Weird–two weeks ago, I was here:
Yesterday, I was here:

Querido, good soul that he is, took me up north to the Flagstaff Fiber Festival. We got to see Churro sheep being sheared with old-fashioned (and wickedly sharp) shears,

And a sheepdog demonstration!

I came home with a skein of mineral-dyed Churro and a bag of locally-sorted cocoa brown alpaca roving. I’m really excited: in almost a year of Knit American, this will be the first I’ve actually worked with wool grown in the state I live in. Now, does anyone have any idea what to knit with Churro yarn?