wool wool wool (Was: Re: [Regia-NA] Sheep and Wool Festival)
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Just out of curiosity, what are you using it for?
(I've got several skeins of Wensleydale that were much too loosely spun =
for card-weaving and ended up making a much-too-lovely cat toy for my =
in-laws' cat...drat!)
--charlotte mayhew
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Yes and some of the Icelandic wool is real fun to use, very loosely =
spun and keeps breaking but oh boy the result is great. But believe me =
it can try the patience so select a good tight sun yarn or respin it
Sandy
On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 11:12:47 -0500, crmayhew@hotmail.com wrote:
>Dear Carolyn/=DE=A2ra--
>
>Okay, you win! Icelandic wool--wow!
>
>More details on the NYS Sheep and Wool Festival, please! Sounds like =
a fun
>roadtrip to *me*...
>
>In answer to Hrolf's query, the Chelsea Fleece Faire (in MI) was =
started a
>number of years ago in order to promote Michigan-grown wool...
>
>By the way, anyone out there tried spinning quiviut (musk ox inner =
hairs)?
>Any pointers?
>
>--charlotte mayhew
>(CRMayhew@hotmail.com)
>
>
>
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>> 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 =DE=A2ra Sharptooth
>> http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/thora.html
>>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Just out of curiosity, what are you =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>(I've got several skeins of Wensleydale =
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<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=3D"Times New Roman" DEFAULT=3D"FACE"><FONT =
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DEFAULT=3D"SIZE" POINTSIZE=3D"12">Yes and some of the Icelandic wool =
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to use, very loosely spun and keeps breaking but oh boy the result is =
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But believe me it can try the patience so select a good tight sun yarn =
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respin it<BR><BR>Sandy<BR><BR>On Tue, 25 Mar 2003 11:12:47 -0500, =
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Carolyn/=DE=A2ra--<BR>><BR>>Okay, you win! Icelandic=20
wool--wow!<BR>><BR>>More details on the NYS Sheep and Wool =
Festival,=20
please! Sounds like a fun<BR>>roadtrip to *me*...<BR>><BR>>In =
answer=20
to Hrolf's query, the Chelsea Fleece Faire (in MI) was started =
a<BR>>number=20
of years ago in order to promote Michigan-grown =
wool...<BR>><BR>>By the=20
way, anyone out there tried spinning quiviut (musk ox inner =
hairs)?<BR>>Any=20
pointers?<BR>><BR>>--charlotte mayhew<BR>>(<FONT=20
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>There's also a (much smaller) fleece festival (no sheep--just wool =
and<BR>>> >wool-related items) in Chelsea, MI, twice a year =
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fun for<BR>>> >fiber-holics. No website, to my knowledge. If =
anyone's=20
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info.<BR>>><BR>>> In case anyone is interested, I have =
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info on the New York State<BR>>> Sheep and Wool Festival, which =
is held=20
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York,=20
every mid-October. Several purveyors of Icelandic,<BR>>> =
Shetland,=20
Gotland, and similar old fleece breeds come there every<BR>>> =
year. Best=20
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