TWO fiber events in two days!

Today hubby, grandson and I took a quick trip to Riverslea Farm in Epping, NH to check out their Seacoast Fiber Festival after church.  The information I had said it ran from 9 am to 1 pm, but when we arrived the sign at the venue said 10 am to 2 pm.  It was small, but almost as interesting as the Fiber Revival yesterday.

There were maybe 6 or 8 vendors, a large tent with chairs for a sit-and-spin, and more.  The grandson (two years old in just over a week) loved it!

We watched a sheep being sheared - always interesting!  This time the shearer was a woman, a fairly uncommon sight!

We watched a couple of ladies spinning from angora bunnies in their laps.  This is one of them.  This is a lovely fawn (or maybe chestnut) bunny.  The other bunny was white.  Both ladies were very friendly, and invited the two year old to pet the bunnies.

Seeing these people spinning from their bunnies reminds me that I need to get busy shearing my own bunnies!  They are all due to have their coats removed!

We watched a lady leading her two shetland sheep around the grounds.  One was a wether and the other was a young (4 months old) ram who was learning to walk on a lead.  We saw a bunch of already-shorn sheep, and several more angora bunnies.  We saw some alpacas, and heard them humming.  Grandson did a great job imitating their hum!  He also got to pat some other bunnies and some of the sheep.  

I saw this fabulous spinning wheel at the Solidago Farm booth.  She said it's an antique Swedish wheel, and was painted when she bought it.  Among the designs painted is the date '1861' on the treadle.

I ran into one person who may have a Hansen Mini Spinner coming up for sale!  She is planning to get one of Abby Franquemont's devices - the electric spinner that Abby and her husband were demonstrating at the Fiber Revival yesterday!  She's supposed to contact me with more information on her Hansen in the near future.

I came home without any fleeces or new fiber.  I looked at several of the newly shorn fleeces, but all were  more coarse wool than I prefer to work with.  I liked the colors, but I still have several fleeces from my own sheep, this year's shearings, to work with.

I picked up a flyer with details of the Northeast Handspinners Association's "Open House", a one-day event being held this year on Nov. 7 in Newburyport, MA.  Newburyport is indeed close enough to make this feasible, and I am very much looking forward to attending.  After a lapse of many years, I believe I'm going to renew my membership this year.

And while preparing to leave, I spotted the rear window of this vehicle in the parking area.  As computer geeks ourselves, I found this delightful!