Now that I'm living in central Victoria, Bendigo is just down the road. The Australian Sheep & Wool Show is on this weekend, so today we made a day of it. Here's my haul: We wandered through the woolcraft halls admiring some incredibly fine handiwork and extraordinary techniques. Predictably, there was a full range of styles and objects, some hideous and some just stunning. After watching the sheep dog trials for a bit (amazing what those dogs can do), we found ourselves in a wood turning display. Not sure why that's in with everything else, but I bought this beautiful little bowl, just because. Later, this made more sense: it's a nosterpinne. You use it to wind yarn into neat, centre-pull balls. Since I often need to do that on the fly, I reckon it was worth the $18 I paid. We ran into an old school friend at the fashion parade; his two gorgeous little girls were in it … [Read more...]