Flag Wool & Fiber Festival
I had a booth at the Flagstaff Wool & Fiber Festival a couple of weeks ago. I had so much fun and some fair success selling my colorful Cotswold locks, microbrew dye kits, carded mini-batts and handspun yarn. I wish I could do it every weekend! Nickela came with as my helper and photographer. My business is officially called M'Lou Roo Studio (at least for now LOL). I got to visit with a couple of my favorite vendors, and of course came back with some of their stuff: Cactus Hill Farm from Colorado---I LOVE their merino and merino/rambouillet fleeces! I can't wait to start spinning mine! I also caught up with Brookmoore Creations from Tuscon. They have awesome rovings of all fibers...my favorite being a Bfl/Silk mix. I also ended up with 5 lbs of Acala Cotton lint! I got home and discovered I already HAD about 3 pounds of lint from years ago (don't tell my hubby!). Needless to say, I am dyeing cotton like a mad woman and hope to start carding it soon! I started a Facebook Page for the Studio and I hope to get the Etsy shop up and running again soon! I met so many great folks at the festival, that I want to be able to keep in contact with them.
I was also invited to help teach a dyeing workshop with a gal up in Grand Canyon who teaches Nuno Felting! Kim Buchheit is an artist from up north and saw my dye kits and wants to incorporate them into the nuno scarves she makes. I am so excited to get to work with her in the fall.
Also! I get to demonstrate my spinning and carding next week to an open house called Arizona Make It With Wool. It is put on by the Arizona Sheep Producer's Auxiliary in conjunction with an event/contest they do every year. The event is designed to encourage seamstresses, knitters, etc to create with wool fabric and yarn.
