fiber show
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09/11/11 – 2011 Garden State Sheep Breeders Sheep & Fiber Festival
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09/10/11 – 2011 Garden State Sheep Breeders Sheep & Fiber Festival
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Lower Mainland Sheep Producers Association Fleece Show and Sale
Contributed by Margaret Fryatt, British Columbia, Canada On June 4th, 2011, Vancouver Island Fleece Judge, Matt Robley, evaluated fleeces entered by local sheep breeders. Of the 51 fleeces entered in the show, most came from the Fraser Valley. There were entries from further afield but my three entries traveled the greatest distance to be included.…
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Black Sheep Gathering news
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Big News from the Big Sky Fiber Arts Festival
This news from longtime Montana BFL breeder Judy Colvin: Reporting in from our little Montana fiber festival, the Big Sky Fiber Arts Fest, held in Hamilton, MT. The sheep show was held on June 11th and I brought a mix of registered BFLs and some BFL/Gotland crosses. The classes were divided into fine, medium, longwool, and…
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Great Lakes Fiber Show in Wooster
BLU members Tari Lohrey, Anne Bisdorf, and Lisa Rodenfels attended the fiber festival in Wooster, OH this weekend as vendors. Between the three, BFL fiber was well represented; raw fleece, dyed locks, rovings, yarns, and some finished knitted items sold well in the booth marked with the big BLU banner. Fellow breeders Mike Lilburn, and…
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Fiber Processing Surprises and Lessons Learned
By Kathleen Davidson To a shepherd, homegrown fiber is priceless so sending it off to be processed can be stressful, to say the least. All the effort in growing and harvesting our wool should be reflected in the perfect processed product. But sometimes the returned product doesn’t meet our expectations. What went wrong? Hopefully I…
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New BFL show opportunity in Michigan
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News From New England… from Joan Chapin
In spite of back-to-back snow “bombs” in January that resulted in building losses around the area, New England sheep and wool folks are looking forward – to several planned activities that signal spring. Connecticut Sheep Breeders and the University of Connecticut College of Agriculture will hold its Blue Ribbon Sheep Forum on February 19, 2011,…
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National BFL Show to be held May 25-27, 2012 in Wooster, OH
BLU reviewed the National Show venue proposals received in January and has made its selection. It’s official! Our National Bluefaced Leicester Show will be held on May 25-27, 2012 at the Great Lakes Fiber Show venue (during this festival), in Wooster, Ohio. Banner Sales also holds a show and sale during this festival, and BFL…