This past Saturday my local yanr store Uniquities held its semi-annual Fiber's Farmer Market at the Vienna Community Center in Vienna, Virginia.
It was their fourth fiber fest, the biggest to date. And it was big. Loads of fleece, yarn and roving from local farms and dyers such as Wild Hare Fiber Studio from Front Royal and Spirit Trail Fiber Works, to name a few.
Lawrie's Laine had a table where you can custom order your project bags and needle holders.
Uniquities showcased their latest fibers and yarns:
There was a table for bake sale goodies where all the proceeds went to support one of Uniquities' employee who will be participating the the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Walk this fall. Check out the "Sheep Pops."
Or the "yarny" cup cakes.
But the highlight of the afternoon was the "From Sheep to Scarf" demonstration. Six spinners and a weaver sat down and carded raw Romney fleece, donated by Solitude Wool, and weaved a scarf, all in just over two hours!
Jasmine donated the fleece:
We carded and spun.
Robin weaved.
Two and a half hours later:
Go Team Uniquities!
Hey we might not be up to entering in the Maryland Sheep and Wool competition yet, we we're mighty proud!
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