Airy Fairy scarf and button

On day 2 of the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair (SAFF), I took two dyeing classes, and fell in love with sheep. Here are some of the pictures I captured with my phone at SAFF last Saturday in Asheville, North Carolina.

Dyed boucle yarn

Young girl spinning

Banana Fiber and Recycled Sari Silk

Dyed braids of fiber

Dyed fiber locks

Sparkly, shiny, colorful yarn

Alpaca crochet purse cover

More from the Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair:

SAFF Day 1

The Animals from SAFF.

Bundle of Yarn at SAFF

SAFF (Southeastern Animal Fiber Fair) is the first fiber fair I have ever attended. My reaction?

WOW! I didn’t know there was that much yarn…

(I took these pictures with my phone so please forgive the quality. Hoping to bring my real camera tomorrow.)

view from the "stands" - which is a great place to eat banana pudding btw

Shiny fiber at SAFF

Cute alpaca needlefelting ornaments at Frostglen's booth

I tried hard to meet up with some Twitter buds today. In fact I managed to accost a nice red haired lady with glasses and the right aged baby – mistaking her for @PixiePurls. Yes, I was mortified. Fortunately she (and her friend to whom baby belonged) were very gracious and I made a new Ravelry friend. One who likes alpaca fleeces.  Good thing fiber lovers are such a nice bunch.

(Fiber growers – I’m not suggesting you accost strangers in order to sell fleeces, but…whatever works.)

This booth was all about felting supplies!

I took an all-day needlefelting class today called “Painting with Wool”. It was super fun, I learned so much, and I’m now exhausted. Blog post on that coming up soon…

Artistic Skeins

For wannabee artsy spinners like me – THESE are fabulous. They spoke to me. They said, “We want to go home with you. We love alpaca, and we will fit in your carry-on luggage quite nicely.” They have ribbons and feathers and all sorts of “crazy” stuff. In love….

Dyed Mohair locks by the ounce

Dyed Merino top

This was my favorite picture of the day. I love colorful fiber! Don’t you? Gorgeous and full of possibilities….

See also:

SAFF 2009 – Saturday

The Animals from SAFF