WAFA Soctober 2022 Vendor Program

Withoutourteam,noneofthis wouldbepossible!

FounderEllen Zawada; OwnerofWoolandFiberArtsLLC

Vendor Team Heather Campbell, Jennefer Marker (Mentor Program), Jean Story, Danielle Lefor Wallace, Candice Smith

Customer Team (anything that happens publicly in WAFA) Erika Lindgren, Heather Campbell, Molly Richter (craft along), MAry Dillon, Katelyn Dunn, Candice Smith, Jessica Holt Pack, Amy Olshewski Bowling

Marketing Team Terra Mia Kat Bierkens, Raven Reynolds (social Media)

Inclusivity Team Liza Q Wirtz, Alaura Pittman, TeDi Jansen, Vidya Gopalakrishna Travis, Maddy McLendon

Education Team TeDi Jansen, Alanna Wilcox

Batt from Stitched by Momma Witch

Palette of the Month

Romney from 3L&S Farm

Batt from Nistock Farm

Photo by Chylie Sweeney of Sheepishly Made & MCS Livestock

Yarn from

Lucky Silver Fiber Arts

Combed Top from D n D Fibers

Index of Vendors

2 B Ewe

3L & S Farms

Aker Fiber Farm

AriBo Arts

Catchpenny Crafts

Cedar View Farm

Clear Sky Fiber Arts Compass Moon Creations

Crafted by Locals

Create Yarnworks Curly C'ewes

D n D Fibers

Esther's Place Ewe2me2u

Ewenique Astrid

Esquisite E Yarns and Rovings

Fairily Fiber Fun Faith Hope Love Studio

Flannel Cakes Fiber Four Hearts Farm Mainely Fiber

Fresh Lotus Designs

Greenwood Fiber Works Gritty Knits

Harvest Hill Acres

Hidden Pastures Luxury Fibers

Jehovah Jireh Farm and Fibers

Jubuilee Farms

Knitspin

Lair of the Llama Leaf Livestock Wool Co

Lucky Silver Fiber Arts

Macedo's Mini Acre

Index of Vendors

Marge Sundholm

McKnitty Yarns

Merino Y Vino

Mulch and More Crafts

Nistock Farms

Opalessence Fiber Studio

Puddin Ridge Studio

Rachel M Post Rusty Spur

Shaggy Bear Sheridan Flats

Sherwood Fiber Arts

Spinaway Farm SpinGlitz

StarKnits

Stitched by Mama Witch

Susans Fiber Shop

The Rosefield

The Rusted Flamingo

The Spinner's Stash

Timber and Twine

TLD Design

True Creations Woodturning

Whirlwind Ranch

Wild Hare

Windsor Farms

Windy Acres Fiber Mill

Wine and Woolyl Wool-E Farml

Woven Dimensionsl

Yarn by Katel Yarn Travel

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Schedule Friday's 28th 28th

FIBER FESTIVAL

PEastern ST MCST ST

7:00 AM

7:30 AM 8:00 AM 8:30 AM 9:00 AM 9:30 AM 10:00 AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 11:30 AM 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM

8:00 AM 8:30 AM 9:00 AM 9:30 AM 10:00 AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 11:30 AM 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM

9:00 AM 9:30 AM 10:00 AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 11:30 AM 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM

10:00 AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 11:30 AM 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM 5:00 PM

Wool-E Farm

True Creations Woodturning

Mulch and More Crafts

Aker Fiber Farm

Marge Sundholm Designs

Four Hearts Farm Mainely Fiber Whirlwind Ranch, Inc

Woven Dimensions Greenwood Fiberworks Shaggy Bear Farms

Puddin Ridge Fibers

Opalessence Fiber Studio

Wine and Wooly Design Stitched by Mama Witch Curly C'ewes

28th 28th

Schedule Friday's FIBER FESTIVAL

ST MCST ST

2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM 5:00PM 5:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM

3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM 5:00 PM 5:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM

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4:30 PM 5:00 PM 5:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00PM 8:30 PM

5:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM 7:00PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM

Clear Sky Fiber Arts AriBo Arts

Sherwood Fiber Arts Exquisite E Yarns and Rovings

Ewenique Astrid Knitspin

Crafted By Locals McKnitty Yarns Merino y Vino

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W O O L A N D F I B E R A R T WS O O L A N D F I B E R A R T S

Schedule Saturday's 29th 29th

FIBER FESTIVAL

PEastern ST MCST ST

7:00 AM

7:30 AM 8:00 AM 8:30 AM 9:00 AM 9:30 AM 10:00 AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 11:30 AM 12:00 PM 12:30 PM

1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM

8:00 AM 8:30 AM 9:00 AM 9:30 AM 10:00 AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 11:30 AM 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM

9:00 AM 9:30 AM 10:00 AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 11:30 AM 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM

10:00 AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 11:30 AM 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM 5:00 PM

Harvest Hill Acres

Windy Acres Fiber Mill

D n D Fibers

Cedar View Farm

The Spinner's Stash

Ewe2me2u

Macedo's Mini Acre Gritty Knits

Esther's Place Nistock Farms

Kostelaz Creations

Leaf Livestock Wool Co

3L&S Farms Lucky Silver Fiber Arts Lair of the Llama

29th 29th

Schedule Saturday's FIBER FESTIVAL

PEastern ST MCST ST

2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM 5:00PM 5:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM

3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM 5:00 PM 5:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM

Notes

4:30 PM 5:00 PM 5:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00PM 8:30 PM

5:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM 7:00PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM

Rusty Spur Ranch and Creations

The Rosefield

TLD DESIGN CENTER & GALLERY

Timber and Twine at Small Acre Farm StarKnits Flannel Cakes Fiber

Sheridan Flats

SpinGlitz

Faith Hope Love Studio

W O O L A N D F I B E R A R T WS O O L A N D F I B E R A R T S

W O O L A N D F I B E R A R T WS O O L A N D F I B E R A R T S

Schedule Sunday's 30th 30th

FIBER FESTIVAL

PEastern ST MCST ST

9:00 AM 9:30 AM 10:00 AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 11:30 AM 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM

10:00 AM 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 11:30 AM 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM 5:00 PM 5:30 PM

11:00 AM 11:30 AM 12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM 5:00 PM 5:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM

12:00 PM 12:30 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM 2:00 PM 2:30 PM 3:00 PM 3:30 PM 4:00 PM 4:30 PM 5:00 PM 5:30 PM 6:00 PM 6:30 PM 7:00PM 7:30 PM

Jubilee Farm

Yarn Travel

Wild Hare Fiber Studio

The Rusted Flamingo Fairily Fiber Fun

Hidden Pastures Luxury Fiber Farm

Susans Fiber Shop

Rachel M Post Yarn By Kate

Create Yarnworks

Windsor Farms Rabbitry Spinaway Farm

Jehovah Jireh Farm and Fibers

Fresh Lotus Design 2 B Ewe

Catchpenny Crafts

Schedule Sunday's

Notes

30th 30th

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Crafted by Locals

An Interview with Rachel Moberg

by TeDi Jansen

How did your business get started?

Hard to say exactly when my business started! When I was a little girl I learned to spin and then once I learned to weave, I took rag rugs, table runners, scarves. shawls and towels that I had woven and sold them at a nearby craft market. I had this dream of someday having a little business. I think I always thought of it as something I would do on the the side though! I never thought I would be almost full time with it! Because I was weaving and spinning, dyeing seemed like a great thing to learn so a few years ago I flew out to Colorado Springs and spend time learning from Peggy Doney who graciously let me stay with her while she taught me about dyeing each day until my eyes would glaze over in the evenings! Now I find that I have a constant need for knitted samples of my new colorways so this is causing me to expand my knitting skills as well and I'm really enjoying it! I don't think I will ever be bored when I'm old!

Does your business have a guiding mission or purpose?

The real reason I started learning fiber crafts was because I wanted to know how to provide functional and sustainable clothing and household items for myself and my family. Being able to create things that have value and that will last is important to me. There is a reward in creating something yourself. You don't get the same satisfaction if you purchase that item from the discount store down the road!

Crafted by Locals

An Interview with Rachel Moberg

It's so relaxing to sit down at your spinning wheel and make yarn or sit at your loom and get into the rhythm of throwing the shuttle back and forth while you weave that blanket. It connects you with the past and the future at once.

Do you have a favorite fiber or blend?

I love any natural fiber but I particularly like dyeing the bluefaced leicester and silk blend fibers for spinning because its such an easy, relaxing blend to spin with enough crimp to add fluff to your finished yarn but not so much you're fighting against it.

My favorite yarn? Well, I have several favs I love anything I can get that is grown and processed locally in the U.S. because I love supporting our farmers and ranchers. If I want to splurge, then the yak yarns are my favorite because I love the super rich colors, the soft drape, and the extra warm halo provided by the yak fibers.

What Is your favorite colorway that you dye?

I think I'd have to say Sea Glass is one of my favorites. I love anything with blues and greens!

Timber and Twine

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this month

Some Historic Socks by Erika Lindgren

AriBo Arts

Really, Socks of the Roman Empire

Let’s dig down into some historic socks. This is one of my favorite topics, history and textiles, specifically archaeological evidence. One fact to keep in mind is that we don’t know everything and what we know changes over time as new discoveries are made or old evidence is reexamined. In addition, throughout most of prehistory and history, socks were made from organic materials. Once those materials are in the ground, they decompose. If you bury a sock and a shoe, the sock is more delicate, and traces of it will vanish much faster than the shoe. So we are lucky for the socky finds we do have. Usually they occur in extremely dry areas or in waterlogged areas.

A quick word on construction. Before knitting was invented, socks appear to have been made using a method similar to what we now call nalbinding. Before nalbinding (single needle looped method construction or sometimes called knotless netting) archaeologists think felted wool and other animal hair was used to make foot covering, often still attached to the animal hide. These were in addition to shoes/boots. Evidence of woven foot coverings comes after nalbinding but before knitting. Sprang (a form of weaving that consists entirely of twisted warp threads) may also have been used, but evidence has not yet been found for early examples.

One of the earliest socks found as of today was at an Egyptian archaeological dig in the early part of the 20 th century. It was a child’s sock (left foot only). The sock appears to have been made during the Roman occupation of Egypt, 200 499 C.E. though some recent testing may indicate a slightly earlier date of 100 C.E. How do we know it was for the child’s left foot?

Because it’s small and it’s a split toe sock, similar in style to a Japanese tabi sock (see Fun Facts about Socks elsewhere in this program). The big toehas a separate chamber from the remaining toe, allowing a thonged sandal to be worn over the sock. This sock is striped with at least 6 different colors. It is wool and the yarn (which appears to be 2 ply) was dyed before construction. It’s unknown if the yarn was dyed before or after spinning. In the last few years, non invasive spectral testing has helped determine the dyes used on the yarn. These were madder, weld, and woad (I saw one description list indigo instead of woad, but indigo was a

Some Historic Socks continued

luxury dye imported from India and less likely to have been used for this). But how did the sock end up with at least 6 different colors? Yarn of different colors was plied together to get the various shades Z plying was used. The plied yarn was then nalbinded into the split toe sock. This is a toe up sock. It is now held in the British Museum.

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Also from Egypt, dating 250 420 C.E., is a pair of adult split toe socks that were unearthed in a burial ground. You may have seen these socks, they are bright red. They were found in a 19 th century archaeological dig. Also constructed through nalbinding, they were made with a 3 ply wool. They are now held in the Victoria and Albert Museum. There is also an excellent example in the National Museum of Scotland in their World Culture Collection of a colorful striped wool sock from the Egyptian Coptic period (300 600 C.E.). Their website has numerous close up photos.

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Pair of Socks

Vindolanda Tablets child's woolen sock

At another edge of the Roman Empire we have additional evidence of socks. The first is in written form unearthed near Hadrian’s wall. The famous Vindolanda tablets are an amazing glimpse into the goings on of a Roman fort and settlement over several centuries. These wooden “letters” include announcements of birthday celebrations (which may contain the first actual handwriting by a woman in Britain), daily minutia, and letters from home to soldiers stationed there. One damaged tablet (346) reads, “I have sent(?) you . . . pairs of socks from Sattua, two pairs of sandals and two pairs of underpants, two pairs of sandals [perhaps an additional pair added to the care package from someone else]." Also from Vindolanda there is child’s sock/bootie that has been discovered. It appears to have been woven with the sole seamed to the upper.

Footwear has revealed women and children as well as soldiers living at Vindolanda. People living almost in Scotland were less likely to be wearing sandals, so no split toe socks were needed. If you explore the Vindolanda exhibit, you’ll see the plethora of shoes and boots that have been recovered that the socks would have gone over.

So socks have been around for a long while and they varied. They were practical, but could also be pretty. What do you think an archaeologist would say if they dug up one of your handknit socks in a thousand years?

LIVE Friday at 6pm eastern

AriBo Arts is Iowa fiber artist Erika Lindgren. She specializes in One of a Kind batts for spinners and felters as well as unique hand dyed apparel. In addition, she makes other hand processed fiber from small US farms, spindle kits, handspun yarn, stitch markers, fiber themed jewelry, hand dyed project bags, along with knitted and woven items.

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The average US men’s shoe size is around 10.5: the average US women’s shoe size is between 8.5 and 9. Make your socks accordingly if you don’t know the shoe size of the recipient.

Japanese tabi (split toe or thong socks) were first created in the 15 th century. Tabi often have a thicker sole than most socks since they are also worn as house slippers because of the custom of removing ones shoes upon entering a home in Japan.

Historically, wearing socks with sandals was fashionable.

Each foot has approximately 125,000 sweat glands! The sole of your foot has the most glands per centimeter of any part of your body. This is one reason why we tend to wear socks, to protect our shoes from all that sweat.

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No one knows exactly where the English word “sock” comes from The Old English word was “socc” which seems to translate as light slipper. It may have derived from “soccus,” a Latin word referring to light low-heeled shoes worn by Roman comic actors. But there is also an ancient Greek word “sykchos” meaning a kind of shoe, which the Roman may have adopted. The Greek word itself was probably borrowed from cultures further to the east of Greece.

EThe word ‘sock’ has cognates in Scots (sok), Dutch (sok), German (Socke), Danish (sok or sokke), Swedish (sock or socka) and Icelandic (sokkur).

The oldest sock found so far by archaeologists is about 1700 years old (see Some Historic Socks).

Stockings are hung up for Santa Claus because according to tradition, St. Nicholas put gold coins into the stockings of 3 poor sisters who had hung their stocking over the fire to dry. Or depending on the version of the tradition you read, he threw the gold down the chimney an the coins ended up in the stockings.

A 2016 study found that in the UK, 84 million socks go missing each month. That averaged out to 1.3 socks lost each month per person in that country. It also means over a thousand lost socks in a lifetime!

The term bluestocking refers to an intellectual well-read woman (originally it was a gender neutral term but became gendered after the first generation of use). It was coined in the 18 th century in England and applied to women (and also men at first) who preferred intellectual discussion over the popular pastime of card playing at evening or afternoon social events. Their gatherings often included educated people who were no wealthy, and these participants may have worn inexpensive blue worsted wool stockings the wealthy would have worn silk. It was first applied to members of the Blue Stockings Society, but later become more generally used. Eventually bluestocking developed into a derogatory term

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