Re: [Tactile - A Fiber Arts Studio:19] Re: Booneville

[Linda Partsch]

Maia,

 

Are you guys working or going for fun and classes?

Linda

>Unfortunately, that is the weekend of the California Wool & Fiber
>Festival in Booneville and Brooke & I will be there.  

 

Maia

[Maia]

All of the above. We will be selling Tactile & Sincere Sheep and
Brooke is teaching (drop spindle I think). I am looking forward to
it. I've never been to this festival.

Maia

[Betsy Graham]

Hello to Christine -- further to our conversation at spinning last Thursday
night, here's my email so you can tell me about the scarves you have. For
the rest of you, Christine has many amazing scarves from India, natural
dyes and wonderful shibori/tied patterns. Truly amazing!

Betsy

[kris...@averbforkeepingwarm.com]

Hi Betsy and Tactile members --

The scarves -- how I love them! I am not sure how many I have in my
house right now -- alot. I have a large range of color -- probably
any color that you wished. I have naturally dyed scarves and acid
dyed scarves.

They are created by my friend Jabbar Khatri (the last name Khatri
signifies the dyeing community or caste in that area). He lives in
Bhuj, Gujarat. That region is known as the Great Rann of Kutch. It
is famously known for its exquisite textiles: elaborate quilts and
clothing embellished with embroideries and applique. And dyeing,
extremely specific to that part of the world, ajarak blockprints and
bandhani (this is the method that Jabbar employs to make the
scarves). Bandhani is a resist dyeing technique used to make a large
variation of patterns and motifs. Some of Jabbar's patterns are
traditional and some are contemporary.

I am working right now on photographing the scarves and putting them
on my website. www.averbforkeepingwarm.com. Also, sometime in the
next couple months, I would like to have a trunk show of sorts. I
will keep you posted.

--Kristine

[Betsy Graham]

Thanks for the update, Kristine (and the correct spelling of your name!)

Your web site is great -- I'm glad to know that it exists. It will be a
great way to highlight the scarves.

Betsy

[Tactile]

I just wanted to remind everyone that we will be at the California
Wool & Fiber Festival this weekend. Check it out at http://www.fiberfestival.com/.
It is Friday through Sunday. I think some of the classes are still
open.

We would love to see you there.

Maia

[Betsy Graham]

Hi Maia,

Thanks for the reminder -- I'm going to try to get to this event.

I just returned from Scotland, where there are piles of sheep on every
corner but no one even understands when you ask about buying fleece and
there really isn't even much local wool yarn to be found. So
disappointing. Having returned from my trip with hand spun silk instead of
wool, an event with really fleeces looks wonderful!

Betsy

[Susan Sullivan Maynard]

Dear Betsy,

 

My sister had the same experience when she was in the UK - Cotswold area up to southern Scotland -  until she checked into a BnB with sheep shearing photos on their walls.  That started questions and ended with her collecting a small bag (tags and belly wool I suspect) from their barn and bringing it home. 

 

Now we know that dirty fleece may not be the best import for environmental and health reasons, but . . . .

 

Most flock owners have to sell their wool to collectives that then sell the fleece, usually in quantities larger than I or even my guild wants.  They're not easy to find but are also not impossible.  I've tracked down the Wenesleydale wool market board and may still ahve that reference.

 

A few years back, did find an exceptional Welsh farm that would sell and ship raw wool as well as yarns spun from their fleeces.  All organic, all rare Welsh breeds and very distinctive. there may be other farms in Scotland but asking the right people and the right questions is the issue.

 

Wish I was traveling but flying these days is debilitating.  Takes me 6 weeks to recover from a cross country flight, but I'm still envious and wanting to travel.  

 

susan

Betsy Graham <be...@iii.com> wrote:

Hi Maia,

Thanks for the reminder -- I'm going to try to get to this event.

I just returned from Scotland, where there are piles of sheep on every
corner but no one even understands when you ask about buying fleece and
there really isn't even much local wool yarn to be found. So
disappointing. Having returned from my trip with hand spun silk instead of
wool, an event with really fleeces looks wonderful!

Betsy

At 04:30 PM 9/12/2007, you wrote:

>I just wanted to remind everyone that we will be at the California
>Wool & Fiber Festival this weekend. Check it out at
>http://www.fiberfestival.com/.
>It is Friday through Sunday. I think some of the classes are still
>open.
>
>We would love to see you there.
>
>Maia
>

>On Aug 14, 11:41 am, Maia wrote:
> > All of the above. We will be selling Tactile & Sincere Sheep and
> > Brooke is teaching (drop spindle I think). I am looking forward to
> > it. I've never been to this festival.
> >
> > Maia
> >
> > On Aug 14, 9:07 am, Linda Partsch wrote:
> >
> > > Maia,
> >
> > > Are you guys working or going for fun and classes?
> >
> > > Linda
> >
> > > >Unfortunately, that is the weekend of the California Wool & Fiber
> > > >Festival in Booneville and Brooke & I will be there.
> >
> > > Maia
>
>
>

Susan

Susan Sullivan Maynard
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