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New Hampshire Sheep & Wool 2009

May 11, 2009 By Carole

This past weekend Dale and I headed north to go to New Hampshire Sheep & Wool.  It was our fifth year in a row of attending this festival and we weren’t disappointed.

We checked into our hotel on Friday evening.  We had a great room with a balcony.  They wouldn’t give us chairs so that we could actually sit out there but that didn’t stop us from enjoying the beautiful sunset.

hotel-sunset

On Saturday morning we headed for the festival.  It wasn’t crowded at all, in fact, it felt like there were fewer people than usual in attendance.  There were definitely some favorite vendors missing, too.

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That didn’t stop us from having a great time, though.  We shopped with our friends for the morning and gathered for a bit of a pot luck lunch at noon.

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Claudia and Laurie agree that lunch is serious business.

We spent the rest of the day gabbing and walking and visiting the booths.  The animals never fail to entertain us.

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Like these two little goats who kept climbing up on the hay.

alpaca

And this beautiful alpaca who started posing for Kim, Jean and I the minute we pulled out the cameras.

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Cheryl’s afternoon snack included a pickle – of course!

manise

Do you want to know why Manise is smiling?

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Check out this fleece she bought!

The day at the festival was over too quickly but the evening was just as much fun.  We had dinner with Jean and her husband Dan as well as Kim and her husband Ken.  We laughed a lot and really enjoyed each others company.

Sunday we took our time driving home through rural New Hampshire.  We celebrated Mother’s Day with pizza from my favorite pizza place in the evening.  It was a great way to end a really terrific weekend!

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  1. Karen says

    May 11, 2009 at 7:39 am

    It sounds like you had a great time. I was there on Sunday and there were many fewer people than past years.

  2. margene says

    May 11, 2009 at 7:53 am

    It sounds like a perfect weekend. Love seeing the grrls again!! What’d you buy?

  3. Jillian says

    May 11, 2009 at 8:04 am

    We just got back from our local fiber festival in MN. All of the fiber, animals and people were sure wonderful.

  4. Lucia says

    May 11, 2009 at 8:25 am

    Yours is pretty good too!

  5. Norma says

    May 11, 2009 at 8:28 am

    Wow, you made a real weekend of it!

  6. Judy says

    May 11, 2009 at 8:34 am

    It was a more relaxed weekend, I thought. Good to see you and btw, thanks for the cookies!

  7. Cheryl says

    May 11, 2009 at 8:38 am

    Wow, you can really see the extra roundness in my face in that pic! I’m afraid I am going to be unrecognizable by September.

  8. Cheryl says

    May 11, 2009 at 8:38 am

    And now I’m going to be thinking about how good that pickle was all day.

  9. Chris says

    May 11, 2009 at 8:42 am

    Sounds like it was fun!

    I’ve definitely seen fewer people talking about having been to fiber festivals this spring.

  10. deb says

    May 11, 2009 at 9:00 am

    Looks like fun! Did YOU get anything??

  11. Donna says

    May 11, 2009 at 9:03 am

    It was great seeing you! I agree there were less crowds than last year and I saw a few vacant vendor spots (I don’t think I have ever seen that before).

    Did you buy? I found lots of bargains this year. And yeah, a few fleeces found their way into my van. Wonder how that happened????

  12. Jean says

    May 11, 2009 at 9:24 am

    So much fun Carole! I can’t believe I didn’t take one dang picture. We made a last minute decision to stop at Sturbridge. It was a good one. The boys really enjoyed it as well.

  13. Marcia says

    May 11, 2009 at 9:41 am

    It was a good one…great to see you and finally to meet Dale!

  14. Susie says

    May 11, 2009 at 10:00 am

    Looks like so much fun! I had never heard of the New Hampshire Sheep & Wool. Maybe next year!

  15. Leslie says

    May 11, 2009 at 10:27 am

    I’ve never been to one of these festivals but it looks like such fun! That alpaca is too cute 🙂

  16. Doris says

    May 11, 2009 at 10:34 am

    Sounds like a great weekend! Did you get anything fun? Or maybe that is content for another post…

  17. elizabeth says

    May 11, 2009 at 10:52 am

    Sounds like a great time! I’d smile if I had that fleece too!

  18. kmkat says

    May 11, 2009 at 10:52 am

    That alpaca makes me smile — so cute.

  19. Nora says

    May 11, 2009 at 11:00 am

    What a nice time!

  20. Knitnana says

    May 11, 2009 at 11:43 am

    What fun! And a great Mother’s Day weekend, no question!
    (((hugs)))

  21. caro says

    May 11, 2009 at 12:00 pm

    It was great to see you! And pickles? How did I miss the pickles? GAH!

  22. Kim says

    May 11, 2009 at 12:43 pm

    It was SO nice to spend time with you and Dale this weekend! Ken and I really enjoyed ourselves. 🙂

  23. Kathy says

    May 11, 2009 at 1:16 pm

    I didn’t know there were pickles there. Yum. Glad it was fun. Missed you!

  24. Cookie says

    May 11, 2009 at 1:19 pm

    I’m so glad you had a good weekend, and thank you for hugging Manise for me. I can’t believe she bought a fleece. 😀

    Why wouldn’t they give you chairs? How odd.

  25. Patty says

    May 11, 2009 at 4:11 pm

    Such fun! Nice pic of you over at Sandy’s.

  26. Sara says

    May 11, 2009 at 4:23 pm

    It was great fun…so good to see all of you again…

  27. Julie says

    May 11, 2009 at 6:39 pm

    It was my first time there and I really enjoyed myself; it definitely won’t be my last time!

    Lucky Manise!

  28. Manise says

    May 11, 2009 at 6:42 pm

    It was a wonderful time! Wished it could have lasted longer or stopped the clock for a while. The fleece will go out tomorrow to be processed. So good to see you and Dale!

  29. Betty in Texas says

    May 11, 2009 at 9:28 pm

    what a great day! Is this a great country, or what? Love the camera- hog alpaca…so sweet.

  30. claudia says

    May 11, 2009 at 9:51 pm

    Great to see you! That was a really fun day.

  31. Birdsong says

    May 11, 2009 at 9:57 pm

    So delighted you got to go! It is too bad it’s so far from me, because NH has always sounded like my kinda event.

  32. Laurie says

    May 12, 2009 at 8:18 am

    Much fun to wander around watching climbing goats! You really know how to do a festival.

  33. gayle says

    May 12, 2009 at 8:33 am

    Oh, Manise let me touch that fleece! It was sooooo beautiful!
    Would have liked to meet you, but I somehow missed most of the blog world… (Too much of a novice to know about the lunchtime meet-up. Next year, I’ll know where to look for everyone!)
    I think I scritched most of the sheep and alpacas at the festival. What a great day!

  34. Hillary says

    May 12, 2009 at 10:59 am

    Looks like you had fun. I love that sunset.

  35. jill says

    May 13, 2009 at 8:09 am

    What a terrific day. It’s great that Dale shares the fun with you!

  36. Teyani says

    May 14, 2009 at 10:41 am

    despite the lower attendance, it sure looks like it was wonderful ;-D
    Glad you had such an awesome time. And one of these years I’ll make it back to an east coast festival to meet you in person!

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