A weekend at the sheep show

And what a weekend it was. I caught the train up on the Friday night, and Suzanne hosted the Richmond Knitters for cheese, knitting and pizza.

The house that Kris organised for us was adorable, and it had a deck. After we were exhausted from sopping and seeing sheep we actually got to sit on the deck in the sun and knit and relax before dinner.

I am very pleased with my purchases. Pretty close to my list, with a heavy emphasis on Australian yarn (a lot of which is milled in New Zealand, but that's a blog post for another time).

I bought a jumpers worth of 'Field of Dreams" for Leon, which is a Polworth, Suri and linen mix, milled in Australia.

A jumpers worth of teal Millpost Merino, I love this colour so much, and will (probably) make a Kildarton:

A jumpers worth of Bellevue Park merino 10ply for Chuck (undyed, and I bought the dye to make it the colour I want)

As planned, some Dyed by Hand in smooth and mohair for Waiting for Rain,

And one random Ixchel in sparkle teal and speckles that I don't know what it was for, but it is so pretty. The total haul:

I didn't realise quite how strong my teal obsession was until I saw this photo!

I also bought some needles, stitch markers and gin, just because I could!

Dinner on Saturday was a chance to catch up with everyone, and have a Soldotna photo shoot, reflect on the weekend and make plans - yes, we are already discussing sOctober!

It was such a great weekend, my best Bendigo yet. Now I'm off to put my stash on Ravelry and then away in the stash box, do some life admin, and then sit on the couch and knit.

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