<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Hi fiber folks!</div><div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br></div><div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">There are 3 upcoming fiber/weaving/spinning things upcoming in the mundane world I thought I would pass on...</div><div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">1... Shenandoah Valley Fiber Festival. At Clarke Co Ruritan Fair Grounds in Berryville VA,
Sept 28-29... see website for info: <a href="http://www.shenandoahvalleyfiberfestival.com/">http://www.shenandoahvalleyfiberfestival.com</a> (class schedule not posted yet, but there are demos in spinning, weaving, fibers, sheep trials and such)</div><div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"> </div><div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">2... Niblesticks Mountain Retreat. At Graves Mountain Lodge near Syria VA, Oct 4-6... see info at: <a href="http://blog.nimblestix.com/nimblestix-mountain-retreat/retreat-info">http://blog.nimblestix.com/nimblestix-mountain-retreat/retreat-info</a> (beginning spinning, heels of socks, and spinning silk off of the cocoon looked like interested classes)</div><div
style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">3... Montelier Fall Fiber Festival. At Montelier near Orange VA, Oct 5-6 at Montpelier... see website for info; <a href="http://www.fallfiberfestival.org/">http://www.fallfiberfestival.org</a> (there are felting, inkle loom weaving, spinning & knitting workshops, plus various interesting demos)</div><div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-family: tahoma, 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">--Blitha</div><div align="center"><font
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