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Welcome to The Weaving, Spinning & Fiber Arts
Guild of Idaho Falls
This year the Guild is sponsoring the 17th Annual Snake River Fiber Fair. It will be held May 21 and 22 at the Eastern Idaho Technical College. It is time to Register for the classes of your choice! Hurry, space is limited! REGISTER HERE: http://www.srfiberarts.org/ModShop/ShowCategory/12695/#bottom Class descriptons of the 28 classes are on the Snake River Fiber Art Fair page, the teacher bios are also on that page. Other Fiber Art Fair Activites include: Skein Competition Fleece Skirting Demo Fleece Competition Saturday night Dinner with Spin-In and Fashion Show More than 20 Vendors will also be there to meet all your shopping needs. Pick up your Shop Hop cards at the Registration desk and visit all of the Vendors.
Skein Competition Contest Rules: All yarns must have been handspun within the past year. A 3 x 5 card must be attached to each skein with: 1. Name and address on one side. Label the other side with: either beginner OR experienced. Beginner is defined as having less than one year of spinning experience. 2. List fiber as well as breed of animal (if known). 3. Intended use. 4. List Category and Class (see list below) Category: 1. Wool 2. Exotics 3. Non-animal Fiber (bast fibers) 4. Blends Class: 1. Singles 2. 2-ply 3. Multi-ply 4. Novelty Deliver contest entries to the Hospitality room by 9 am Saturday morning May 21st. (This is in the Judge:
Fleece Skirting Demo Ever think you might want to exhibit a fleece in a show and competition, but didn’t know how to get your entry ready? Want more info on evaluating, choosing, and handling raw fleeces. This is for you! In the interest of increasing entries in future fleece competitions, Dr. Fred Knowlton (Notlwonk Springs) is conducting a brief hands-on workshop and demonstration teaching the basics of choosing fleeces for show, evaluating fleeces for defects, properly skirting fleeces, and preparing them for show. The mini-workshop and demo will start at 12:15 Saturday and run for about an hour. Location may be outside, if weather permits or may be co-located with the Fleece Show. Ask at the Registration desk for the location, but don’t miss it, if you are a fiber animal producer.
Snake River Fiber Art Fair Raw Fleece Show The Snake River Fiber Art Fair Committee is happy to announce that a fleece competition will be held during the 2011 fair. The information and rules for this competition are listed below. Fleece entry and judging will take place on Saturday, May 21, 2011. Private treaty sales of entered fleeces are perfectly acceptable after judging is completed. Fleeces that are sold will be released immediately. Exhibitors, NOT the Snake River Fiber Art Fair, are responsible for exhibited fleeces. All entries need to be brought to the 1. Fleeces must be from animals owned by the exhibitor at the time of harvest. 2. Entries must not have been processed. 3. Entries must have been shorn within 18 months of Exhibiting. 4. Fleeces must be skirted, reasonably clean and free of infestation. 5. Fleeces should not be tied. 6. All fleeces should be in see-through plastic bags that are not too small for the fleece, with only one fleece per bag. Fleeces may be removed from the bags for judging. The competition will be by Categories according to fleece type. Within Categories, fleeces will be divided into and judged in Classes depending on the number of fleeces in a Category. Typical Classes might be White and Colored, and/or Ram and Ewe fleeces. Exotics will be divided by species. Ribbons will be awarded to the top fleeces in each class. Champion and Reserve Champion ribbons will be awarded in each Category, and the judge will award Best-Of-Show to the best fleece exhibited. Categories: 1. Fine Wool (60s and finer, examples would be Merino, Rambouillet, etc.) 2. Medium Wool (52s to 58s, examples, 3. Long Wool (50s and coarser, examples Romney, Lincoln, Cotswold) 4. Primitive (generally coarser and/or double-coated, examples Shetland, Icelandic, Navaho Churro) 5. Exotics (Alpaca/Camelids, Cashmere, Mohair, Judge Marla Trowbridge of Trenton, Utah, began her work with sheep and wool as a student with Dr. Lyle McNeal’s Navajo Sheep Project and obtained a Bachelor and Masters Degree at Utah State University. She earned a Level One Classer Grader Certification and was the main technician of the University's Wool Laboratory. She is well schooled in micron counts, yield assessments, and skirting and classing wool. Marla has been involved with fine wool breeds, meat breeds and hand-spinning breeds. For more information about the fleece show, contact Jack Hartwell at (208) 522-1337 or (208) 221-9366.
Bring your spinning wheel, knitting, or other fabulous fiber project and join us for dinner and fun! We will give out prizes for the skein contest, door prizes; and have the Fashion Show to add to the fun. Dinner is available for purchase for $13.25 (including tax) and will be Chicken Cordon Blue, baked potato, vegetable, salad, dessert and drink. Vegetarian option of Eggplant Lasagna available upon request.
New this year: Fashion Show! Here’s your chance to show off your beautiful handwork to those who will truly appreciate it. Anything goes: socks, blankets, sweaters, shawls, slippers, gloves, cowls, you name it as long as it was made by you. The crowd will vote for the People’s Choice Award and the winner will be announced at the Spin-In! Please register for the fashion show at the Registration Desk on Saturday, May 21 by leaving your name and address on an index card explaining what you are wearing and what it is made of and all that you did.
Welcome! The Guild is dedicated to teaching, learning, building skill in weaving, spinning and fiber arts! Classes are often taught by well known Artists and Authors who teach spinning, weaving, knitting, rug hooking, felting, beading and dyeing yarns and fibers etc. We invite you to come and join with us as a member dues are only $25 per year, as we explore and learn together.
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