Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! (Belated for Canada, and too early for the US – but that’s ok!)

This weekend there are a few fun events where you can get out and spin in public!

Southern Indiana Fiber Arts Festival

NYS Sheep and Wool Festival

Woodstock Fleece Festival

Our friend Kevin sent along a shot of himself doing a spinning demo.

And, also, we have a wonderful new Spinterview with our friend Becky from North Dakota – check it out here.

There are a bunch of great fiber events where you can spin, see some spinning, learn to spin…etc. and all happening this weekend. Here’s the list:

21st Annual Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival – http://www.vermontsheep.org/festival.html

Fall Fiber Festival of Virginia – http://www.fallfiberfestival.org/

Wool Festival at Taos – http://www.taoswoolfestival.org/

Lambtown USA Fiber Fair – http://www.lambtown.com/fiberfair.html

Now, for today’s amazing Flickr find!

Title: Falasha Woman Spinning Wool

This photo was taken by Flickr photographer Johan Gerrits.  It is noted that this is hear Gondar, Ethiopia.

Also – check out our new Spinterview with Debbie of Hampton Artistic Yarns here: http://www.spininpublic.com/spinterviews/?p=70

Our friend Melissa from Wild Hare Fiber sent some lovely highlight photos from WWSIP day!

She notes:

I hope you had as much fun as I did! Here is a picture of me spinning with other members of the Blue Ridge Spinner’s and Weavers Guild at the Bluemont Fair in Loudon County, Virginia (I’m the one in pink on the right):

And here is what I spun that day:

left to right: (1) spun from hand-dyed wool top, to be plied into a dk weight yarn, 3 oz. of fiber (2) spun from a blended batt, worsted-weight singles, 2.7 oz. of fiber (3) spun from hand-dyed superwash wool top, bulky single, 4 oz. of fiber, and (4) handpainted superwash merino top, spun to fine singles (haven’t decided on plying). I didn’t finish the bobbin on that one before the event ended, so there’s more to come on that one. (All the fibers are ones that I dye and sell in my etsy shop.)