A Wool Gathering

September 17th 2011 in Festivals, Uncategorized

Each year, A Wool Gathering is held in September in Ohio. This year it is on the 17th and 18th of September. Next year, it will be on 15-16 September.

Wool Gathering is the first fiber festival which I attended. It’s also the one where I purchased my first loom.

It’s really nifty, held north of Yellow Springs, OH at Young’s Dairy — they have ice cream, as well as many other items for the non-fiber oriented.

Local guilds attend, as does the local chapter of the SCA. Thea got to see some of them sword fighting today — she really liked that & wants to learn.

After posting pictures of the “Joseph” shawl of many colours, I was requested to make a scarf in that same style. I think in many ways it turned out better than the original — while the colour changes and interplay are not as drastic/distinct, it flows better. Also, I found myself entering a meditative state […]

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