Bendigo Planning 2024

I'm posting this on Thursday, just as we leave for the annual festival that is the Australian Sheep and Wool Show (or Bendigo, as we like to call it). Every year I like to take stock of what I have, what I "need" and what I want, just so I don't loose my mind and by a thousand single skeins of sock yarn.

(Planning Posts from 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 and 2023)

The first thing I like to do is check out what I currently have 16,970 meters across 27 entries, which is about 700 meters more than last year. Although considering I somehow managed to knit 27 kilometres of yarn last year 700 meters seems neither here nor there.

So what am I planning to buy this year? Pretty much all the yarn I have now is 4-ply, so I'm going to buy yarn for an 8-ply cardigan for Elise (Alma Cardigan), a 5-ply cardigan for Leon ( Rockland Crewneck ) and a 8-ply jumper for me, (Kate Davies Flink ). I want 2 lots of light / white 4-ply to go with other colours to make a Kate Davies shawl, and a slipover. Of course I want yarn for Leon's winter set, so that's another 800 meters or so. Maybe I'll buy some undyed yarn and do some more dying this year - I really enjoyed that.

I also want the usual fun stuff - soap, honey, fibre (quite a lot of fibre, I've got very little in the cupboard) wool wash, maybe a new pair of ugg boots.

As much as the shopping, I'm looking forward to wandering around with my friends, looking at the sheep, having meals together, and the laughter that generally permeates these weekends. I'll be back on Sunday to let you know how the weekend went.

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