As the name of my blog suggests I have a bit of a passion for all things wooly. I normally have to indulge this love by filling my wardrobe with hand knitted and crocheted garments. Occasionally I try and find the time to indulge it through my other passion, crafting. I'm a bit naughty and get caught up with trying to learn too many wool related crafts at the same time. I decided, during a recent clearout of my summer house, that I needed to pick my favourites and try and stick to them. I finally settled on weaving, felting and a little bit of simple crochet.
In honour of this decision I recently made a trip over to Northampton to have a day of fun at a local fibre festival called Fibre East 2014 with my mum and sister. They both love to knit so when my sister found out about the event we all had to go and see what was on offer.
It was a thankfully lovely sunny, if a bit too hot, day and the event was being held in a few marquees in a school grounds.
We had a lovely day and had the additional treat of the school having a little animal farm with the cutest little pigs .....and oddly just one little duckling!
The highlight of the day was a travelling sheep show called The Sheer Sheep Experience. A very apt looking Australian introduced us to 7 different breeds of British sheep and went on to explain more about their individual wool properties and uses. He then showed us the proper way to sheer a sheep without causing the animal too much trauma.
It was a super hot day so my mum and sister decided to shelter under some second hand knitting books my sister had just bought. Very ingenious but they did look a bit silly! :)
My favourite stall was full of very intricate needle felted animals and miniature clothing made by Jenny Barnett. I'd love to go on one of her workshops but unfortunately she's based in Cheshire so a bit far away. Jenny's work is so cute and detailed and it definitely inspired me to practice more with my felting.
The event had some great knitted decoration scattered about the venue like this cute spinning wheel covered with knitting to make it look like a horse.
It was such a great event and was a huge inspiration encouraging me to spend more time crafting. I picked up a few goodies but was very restrained for a change!
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Bye for now!
