fairs

Hi!

Well, it has been quite a while since my last post, but I don’t want to miss the opportunity to invite you (if you live in the area) to the Annual Spinners Day on the Farm where I’ll be having a booth.

COME SPIN BY THE RUSSIAN RIVER

SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2012

10 AM TO 4 PM

Dear handspinners, knitters, fiber producers, and vendors,
We invite you to participate in Spinners’ Day on the Farm.
This event is intended to promote, showcase, and sell fiber,
Fiber arts, and related crafts, produced by the members of
Sonoma County Fibertrails and other vendors.

Westside Farms offers its beautiful, shady picnic grounds
Alongside the Russian River, only 25 minutes from Santa

Grape vines in the California wine region of the Russian River Valley (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Rosa, for our use.

Come relax, spin, visit, eat, view demos, and buy from a
wonderful array of fibers, yarns, tools, and other supplies.

A pot-luck lunch will be shared. Please bring a dish (large
enough for 6-8), your own cutlery, plate, and beverages.

Items for sale will include, but are not limited to:

Fibers, roving, yarn, dyes, sheepskins, spinning & weaving equipment

Where?

WESTSIDE FARMS
7097 WESTSIDE ROAD
HEALDSBURG, CA

I have a Google link for directions.

A great raffle with lots of items donated by the vendors will also be held.

Demonstrations and other learning opportunities will occur during the day. Bring your spinning wheel!

If you happen to visit the Fair, please come by and say hi!

This morning I got an email from the headquarters of the Oakland Fiber Festival to let me know that I won a prize. Yay!!!! I totally forgot that I entered my name to participate on one the several giveaways that happened at the Festival. It was hard to pick out only one item but I decided to participate on a raffle to win a colorful skein of Feza Yarns.

My friend Megumi and I decided to drive to Oakland last Sunday to visit the Festival. We got there early enough to find a parking spot right away and no too far either. We were very glad that we didn’t lose any time trying to find a parking space. As soon as we got there, we took our time visiting each boot and started making mental lists of possible things to purchase. I notice that there were several Alpaca breeders and other interesting boots with all kinds of fiber related crafts. One place that caught my attention was a booth with a woman making bobbin lace. She was wearing a beautiful Orenburg shawl fastened with pretty butterfly pin.