On Saturday we went up to Builth Wells to the Royal Welsh Showground where I attended my first ever WonderWool.
As well as all of the yarn I was really pleased to see some sheep
Sheep tucking into some lunch
and my favourites, the Toft alpacas
Toft Alpacas
You Looking at Me?
There were also some Angora rabbits there but I didn’t see them.
I also recorded a couple of audioboos while I was there, you can hear the first – an interview with Chrissie Menzies, one of the organisers – here but the second one that I did with Lynne Seymore of Calon Yarns seems to have been eaten after it failed to upload a few times 🙁
Of course I bought a few things while I was there including this fab WonderWool charity bag in aid of the Air Ambulance
Wonderbag
I’d been after the new Ysolda pattern book for Fyberspates Scrumptious yarns for a while so I got that plus three skeins of the aran in Empire Biscuit and one skein of aran in Sugar Mouse.
Delicious goodies from Fyberspates
I’ve already wound one of the skeins and cast on for the Almond Comfit beret.
A set of stitch markers and some lovely new darning needles
Some buttons which didn't photograph well
Pulsar sock yarn in shade Hyperspace by Sparkle Duck
and a very cute little something
A cute toy alpaca
It was a great show and so big! It’s just really nice to have something like this in Wales rather than having to travel further afield.
I’m so jealous! Looks like you had a fab time! Love the alpacas!
Lovely. One of those alpacas came home with me too. (The little ones, not the Toft ones ;o)
The little ones are adorable! Mind you, I’d have loved to have brought home one of the big alpacas, too 😉
Lovely – what a good day you had (I nearly froze to death but had a blast anyway).
Love your alpaca shots, and how come I missed so much??? I’m sure I didn’t see those darning needles – I’ve got some, and they’re fab for sewing up, but I’d have bought more… oh well, two days next year!
It was so cold, wasn’t it? Yes, I didn’t really need the needles but I’m a sucker for coloured metallic notions so had to snap them up! 🙂 They were only £3, too. I cannot remember which stall they were on, though, other than to say they were near the Js. But, yes, there’s always next year 🙂