The Kentucky Sheep and Fiber Festival

The long awaited Kentucky Sheep and Fiber Festival is this weekend (5/15-16) in Lexington.

I'm excited to be part of this exciting event.  The list of fiber vendors and food, fiber animal exhibitions the the annual Sheep Dog Trials is wonderful.  This will be an event not to be missed.  Fiber Lovers and their families, come on out and celebrate this weekend.  Take one of the wonderful workshops starting on Friday and shop and eat from the great variety of local and regional wool, alpaca farmers and fiber artisans.  Sample great natural and local food.  Check out the details here :

http://www.kentuckysheepandfiber.com/

and don't forget to stop by and say hello.  I've been spinning like crazy and carding batts for weeks now getting ready for the event.  I will also have Ashford Spinning wheels and the great Knitters Loom as well as Wild Carder and other carders and tools in the Ashford line.  I will also have a great selection of felting fibers and ecru fibers for dyeing including Panda Top and Merino/Bamboo and Merino Superwash.

A sampling of some of the beautiful yarns in my shop will also be there.

Come on out...it's going to be a great weekend!

Old Towne Revival

I live near the wonderful old town of Elizabeth KY, full of historic old buildings each with its own wondrous past.  In recent times it has been a bit quiet down in the old town square.  Many business and shops have moved out to the many newly developed highway malls all around. BUT, there is movement afoot to revive the energy that once thrived here.  Driven by the Renaissance of the Grand old State Theatre (historicstatetheater.org/) and the efforts of the Heritage Council, this year there is a wonderful ArtWalk bringing those lights and sounds of the holiday back to the square.  The once empty shop windows have been transformed by local business  Inside, the shops have been turned into Galleries featuring fine, graphic and folk artists from all around the state. Find more details here.

Wool Comes to Town:

I have been having a great time participating in the Elizabethtown "Old Towne" Artwalk. The new venue prompted the inspiration  to get back to doing some serious felting:

 such as this Art Doll called 'The Singer',

and some bold new Art Yarns like this plush hand dyed thick and thin plied with gold and dark green threads, felted balls and yes, tiny hand knit socks:

and this huge skein of core spun multi colored hand dyed locks called 'Holiday Lights'. 

There will be more of my handspuns every week as I get them off the wheels and prepped and felted pieces as inspiration hits.

For more fun and variety, I have invited fellow fiber artist Stephanie of  LunabudKnits to join me.  A beautiful selection of her hand dyed yarns will also be found in my shop space including some she whipped up with some of my fibers.  The girl is multi talented indeed. Follow the link above to check out her blog and Etsy shop and

learn more about her wonderful fiber arts and her visit to AllOneFarms recently.  She will be visiting the ArtWalk again next weekend and we just might put some combined "luna power" to spin up some new yarns or felted creations to add to the shop.

It has been a fun event with a variety of activities that began with the Thanksgiving Day Parade and continues every weekend (5 to 8 pm) evening through December 19. In addition to the programs at the State Theatre, which include screenings of vintage Holiday Classics such as "Miracle on 34th Street" this weekend, there is always live music and variety of quality vendors and artisans.  Last week a Harpist and Singer sat by my door and crooned to passers by while the vintage train ran between the Theatre and Santa Land. A couple of doors down at another huge Gallery Space the Dulcimer concert drew a nice crowd. Come down and check it all out and be sure to stop in to say 'hi' to me.