When you visit Fiber Festival each year, do you visit the animals who produce the fiber? The Animal Barns are full of many farms who bring some of their amazing fiber producers to festival for you to see and quite often for you to buy. The best part is that you have an opportunity to learn about the animal that the fleece you buy comes from. Here are a few of the gorgeous sheep, goats, rabbits and alpacas that were a part of our 2010 festival.
Make sure that you visit all of the barns at Fiber Fest 2011 including the animal barns. Ask questions. Learn about the breed and the breeders. The farms that raise these animals are a wealth of knowledge to fiber artists. Stop by their booths and let them know how much you enjoy the products created from their animals. You may even get to see the actual animal that produced the roving or yarn you just purchased.
Make sure that you visit all of the barns at Fiber Fest 2011 including the animal barns. Ask questions. Learn about the breed and the breeders. The farms that raise these animals are a wealth of knowledge to fiber artists. Stop by their booths and let them know how much you enjoy the products created from their animals. You may even get to see the actual animal that produced the roving or yarn you just purchased.
Awesome photos! Love the animals... We couldn't have that wonderful fiber without fiber animals!
ReplyDeleteWonderful photos :) We love to visit the sheep and alpaca when we go to the fall fairs. They always have beautiful yarn and the spinning guild on hand to share their beautiful creations and it's so much fun to see :)
ReplyDeleteMany of the farms that bring their animals also demonstrate spinning and knitting along with bringing ribbons and awards their animals have learned from shows.
ReplyDeleteVisiting the fiber animals is one of my favorite parts of Fiber Fest.
ReplyDeleteI love every part of the Fiber Festival and seeing all the animals is one of the highlights of my trip to the festival!
ReplyDeleteI drive by an alpaca farm everyday and love to see these wonderful animals!
ReplyDeleteBeing an Alpaca breeder, my favorite part was visiting the sheep barn and learning more about the breeds and actually seeing the animals. It's amazing the disconnect one can have between spinning Merino and actually identifying a Merino Sheep, for example.
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