My guild was asked to demonstrating fiber processing (specifically wool) in the sheep barn at the Washington County Fair in Hillsboro Oregon. We were happy to ablige! We demo'd for two days and educated a lot of people about the wonderful word of wool, hand spinning, and fiber arts. The most fun was the 4H kids who were so enthusiastic to see what happens to the wool after harvested from the animals. :)
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| A rare photo of me at an event! |
We had two display tables: The first held a dispaly of the process, fibers, tools, and some handspun, and me spinning at the end. The second table had take-home sheets, finished goods, hand dyed yarn, and hand spun yarns and two of my guild mates; one knitting and one tatting.
This is a close of up the display of hand spinning steps:
0) Raw wool on the sheep (we were demonstrating in a sheep barn!)
1) Washed wool fiber, with vm and not picked
2) Washed wool fiber, some vm removed, flick-carded
~~From this step on, it's all the same fleece.~~
3) Carded wool batt, ready for spinning.
4) Wool single, wound onto a toilet paper tube.
5) Two wool singles plied and wound into a hank, still on niddy noddy
6) Washed and set wool yarn, in loose hank
7) Wool hank twisted and labeled, ready to sell
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| other fibers |
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| Handspun Yarn |
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| Fiber processing / spinning tools |
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| Finished Goods table |
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| Freebies: pattern, color pages |
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| Hand dyed yarn, sock-in-progress |
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| My hand knits, and a friend's atted lace |
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| My handspun, various fibers |
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| My design |
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