May 21, 2008

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  Ha, I’m finally putting up pics from the MSWF.  Okay I’m not sure if this is an alpaca or Lama.  I always get them mixed up.  Look at this fello.  Ha, looks like he got a poodle cut.  A vendor down the way that has angora rabbits that I always love to visit has coats that she makes for Lamas/Alpacas out of denim.  Now that is what I call stylin and profilin .  I actually bought a bag of angora alpaca mix that is a nice rich brown that I want to spin on my handspindle. 

  
  

  

  
  

  Hey LOOK  there go some cotswold sheep.  I love them!

  
  

  

  
  

  Make way here come sheepy with hair, clear the way, Ha, I think this is another of my favorites Karakul.

  
  

  

  
  

  This gal was a delight to talk with.  She was so informative and patient about explaining what she was doing and just sharing what she was passionate about.  Ha, I spent a good deal of time talking with her both days .  I don’t remember her name.  She was demonstrating tablet weaving.  They had some awsome examples of it.  Her outfit is edged in tablet woven trim .  Plus the garment she made were sewn with a bone needle and thread she had spun on her handspindle.  WAY TOO COOL!  There was a woman doing bobbin lace too.  I didn’t get her pic but it was amazing and the hand made lace is so much more richer looking than the machine made stuff you see in stores today.  She had one piece she said she had been working on for 3 years .  See I don’t feel so bad about my almost done alien illusion scarf still sitting in the basket, LOL. They had awsome examples of knitted bags.  Another lady was really neat and shared her knowledge of knitting, it history at that time, mideval times, and she had some really neat copies of some originals found and now in meusums.  She was working on a pair of breeches that were amazing.  She told me she had made a pair for a gentlemen to wear for re-enactments and they ended up being too small so she is making another pair.  I wish I had taken a picture.  What people wore back then is kinda weird, the breeches have a cod piece which is kinda funny when you think about it.  There was a warp weighted loom and OMG, Sprang!  Do you know what Sprang is?  Its like weaveing but your twisting warp threads that form like a netting type of fabric sort of like whats done for hammocks.  There was this really cool sample someone had done out of fine gold thread for a head cover.  I should taken pictures of those but alas na merrily I say unto thee I didn’t take many pics of the finished objects.  The samples of bobbin lace were absolutely amazing.  Have a great week everyone!

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