Great Women Building a Gracious World

                                                                                                                                            Volume 2, Issue 3

                                                                                                                       May/June 2007

                                                                                                                                                                              

Alpaca Buddies, by Sandra Bennett
 

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May/June Contributing Writers

Alissa Barton, Sandra Bennett, Rosemary Brock, Hakucho, Grace Hatton, Martha McGrath, Leslie Shelor  

 

 

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Fiber Femme Focus

Maryland Sheep and Wool!

Photos and Commentary by Sandra Bennett

Alpaca Buddies

 

Preparing for Sheep Judging

 

SOCKS!

 

It's ***ROVING***!!!

 

Let's party!

 

Cotton wreath

 

Ready for spinning

 

Wearable art from Wool out of Wales

 

Felted story

 

Spinner's eye candy

 

Young fiber artist needle felting sheep

 

Knit Ready

 

Rug Hooking

 

Fresh Fleece

 

Bosworth Journey Wheels

 

Helen "Halla" Fleischer, Fantasy & Fiber Artist

 

Making baskets to carry wool

Baskets for a Lifetime by Robert Watson, Jr.

 

More hand crafted wearable art.  Faroese shawl, a modification of a Jackie Erickson-Schweitzer called Pendants knitted in a Rowan double-knit weight yarn by Laura Bosley.

 

 

Something Other than Wool

Justamere Tree Farm

 

The "short" tee-shirt line at 3 p.m. on Saturday

 

Felted Best of Show

 

"My **first** wheel AND I bought it at the MSWF auction!"

 

LUNCH!

 

GREAT felted bag

 

"My first sheep."

 

Spinning in the sheep barn

 

Silk Cocoons

 

Felted Shoes - Textile Museum, DC

 

Antique sock machine demo

 

Socks on the hoof

 

"Yeah, we made 'em both."

 

Sheep to Shawl

 

Sometimes, it's about the rabbits.

 

Beautiful shawl made and worn by festival visitor

 

Anna Zilboorg's beautiful, handcrafted sweater

 

Felted art in the form of a hand puppet

Betty Peterson of Elm Grove