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

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Great!  Thanks!  I'll remember to spin it thin.
(Although, after the winter we just had, too warm sounds good!)

--charlotte mayhew



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


> 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
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> Subject: wool wool wool (Was: Re: [Regia-NA] Sheep and Wool Festival)
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>
> > 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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> > Wrom: AUTFJMVRESKPNKMBIPBARHDMNNSKVFVWRKJVZCMHVIBGDADR
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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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