"Would anyone who has organized one of these demonstrations be kind enough to share how they went about it? A friend of mine took on this job for a local sheep & wool festival and needs a bit of assistance and I offered to send the question out to my fiber groups. Any help would be appreciated.
David in Rhode Island." Are we talking demo or contest? A demo is pretty simple. Get as many spinners together as want to come and find a willing weaver. Get the festival to give you a spot out of weather and hours of direct sunlight where people can watch. When we do a demo, we usually wash our fleece first (so we actually call it "fleece to shawl" because we don't like spinning in the grease), but if you prefer to shear a sheep and then spin the fleece, you will need to arrange for that. Have the loom warped before you start. We usually raffle off the shawl when it is finished. I have actually set up a couple of SMALL fleece to shawl competitions, if your friend wants to e-mail me off list, he/she is welcome. Maggie To stop mail temporarily mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: set nomail To restore send: set mail
