{"id":2993,"date":"2012-10-15T14:32:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-15T18:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/janetgover.com\/?p=2993"},"modified":"2012-10-15T14:32:45","modified_gmt":"2012-10-15T18:32:45","slug":"a-little-llama-llove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnhocking.net\/jg2025demo1\/knitting\/a-little-llama-llove\/","title":{"rendered":"A Little Llama llove\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How cute is he?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Have you ever fallen for a young man with deep dark eyes, long dark lashes and a habit of.. well.. moaning?<\/p>\n

Last weekend I was swept off my feet by a serious dose of llama love.<\/p>\n

Regular readers will know that a while back I took up knitting as a hobby \u2013 so while touring upstate New York, I dropped in at The Little York Fall Fibre Arts Festival.<\/p>\n

It was quite something\u2026<\/p>\n

First thing I did was meet the Llamas.<\/p>\n

As well as providing wool for people like me, these lovely boys spend their summers going Llama-trekking with visitors from all over the world. I kinda like the idea of wandering through the beautiful Catskill\u00a0Mountains, with my trusty Llama beside me, carrying food and wine. (If I was packing, that’s what they would be carrying \u2013 but perhaps they are able to carry other things as well.)<\/p>\n

I was surprised to discover they are quite loquacious. These were chatting away, a sort of low moaning noise that the owner said was their way of getting noticed. Hhmmm\u2026 that sounds familiar\u2026<\/p>\n

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You know what they say about the grass on the other side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Inside the hall, I got almost lost in a kaleidoscope of fabulous colours and amazing textures of yarn. The sellers were all independent manufacturers, hand spinning and dyeing their own wools and fibres into the most amazing yarns. There was sheep and goat and llama and alpaca and rabbit yarn to be had.<\/p>\n

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I was really impressed by the whole festival.\u00a0The stall holders were so friendly and obviously passionate about what they do. And where\u00a0else would you meet a lady who owns 75 angora rabbits – each one with it’s own name? I learned how to pluck a\u00a0 rabbit \u2013 while holding it upside down and effectively hypnotised on one’s knee (seriously!). \u00a0The quality of the wool was so good \u2013 and while it wasn’t cheap \u2013 it was reasonably priced for hand spun, hand plied and dyed yarn.<\/p>\n

I brought home quite a haul\u2026 that should keep me going for a day or two.<\/p>\n

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I knitted a couple of swatches as soon as I got home – just to see how the yarn would look – and I thought it was all great!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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For those who have never been there, upstate New York and the Catskills are just lovely\u2026<\/p>\n

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Another of webmaster John’s great photos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Particularly in the Fall\u2026<\/p>\n

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This has the makings of a great llama trek<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\u2026 all I need now is a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and a llama.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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