Bendigo spoils

Yesterday the lovely Jo and I roadtripped it up to Bendigo for the annual Sheep and Wool Show. The weather cooperated and was cold but not rainy so we could drive and traipse around the show without fearing for our lives on the highway or getting soggy at the show.

As per last year, I was hardpressed to not try and kidnap an alpaca but I resisted the urge and instead we focused our efforts on stocking up on yarn (and some lovely soaps). So herewith the booty obtained:



Pear Tree Yarn's Supersoft 8 ply merino. Possibly destined for a small shawl of some sort. If I stop petting it.



Bamboo/Wool/Nylon sock yarn from Mosley Park. The colourway is called overcast and as we were driving back towards Melbourne in the late afternoon we decided it was well named as the sun just starting to set overcast sky was indeed these shades of pale blue and silver and sand-with-hint-of-pink.

Then of course, I had to raid Melissa's stall as she is my favourite yarn purveyor. All attempts at self control go out the window at this point.



4 ply premium Merino Sock yarn (Loch Ness) Maybe socks. Maybe a shawl.



3ply Merino sock yarn. (Sooty). Mostly likely a scarf or shawl.



Handpainted Kollage Fantastic (10 ply merino). Not quite sure yet. (Mid-Blues)



More Premium Merino Sock yarn in what I have decided is the world's most impossible colour to photograph. It's more emeraldy than this and a semi-solid I guess. Beautiful in reality.

And then there was this that batted its eyelashes at me and refused to be left behind.



Namaste Laguna in Peacock.

Then, of course, after forcibly dragging ourselves away from the show, there was the Mill to be visited on the way home.



Melody in the Sapphire colorway. This ball has friends but they didn't all want to be photographed.

To finish, the obligatory cute alpaca shot!