Maryland Alpaca and Fleece Festival

Last weekend, I went to the Maryland Alpaca and Fleece Festival. I LOVE this festival. It's like MD Sheep and Wool, only not as crowded, and with alpacas instead of sheep. 

I love alpacas. 

They are super soft, have long necks, and make this really cute purring sound. 

They have neat hair-do's, and can resemble gangly teenagers. Too cool for school. 

They pose for pictures. 

But they still have time to take a break for a snack. 

Best of all? They are FLUFFY! 

There were some cool alpacas there this year. Most of the time, alpacas are shy at events like this. But the light brown alpaca above was crazy friendly. He let me pet his head and neck for a long while. I wanted to keep him, but my boyfriend made me promise I wouldn't bring home an alpaca. 

There was also an angora building, all full of bunnies, angora fiber and angora yarn. 

I did as well as could be expected. I spent more money than I planned to, but oh well. 

3 bags of alpaca roving, 4 balls of alpaca roving, a Hobbledehoy classic batt and a green Tempting Ewe batt from Cloverhill (who had a stand at the festival.)

I also received my Loop SAL batts this past week, so that's what I've been working on.