Bendigo Wool Show Fun

Coffee Stop on the Roadtrip over

All went well and Finally I made it back to Bendigo for the Wool Show!  The last time I was able to go
was back in 2016 so I was super excited and had fingers and toes crossed everything would go ahead ..... It's a girls weekend with a group from Ravelry and a couple of houses next door to each other are booked out from the Thursday to the Monday (although I had to head back Sunday afternoon to go to work on Monday). 

 I picked Jill up from her place (about an hour from here and on my way) and we really enjoyed our road trip and weekend together! It's about 2 hrs or so from Benalla where I picked Jill up from.  Lots of fun was had and a very full day on Friday from 9- nearly 4 spent at the show, lunches and dinners, knitting and chatting, a walk around the town and visits to the Woollen Mills and the smaller Artistry Fair across from the showgrounds ........ so much fun!! Not to mention all the show and tells from everyone's purchases lol

My haul included much needed moccasins, scrubbing brush tops, drizabone boot covers for Pete, Sock ruler, notions and yarn for several new projects and to put with some of the yarn already in my stash.  It's so nice to be able to see and feel the yarn in person.  Lots of ideas for projects swimming through my head lol

The girls came from all over: Canberra, Melbourne, even Adelaide - Not as many made it this year due to the fear of Covid creating issues but we here braved it & won!

It is the Sheep & Wool Show - not just yarn lol - these were the pups still learning and so cute to watch

Judging and posing for the newspapers

Jill & I chose to wear masks as did most people with so many stalls so close together

Jill, Jacquie & I taking a break - that big shed behind was filled with yarn stalls as was a number of other sheds ..... yarn and fiber heaven lol

Brunch time - just a few doors down from the house

 

A walk to the tea shop in Town - couldn't resist a photo of this one!

Our breakfast on Sunday before it was time to head back home ....... and thankfully we managed to get home before the big storm hit!

I worked on a few projects while we were there, but of course started work on a new one since it was obvious I was going to need a new beanie (I borrowed one from Nettie for the weekend as she had brought 2 with her - me, I couldn't find mine to bring) ..... and the pom pom was found at the show - perfect to add to this beanie which I finished knitting up a couple of days after getting home

And just in time as we seem to be getting lots of harsh frosts hitting us here ..... just look at the ice on the car after I had hosed off most of it 

The poor birds were going to have to wait a bit before getting a drink!  We've had quite a few of these mornings - Winter is definitely here!