Postcard from Wonderwool Wales 2017

What a great day. By the time stallholders were starting to cash up I really didn't want to leave. It was at that point I took the long shots of the room, giving the impression that there weren't many people there. But the opposite is the case, it really had been heaving during the day.

I don't seem to have taken many pictures of the exhibitors this time. I guess I was just too focussed on the offerings.

These two purchases were made for each other. Another spindle from IST was inevitable, and I've long wanted a Russian support spindle. These bowls were beautiful and this one just about matched this spindle. The fibre is camel/silk from Freyalyn, dyed the most beautiful gold colour.

Postcard from Fibre East 2015

What a very good day. We arrived shortly after the show opened but hadn't quite seen all of the exhibitors before some were finishing for the day.

There was a great selection of exhibitors, a wonderful atmosphere and many people demonstrating various things (not to mention the 'have a go' tent or James' workshop, both of which we had to pass on for reasons of time).

Mike's Sheer Sheep Experience is always something to look forward to, an entertaining talk along with his demonstration. We didn't get a reasonable explanation for the fascinator?!

  And after the show had finished for the day, the sun was still shining and we didn't want to go home, so what better than some coffee and some spinning?

Fibre East 2013

July 27 and 28 saw the third Fibre East and the first to have an indoor venue. Anyone who visited the 2012 event won't forget the mud, although this year has been warm and dry. Redborne College became very hot at times according to some stall holders. We can't beat our fickle British weather!

The 110 stands were distributed among several rooms inside the college plus some marquees outside.

One lovely surprise was to see that Paul Brittain of Classic Carders now has his electric drum carder ready! Here he is standing beside it.

The day wouldn't be complete without the Sheer Sheep experience, here's Michael doing his stuff. A great day for sitting on the grass with a picnic. He talked about the qualities of the wool from various breeds and how they've been mixed over the centuries.

He was shearing to order and letting spinners choose their fleece while still on the sheep.

My own haul included some long-sought-after blocking wires, some alpaca walking socks and as if I needed more fibre, 'Northern Lights' wool/silk from Freyalyn and some amazing black alpaca from Longdrawjames.