[Regia-NA] Sheep and Wool Festivals

Hrolf Douglasson list-regia-na@lig.net
Sun, 23 Mar 2003 21:57:33 -0000


You actually HAVE such events??? You don't know how lucky you are!! We have
to make do with whatever we can beg from farmers, which at the moment,
thanks to F&M, ain't an awful lot.
    I'm impressed!

    Hrolf (who also gets very excited at the idea of chilli cookouts....)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Carolyn Priest-Dorman" <capriest@cs.vassar.edu>
To: <list-regia-na@lig.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Regia-NA] Fw: Correction - Sheep and Wool Festival


> Charlotte wrote:
>
> >There's also a (much smaller) fleece festival (no sheep--just wool and
> >wool-related items) in Chelsea, MI, twice a year that's fun for
> >fiber-holics.  No website, to my knowledge.  If anyone's interested,
> >please email me privately, and I'll send you the info.
>
> In case anyone is interested, I have similar info on the New York State
> Sheep and Wool Festival, which is held 30 minutes from my house in
Dutchess
> County, New York, every mid-October.  Several purveyors of Icelandic,
> Shetland, Gotland, and similar old fleece breeds come there every
> year.  Best score so far?  Combed Icelandic top imported from England. ;>
>
>
> Carolyn Priest-Dorman              Þóra Sharptooth
>   http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/thora.html
>
>
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