This is the weekend of SAFF, the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair, at the Ag Center in Asheville. It’s a much anticipated annual event dear to the hearts of anyone involved in fiber crafts. We wandered over there this morning, met with friends, gloried in such a gathering of fibers and fiber folk, then came home a bit lighter in the wallet but much richer in fiber opportunities. A pound of processed white Cormo wool roving, an entire alpaca fleece that should wash up to a beautiful creamy color and will become many skeins of yarn, and half a dozen cones of a cotton/linen blend that is destined to become dish towels. All on a gloriously beautiful crispy cool day in Western North Carolina. Gary’s scheduled to arrive this evening for a week of drinking in the beauty of the mountains in their autumn finery.
Burgh House Hampstead
Off the beaten path is Hampstead is the more than three hundred year old Burgh House with a fascinating history. It’s now a community center, local museum, gallery, concert venue, event space, and more open to the public four days a week. We popped over for a bite to eat and to peruse the galleries to learn a little more about Hampstead history.
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