Saturday, May 22, 2010

Long Island Fleece and Fiber Fair

Hi all!

I just got back a little while ago from vending at the first annual Long Island Fleece and Fiber Fair held at the Hallockville Museum Farm in Riverhead, NY! In addition to having fiber artists sell their wares, there were also many demonstrations and workshops, including sheep herding, sheep and alpaca shearing, carding, dyeing, spinning, felting, knitting, and weaving! There were also angora rabbits, sheep and lambs, and llamas and alpacas that you could pet. Below are some pictures I took throughout the day of some of the beautiful work I saw as well as some of the lovely creatures without whom none of these fiber arts would be possible! Enjoy!


My table


My favorite item of the day, a lovely felted handbag from the Hallockville Knitters




Beautiful table decor and pin cushion from Mojo's Place


Gorgeous hand-dyed and hand-spun yarns from Hampton Artistic Yarns


Brilliant hand-dyed rovings from Color Craze Fiber


Beautiful hand-spun yarns from Temptress Yarn


Me meeting my first darling llama!!!


Amazing art from award-winning needle felter Irene Heckel


Freshly sheared llamas and alpacas


Me petting some baby Romney sheep! "Baaaah!!!"


Mommy angora bunny and baby angora bunnies (2.5 weeks old!) :)


Another angora bunny -- I challenge you to find its face!! (Hint: only the nose and mouth are visible)


Adorable retractable tape measures I bought from Mojo's Place


"Weave-it" miniature handmade loom I bought from Bumblebee Primitives


Finished woven square!

It was great meeting everyone and I look forward to seeing some of you again at the next fair!

8 comments:

  1. thank you so much, It was so nice to see you. I feel like we are all gonna know and look forward to seeing each other in our future shows. It's great and I love that we are in this craft with so many other great people. Im so glad from the bottom of my heart that I am in this wonderful craft and able to be around good people like you.

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  2. That is exactly how I feel too Charisse! I feel very lucky to be a part of such a cozy and warm fiber family!!! I really look forward to seeing you all again soon! :D

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  3. OMG.....wonderful!!! Wish I could have gone....I LOVE that purse!!!!

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  4. Cool miniature loom.
    Would make nice scarves..
    Mariette

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  5. this is awesome
    wish I could have come

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  6. Mariette --

    Yes I thought so too! I'm starting off making a rectangular shawl -- I'm crocheting white around the edges of the pink squares then I'm going to sew them all together -- the yarn I'm using is baby alpaca so it is wonderfully soft!! :D

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  7. Such happy and lovely pics! I love that one where you have that wide smile on your face while petting those cuties! Have a great weekend!

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  8. Awww thanks so much!!! That was such a great day!

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