Stash Enchancement at the MDS&W, Part II

I'm feeling a bit more human today. I'm still tired, but I've got goodies to show. I swore I wouldn't let myself get too much purple and pink at the S&W this year. I was kidding myself. These hairsticks are the only thing that didn't have purple or pink anywhere. (Click on any picture to make it larger.)

I was actually quite disappointed not to find a lot of laceweight. I only found a little bit of sock yarn that I liked. It was, in fact, the only sheep's wool I got.

The one on the right will be socks for my mother. I'm casting on today and hope to finish them before she leaves.

I got mostly silk this year. Lots of silk. I had never spun silk before, but for some reason the silks called to me. The sheen and the softness, the way it drapes even unspun. I figured silk was perfect to spin on my new spindle. The pink/purple and the purple/teal, two ounces each, are from The Flock Bransonas.

Four ounces of chocolate alpaca with multi-colored tussah top from Shadeside Farm. The picture just doesn't do it justice. It's called "Marvelle" and it has purple, magenta, and blue.

And here's four ounces of bamboo top. I was having trouble deciding between two and my friend told me "You know you want the one with the purple". It's very silk-like and soft.

I also got a couple of soaps - lavender mint and lavender cinnamon. So even my soaps have purple in them. All in all, it was a good day. Lots of nice fiber, lots of nice people. I didn't spend too much and I even bought everything that "spoke" to me.