I tend to lose some of my knitting motivation as spring weather forces the mercury up, but the annual Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival usually kicks me back into gear. Since I posted some motivational photos last year, I was going to skip documenting this round, but in the end the adorable faces were too hard to resist. (Regular readers know I have had this problem before.)
Sheep counting sheep
You talkin’ to me?
Who’s the boss? (click to enlarge images)
This year I kept my spending to a minimum by skipping the $164-a-skein arctic qiviut I fell in lust with. Thankfully my hands got too sticky after a confrontation with a red velvet funnel cake (!!) and I had to regroup before feeling up any more yarn. I still managed to come home with supplies for a summer project I’m looking forward to getting started on, however.
Do you stay motivated to work on cold-weather craft projects once the weather heats up? I think a few baby goats running around my back yard might help. Shhhh, don’t tell Brian…
Have you any wool?
i miss this every single year, something always comes up. i have a baby blanket to start and finish by next month and i’m a little anxious to start, and yet i haven’t started. sigh.
I am still plowing through my herringbone cowl. Almost there! But not quite. Have you ever been to Make Tribe‘s k1p1 sunday gatherings at Artifact? I keep thinking about joining them or starting my own stitch and bitch. I could use the motivation and ’tis the season for porch gatherings and gossip.