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Yarn, Fiber Arts and Photography contest forms
The forms are available online now. Click on the “About BLU” dropdown box above, then on the “National Show Info”. You can download/print the 3 contest forms. Please share these with all interested parties!
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2012 National Show
The judge for the BFL show is Judy Moore. Judy is a nationally known and respected judge with experience judging BFLs. The show is scheduled for Friday, May 25th at 3PM. It is held at the Great Lakes Fiber Festival in Wooster Ohio. Besides the sheep show, there will be competitions for fleece, yarn, fiber…
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Bluefaced Leicester yarns flew off the tables at A Wool Gathering festival in Ohio
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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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BFL Yarn Loves Lace… try Old Shale!
Although I consider myself a “baby beginner knitter,” I love lace! I’m really fascinated by it; by knowing how to execute a few different kinds of stitches, you can create something so beautiful. It’s not too bad, really… a few yarn overs, knit 2 or 3 togethers, slip slip knit, pass slipped stitch over, etc.…
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Using the Classifieds
A message for BLU members We have changed some things from how they were organized on the old site. There is now a separate piece of software that is being used to run our Membership Directory; we are using this area only for membership information and membership status, and have eliminated the “classified ad info”…