Fiber Fair!

Last weekend was the Got to be NC Agricultural Fair at the State Fairgrounds here in Raleigh, of which the Fiber Fair was the most fantabulous part. :) See all the fibery things:


Each group at the fiber fair was a NC fiber artist/company of some sort, including spinners, alpaca farmers, and Peaches & Creme, which, as it turns out, is an NC company. They actually have cotton yarn in many different weights and in 130 colors, when the only place you can buy it locally is Wal-mart (boo!) and they only carry six colors (double boo!). So, Wal-mart sucks. I went on Friday with Deb, and we had a lot of fun talking to people 'cause no one was there. We got a free ball of yarn and I got a pretty peacock feather. New thing I learned: peacocks lose their feathers every July, tail feathers & all! Went to the fair again with Mel on Saturday, super crowded, but still fun because of these guys:


We got to pet on them and feed them treats and the white one gave me a kiss on the nose. :) The brown one was a little boy and he was making sad little noises that, while sad, were still super cute. He was sad because they left his girlfriend at the farm and the girl that they did bring with them (white one) wouldn't play with him, opting to spit on him instead.


The cuteness is killing me.

So, it was a fun day, both of them. ;) Learned new stuff, loved on alpacas, got some ideas for knitting group field trips, and tasted a bunch of NC wines, so bonus. :)