There were demonstrations and vendors and fashion shows and well...the list goes on and on. Of my favorites were the lace makers (which I dont know how these women were doing this and not be blind. My eye sight isn't that terrible and I was struggling to see what they were doing.) I had always thought that lace making was another form of crocheting or something close to tatting, but I found I was very wrong. Lace making is more like macrame or old school friendship bracelet making. See the link below for a site about lace making:
http://lace.lacefairy.com/Lace/BeginGuide.html
There were also spinners of ALL kinds. I had always thought there was only one kind of spinning - you know on a wheel. But I learned there there is a type of spinning called drop spinning and you use a drop spindle which basically uses its own weight to spin the yarn.
My son has been trying to help me spin the ball of wool I bought to learn on. All he really ends up doing is being really cute and distracting me. :-)
I'm very excited to be learning this new skill of spinning and can't wait to knit or crochet with yarn that I've spun myself!
I also cannot wait to go back to the New England Fiber Festival next year!!!!
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