This Saturday I will be a demonstrator & vendor at the sweet little Mars Hill Heritage Festival on the campus of Mars Hill College where I work. I'll be carding & spinning a lovely natural brown/grey fleece and selling hats, yarn and fiber. Now nobody ever gets rich at this little show, but we do put on a good event. There will be live traditional music, handmade pottery (and kids can throw a pot), 4-H booths, milking goats, an apple butter kettle, a keeper of bees and a number of eceolygy/sustainablility/history displays of the campus quad. The usual vendors will be down on Main Street.
Between now and then I need to...
- Tag yarn and hats
- Felt some knitted hats
- Ply and wash yarns
- Weigh and tag fiber
- Make a bunch of signs
- Assemble my display stuff
- Assemble the portable 'office'
- Pack the truck
- Snag stuff I need from Locally Grown
Because we have an English dance event that same evening, I also need to...
- Clean the house (because you never know where the party will be!)
- Tidy the guest room
- Bake cookies
- Assemble table linens & serving utensils
- Pick and arrange flowers
- Better clean the bathroom too
Since I don't do many craft shows (about 3 per year!), I have to reinvent the wheel every time. But since a good bit of the stock of
SmokyMountainFibers will come to the event, it's a good way for local Ravelers and Etsians who wish to can see my work. I put a note on Ravelry inviting spinners to bring wheels and spindles and 'set a spell' as we say up in these mountains. Should be chilly (good for hat sales) and I hope it's sunny!
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