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I'm off to a knitting and fibre festival at Skipton tomorrow - really looking forward to it - lots of knitwear designers/sellers and alpacas and angora rabbits - what more could one want :-D

I'll post some pictures tomorrow - cant wait - although I think my purse is going to come back a lot lighter!!
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Oh Julie I am so jealous it will be amazing, lots of pics please and have a brilliant day {hug}
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have a great time Julie, they don`t seem to have anything like that down this way.
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Hope you had a great time - cannot wait to see piccies! )t'
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Me at Yarndale today in my newly knitted jumper - had a great time - it was very busy - much quieter late afternoon when you could have a proper mooch around.Image

There was loads of bunting everywhere it looked great.
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Knitted food everywhere ..

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Fluffy bunnies and alpaca's ...
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And I spent a fortune on beautiful yarn - a great day out all round!!
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Oh my goodness, it looks amazing, and wow at the bunting, it all looks so beautiful, glad you had a good time, and thank you for the lovely pics )t'
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Lovely photos Julie, looks as though it would be very easy to spend lots of money.
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I went today too julie, it was great wasn't it? It was really busy though, and I'm not sure the poor rabbit had the best time he looked a bit nervous to us when we saw him. Xx
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Oooh! I am sooo envious! I have been following various crochet blogs and watching it all unfold. I honestly thought about a weekend away, but I have just had my holiday. Grrrrrr

For those who don't know, the bunting triangles were sent in by people everywhere, and then strung later. Quite a labour of love!
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envy}} and it looks like the weather was good as well.
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I had a whale of a time - met loads of knitwear designers who's work I've admired which was great. Had my picture taken with Ann Kingstone who designed the sweater I'm wearing (she was wearing it as well!) , had a chat with Susan Crawford and bough her vintageknits book, bought some beautiful Titus yarn from Baa Ram Ewe - really lovely. It was much quieter later on in the afternoon so you could have a really good mooch around. I could understand anyone with a disability/pushchairs might find it very hard going but I kind of know what to expect with it being in the cattle market.

It was incredibly busy - I know people were complaining about traffic/parking etc but Skipton is a small market town and I suppose it's a good thing for the future of the event that it was so much more popular than they anticipated. For people who follow the Attic24 blog i did see Lucy but she was constantly surrounded by people so I didn't get to say hello - just shows the power of the internet - I would think she probably found the whole thing quite overwhelming.

I do hope it becomes an annual event - I'm sure they'll learn from any teething problems they had this year. So great to have something like this in the north :-D
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