There is an historical working farm in Newbury, Mass., where this year's Fiber Revival was held. There is also an alpaca farm down the road that brought over a couple of alpacas for people to view - no touching or climbing on the fence!
But the horse didn't mind getting some attention, and there was this turkey wandering around, as well as some chickens. It's a farm!
It was also a gorgeous day. The vendors provided thoughtful opportunities to enhance your stash...
There were classes throughout the day - I took a class for spinners on the difference between woolen and worsted spinning, with lots of interesting tidbits thrown in for good measure. Barbara, the instructor, brought many bags of fleece, and showed us the differences in the fleeces from different breeds, and how these differences resulted in different types of yarn. Several of us were caught sniffing the fleeces, and had to admit that we really liked the scent of the lanolin in the unwashed fleece...
I don't have pictures of the class because I was too busy spinning and sniffing.
There was a shady area where spinners set up their wheels...
Notice the custom-made cup holders on each wheel!
After all, it's summer, and spinning is thirsty work.
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