Once again I had a fabulous time at Fibre East meeting and chatting with lots of lovely supporters. Thank you so much to Janet Ellison and her army of fabulous volunteers for another great show. We raised a wonderful £376.75.
The stall which raised £376.75 in donations
It was hot again this year, but that didn’t deter the fibre fanciers from coming for a great day out. There was lots to do besides shop for yarn, patterns, needles and notions, spinning wheels, drop spindles, fleece (washed/unwashed/dyed/undyed/carded/uncarded… – very complicated world is spinning…). Once again there was a great demonstration of sheep shearing on the field and you could buy the fleece after meeting the sheep!! I was lucky enough to watch the demonstration whilst sitting under a tree eating my lunch – thanks for Judith (aka Jabberknit) and Tina (aka WickedWoolyWitch) for standing in for me.
sheep – waiting patiently in the heat to be shaun!
The site of the show is at Redbourne Community College and they have a small farm, which was open! I loved my wander around the farm on Sunday when Jacqui (aka Tiggerbee ) and Heather (aka nearlythere )were manning the stall. I love volunteers!!
Some less than usual “guests” at Fibre East
Fibre East 2013 was the first stand I ran as P/Hop Coordinator and, as some of you may know by now, Fibre East 2014 was also my last! How sad, but also quite nice. I have thoroughly loved being the P/hop person over the last year and a bit and am sad to be moving on, but my lifestyle has changed an I no longer have enough time to do the role justice. If you can spare a day a week, love social media and all things knitty, then perhaps you could apply. All details here.
