Orlando Distaff Day 2015

Saturday, January 10, was the Eleventh Annual Orlando Distaff Day.  I’ve known about the event for the last 5 or 6 years, but have always had a conflict and been unable to attend.  This year, not only did I attend, I also served on the planning committee.  I had an absolutely wonderful time at this event!

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The Florida Sheep, Wool, and Herding Dog Festival, April 25-27, 2014

Week 2 of Fiber Event Goodness!  I knew the Florida Sheep, Wool, and Herding Dog Festival would be a very different event than the others I am attending or have attended.  The other events were all organized by fiber-crafting people for fiber-crafting people.  The Florida Sheep, Wool, and Herding Dog Festival is organized by the Meat Sheep Alliance of Florida.  I knew fiber was definitely part of the event — the Festival’s website included a list of workshops and identified a “Fiber and Creative Arts Pavilion” — but I wasn’t sure how big of a part.  The website did not include a list of fiber vendors, so I assumed none would be there.   I assumed the event would be mostly about the sheep, and that was great!  Since I was going to big fiber-shopping events on the weekends before and after, just seeing sheep sounded awesome.

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