Monday, April 23, 2012

Fiber Fix

I spent this past Saturday and Sunday in Waukesha at the Wi Spin In.  This was to be a maiden voyage for the FFSSA booth, and I was not disappointed.  I spent a lot of time coveting things from other booths, but did manage to spend a fair amount of time speaking to other vendors and customers that were shopping about Shetland sheep and their fleece.  Time and again I heard, "Wow, very nice, or This is Shetland?"  I like to see the reaction of folks when they realize that Shetland is not scratchy and coarse.  Right after you see "that look", they start looking around to see if you noticed and then they feel compelled to comment.
It was just nice to have some fleece/wool/yarn/sheepy fellowship and recharge my batteries.  
Great people, friendly vendors and a nice weekend of being immersed in everything fiber related.

Basket of needle felted balls in various grades with micron data key provided
One of many contributions from Sabrina)

Left side of the display table

Right side of display table
Double coat samples on left and single coat samples on right




Needle felted sculptures donated and on loan from Sabina with micron data attached
The mouse was, hands down, the star of the display!!!
 (you better give me a name for him soon Sabrina)

Display board and right side of table
Fine Fleece Shetland Sheep Association booth 

Mioget fleece
Fawn fleece
Everyday is a gift from God.

6 comments:

  1. The booth looks very nice Kelly. I was under the impression that Sabrina's sculptures were needle felted, not knitted and fulled. The wonderful thing about felting is that there is no spinning or knitting required. Very efficient (and fun!).

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    1. Holy smokes Becky, I should really proof read before I post! Yes, they are needle felted, I'm going to fix the oops right now. Thank you for pointing that out to me. Almost as bad as my post about my "crap" apples from last week. sheesh, I need more sleep. (grin)

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  2. Thank-you for representing our organization so well, Kelly. It looks great!

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    1. Thanks Michelle, it was a lot of fun and great therapy after such a long winter of non-sheepy events.

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  3. Great booth presentation, Kelly! Thanks so much for doing this to educate the public on Shetland fleece!

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    1. Thanks Theresa, but the thanks need to be spread around a bit....to you for providinh the combed top and mini skeins and to Sabrina for all her contributions, and all the work it took for her to get it all together for me to take to this event. I would also like to point out that the postage to get that stuff to me was another donation by both of you.....Thank YOU!!!

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Mike and I

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Can't wait for this stuff to actually be food....