Thursday, September 24, 2009

Demonstrations In The Wool Tent



Demonstrating spinning with bottle lamb Keebler during a spring festival in my hometown. Boy what I wouldn't give for Keebs to be that small again...although I'm getting a lot more sleep now ;-).


Friday, the first day of the festival, all the sheep and wool vendors demonstrate something to do with their, or should I say our, crafts. We have spinning wheels, several different weaving looms, drop spindles, drum carders, wool combs, needle felting, color blending...

How about everyone who's online jump in and tell a little about what they plan to demonstrate. And for readers who have found this blog - we're trying to get the word out, so pass it along :-) - jump in and tell us what you'd like to see.

Also, while several of our vendors don't have a website and aren't familiar with blogging and commenting, many of us do. I'm working to update the previous post to include links to their sites.

Come visit!

5 comments:

  1. I'll be demonstrating needle felting and drop spindling and I usually demonstrate off and on throughout the entire weekend because I like what I do and enjoy sharing/corrupting new folks ;-).

    Sara (thecrazysheeplady)
    Punkin's Patch

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  2. I'll be demonstrating spinning, plying, blending on the wheel for fun yarns, blending on the drum carder, drop spindling, needle felting and may do a make and take needle felting and/or carding project for cost of supplies on Friday and Saturday.

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  3. Hello everyone!

    I will be demonstrating the use of the flicker and spinning art yarn from the lock using a spinning wheel. I will also have several models of Louet wheels available for folks to try out:)

    Stephanie
    LunabudKnits

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  4. Well I have to say that I am looking forward to the demonstrating portion of the festival! Mostly, being new into the world of fiber arts, I have much to learn from the fellow demonstrators! As far as my demonstrating, I will be demonstrating the drop spindle. I also plan to bring some homemade combs (if you promise not to laugh at my rustic 'tree branch' combs-lol.) to demonstrate combing wool in preparation for spinning and I'll also bring my 'fricke' spinning wheel to have on hand if someone wants to take it for a spin!

    Tonya Fedders
    Flat Creek Wool and Pottery
    www.icelandicwool.blogspot.com

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  5. I am going to bring something a little different this year. Last year I demonstrated how to use wool combs. Since I see that Tonya from Flat Creek Wool and Pottery will be demonstrating with hers, I want to do something different. :) I will be bringing my tatting. If you have never seen this lacework you should stop by and check it out. It is done very simply with 2 slip knots. It resembles crotchet. Hopefully I can find all the tatted items that I have collected over the years to display as well. Gotta find that small tatted table cloth - it is amazing! If you tat bring your shuttle or needle and come sit and tat with me. :)

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