The Alternative Sheep and Wool Festival

The Michigan Fiber Festival is three months away, and not nearly as big or as crowded as the Maryland event. I hope that this year I can get the Man to go up with me again. For those of us who can't go to Maryland for a fabulous weekend of wooly delights, there's the alternative event--the Carmen Ave. Sheep and Wool Festival. Which took place on top of my entertainment unit in my living room. Instead of shopping, there was stash diving out of my yarn closet. Events included sock finishing, and manuscript printing. Libations were premixed Jose Cuervo margaritas from the inside door of the household refrigerator. And, livestock! There's three different breeds of goat, a llama, and because it's a mini barnyard, a cow joins the party, too. These creatures are part of my Steiff collection, and appropriately enough, made of mohair. But, with all these hoofed creatures, there must be a herding dog, which at the Carmen Ave. Sheep and Wool Festival, is a Pekingese.