wool wool wool (Was: Re: [Regia-NA] Sheep and Wool Festival)

[Hrolf Douglasson]

i have spun musk ox..thin and tight are the pointers I was given. It spins
beautifully, however if you spin it too thick, it is just too warm to use:))
vara
----- Original Message -----
From: <crmayhew@hotmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 4:12 PM
Subject: wool wool wool (Was: Re: [Regia-NA] Sheep and Wool Festival)


> Dear Carolyn/Þóra--
>
> 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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> Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2003 2:17 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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