I wandered on over to Estes with my two sisters and nephew.  I wanted to make sure that Maddock (nephew) is introduced to wool early and has an adoration of alpaca so he can buy me some when I am old.  Here he is giving it a try.  My sister decided he should start small and this did the trick. 

Next year he may get the alpaca on the stick so he can look like he is riding an alpaca.

I saw several knit bloggers and the big event but was not able to chat long as I had to hurry back to Boulder for a camping trip.  Yep, we were gone a big 16 hours or so.  (I know, sorry excuse for the term "camping")

Anyway, back to yarn.  I bought some Brooks Fiber Farm.  They had a new yarn this year that is sock yarn with some superwash.  Since I still have two large skeins that i have not used from last year I opted to purchase the sock yarn this year.  I love the colors and there are 440 yards/skein!  There may be some holiday gifts in these. 

I also made it to interlacements and my sister and I had to cut ourselves off.  I think at one point I had twelve different items.  I ended up with four.  Here are the lovelies. 

I have never purchased interlacements before so I am curious to see how it turns out.  (Whenever I get around to knitting it)  I know that Michelle went to a cool dying class at their place and it looked like a lot of fun.  I might just have to check that out at some point. 

I also purchased this wool from a cute little couple and I left the booth smiling because they were so sweet.  I like to support the small farms.  They love what they do and they love to tell you all about their stuff.  The husbands mother still spins and I think he was in his sixties.  Can you imagine how old his mother is?  I was impressed that she is still spinning up a storm.  Gives a whole new meaning to the term GO GRANDMA!!

Finally, I found this.  I bought this merely because you hardly ever see it and since it was rare I had to have it.  Does anyone know what this is?  Take a guess.........

The is the fur from a great pyraneese dog.  Hee hee!  Yep it was pretty cheap and I have enough for a scarf.  I think that Pete's mom will get the scarf since she is the dog lover in the family.  It is a great color and a little rough but I can try and fix that later.  The woman I bought this from said that she is going to mix it with some mohair next year.  Maybe I can give her Zack for a year and see if she can spin him.  I might be a ble to get a little payback for all of the knitted items he has been eating.

Happy Knitting.