Instead of helping out on the Woolsack stall which was hosting a cushion stuffing event for the Olympics (which aims to give every competitor in the Olympics and Paralympics a cushion made from and stuffed with British Wool) - I ended up knitting a sleeve for the challenge. In 3 hours and 49 minutes a team of spinners and knitters produced a childs jumper from fleeece shorn from a Suffolk down cross called Sally.
I did get a chance to look round the stalls after which was great and had a long chat with the women from the Guild of Long Draw Spinners (GOLDS) who were demonstrating the long draw technique on a Great Wheel (just need to convince Mr S that making one of these isn't beyond his capabilities) and Sarah from the Spinning Weal.
There were a lot of the usual stalls, but I did get to examine some lovely superwash merino sock and lace yarns which may form the base of my range in the future. So all in all a very good day and I certainly need to master the art of Art Yarn (excuse the pun) - couldn't believe the price!! also got some ideas for the Spindyeweaver's demonstrations.................
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