX was super nice and we spoiled ouselves with a bunkhouse room and it was nicer and cheaper then other rooms we have been in through the years. Some we paid over $150 for and this one for $75 was better then them! LOL~~ The girls were very happy to have a 60 foot round pen to themselves. Our dogs and cats got to run their entire barn as we were the only ones staying that night! They loved it to say the least and the owners were very nice.
This was in NM. We stayed near the 60. Can't think of the town's name. Its a little past Socorro. Nice RV park. We stayed in our truck on the bed in back. It was a bit crowded but, we made it through. At least this place had showers and a bathroom we could use!! The other one didn't which sucked for me. Had to go potty outside or in the horse trailer. I know TMI. The horses had fun in their stalls every night!


Back to Texas place. LOL~~ Thought it was nice to get pictures of them running in the round pen. I know they liked it. Its fun to train this way. They don't even know its happening. LOL

The barn the dogs and cats got to run all night!
Outside shots of the bunkhouse building
NM park


Bunkhouse inside the room

Guest kitchen as they serve continental breakfast!!
Walkway to the bunkhouse room
They plan to screen this porch in so bugs will leave ya alone!!
Outside of bunkhouse area


Speckles sleeping. He barried himself on the bed in back. They got a cushy ride being on the bed all the time! LOL

Texas main building (owners office and house)
Inside room again

Baby Boy

Here we are with our Friends Will and his wife and the very cute Little Baby Boy. They loved all the knitted gifts. We got to see them before we left Az for WI.