MORE FROM THE FIBER FESTIVAL

I couldn't resist showing a few more pictures of the RIVERSLEA FIBER FEST An older gentleman was mixing a rainbow of colors for the artisans to use as they saw fit. Just look at those hands. They have worked all their life doing for friends and neighbors.

I was mesmerized by the flow of his work and finally dared to ask what he was doing. "Whatever she tells me to do seems to work best" Of course everyone laughed,but, he never did volunteer any further information. He was working in the barn out of the hot sun and when I stepped outside.............

children were gathered around a young lady hoping for a turn at felting. She was using those rainbow strips of color to teach them how to felt using cookie cutters to make a design that they would be able to take home. Or they could felt with their feet....

This young lady put felting wool in a kiddie pool with bubble wrap and let those little bare feet do the work.

When all was done they had a piece big enough to be a rug. All involved couldn't wait to show mom and dad,or anyone that walked by, how creative they had been with their own two feet. How nice to find a way to get the little ones

so excited about making something........said the hobbit