I traveled down to Tucson on a different weekend to Kathy Withers ranch to check out all of her fiber animals and venders she was hosting at her bi-annual open house. She showed off her animals and home fiber shop and wonderful works of textile art she creates. Many other venders were there that I was able to meet and get to know. I also had the pleasure of meeting her shearer who travels across the country from Missouri, Danny Smith. I had a good time trading stories about shearing and I also learned some things from his almost 40 years experience and a 3rd generation shearer. Another thing I learned... I am a pretty good shearer too, just not as fast (But speed isn't everything). As you can see my little abby was having fun with the animals too!
Traveling to Tucson 4 times in the last month for shearing and events has been pretty crazy. So then I stayed in town last weekend to participate in a great tradition of the Old Wild West: A Chuck Wagon Cook Off at Thunderbird Park Chandler, AZ. This was a great event with everyone dressed in period garb and the smell of open fire pit cooked food and hundreds of dutch ovens between the 7 chuck wagons that were there.
I was part of the Phoenix Arizona Desert Weavers and Spinners Guild (http://www.adwsg.org/) demonstrating the tradition of Spinning and the process of taking raw wool and producing useable yarn to make clothing and blankets and other things. There was a lot of interest in our booth and we had a lot of fiber to touch and yarn to look at. It was a beautiful day with temps in the low 70s! The family came to support and a friend from out of town had a good time eating the good food and watching us spin.
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