If it weren’t enough that I could go to the First German Ravelry meeting, I was also fortunate to be able to join with some of the ladies of the local knitting group going for the weekend to Benediktbeuren, where every year a textile market is held, and the main attraction is the Wollmeise booth where one can buy lots and lots of the prized hand-dyed yarn, so scarcely available through their website.
Although Wollmeise yarn is the main attraction to knitters, other yarns can be found, though most were not to my liking, either their dyeing being too light for my liking or their base being too coarse (of course, not all were hand-dyed).
In addition, there were other interesting looking booths, including one man working a special kind of weaving used to make beautiful belts, and others selling typical Bavarian textile products, such as linens and of course, Dirndls. If they weren’t that expensive, I would have gotten myself one, they’re just beautiful, worked in gentle striped linen. Quite a few people, men, women and children, were displaying proudly their traditional outfits, which was so nice to see.
I had a lovely time with the girls, saw so much and got myself some yarn (which I’ll photograph and post separately), though not as much as I would like, and in retrospective, not as much as I should have bought. This yarn is just amazing.
Here is a slide show of all the photos I took during this weekend, enjoy!