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Manitoba Fibre Fest 2018

9/18/2018

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This year was yet another wonderful success and as always, the highlight of my year!  I was SOOOO busy and exhausted from teaching 5 days and recovering after only 4 weeks after back surgery but it was worth it!  I was also able to take a class this year and I chose natural dying taught by Caitlin Ffrench!!  
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Nicole and I in our handmade dresses
We learned a lot of cool info about natural dyes and she showed us all the colours she can make just by using plants and such from her landshed.  We also learned that all the tartan colours for the different clans were made using the dyes they could make from their own surroundings.  So if there was a mountain separating 2 clans  their landshed could be totally different from one another and the colours that could be made would reflect that.  We received some pretty cool samples in silk, wool and cotton and she even gave us a few recipes for botanical inks.
I also loved ash alberg's display with her naturally dyed yarns <3
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The socks I designed using Cog Yarns were also in the fashion show at the festival.  It was really cool to see all the different designs come together on the stage.
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Thank you to everyone who came to visit Jeremy and I at our booth.  I always have the best time and was happy that many of my friends from Saskatchewan could make it out as well.
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Wool Judging Course 2018

9/14/2018

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This year I taught both levels 1 & 2 of Wool Judging at the Manitoba Fibre Fest.  It was an intensive 3 days of looking at the good and bad in many different breeds and fleeces.   
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At the end of level 2 there was a written exam as well as a practical judging portion.  Every student did exceptional!
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Above are examples of some of the very beautiful fleeces which were excellent examples of their breeds.
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This fleece on the other hand is a VERY BAD example.  It weighs 26 lbs!!  This fleece came from a medium breed with the locks well over a foot long.  It is a bit hard to see in the pictures but it also show canary stain which is unscorable.  This fleece shows bad animal health, bad animal care and it should NOT be supported in any way.  Locks WAY too long for breed type is not a luxury.  It is animal abuse.  This case was different from Shrek in the fact that this sheep did not escape and hide in the mountains,  it was living on a farm not getting sheared.  Yearly shearing is important for the sheep's health.  The sheep that carried this 26 lbs of extra wool would have been very uncomfortable.  It's skin would not be able to breath and bacteria grew rampant.  Please keep this in mind when you see overgrown fleeces/lock online or in the field.  
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Most of our 2 classes were here for the certificate award ceremony.  Many thanks to Gerry (3rd from left) who coordinated the course as well as sourcing all the fleeces and providing an insight that was immeasurable to class participants.    Much thanks also to Wool Growers who provided learning materials, funding and backed the courses and provided the certificates.
If you are ever interested in wool judging keep an eye out for upcoming courses with the Manitoba Fibre Fest.  
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Ice Flow Shawl

9/8/2018

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I wanted to make a bunch of the Manitoba Fibre Fest Collection patterns this year.  I decided to cast on Ice Flow by Johanna Giesbrecht using Feet of Clay Ceramic's colourway dyed by Cog Yarns.  All of these women were vendors at the festival as well.  The other awesome thing is the yarn went perfect with my newly made Carson Dress sewn specifically for the weekend :) and of course my Jul designs Sheep shawl stick.
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