I've been asked the following question a lot, "What is a fiber tour?" This fiber tour is the only one I can describe since it's the only one I've ever been on. It's a tour of places that have a fiber heritage, tradition, fiber artists...aka anything sheepy/wooly. While other fibers such as alpaca or mohair count, this tour is about wool and the sheep.
Visiting sheep farms called crofts, talking with shepherdesses, working with knitters, spinners, weavers, fiber dyers. Learning new knitting techniques.
Natural dyeing on the mainland:
Handspun/handknit Shetland lace....AMAZING!
Everything Fair Isle! The history, the techniques, the colors, the choices, the knitting:
Learning to knit Fair Isle
Appliqué from a tapestry display we saw and I enjoyed.
I've been asked the following question a lot, "What is a fiber tour?" This fiber tour is the only one I can describe since it's the only one I've ever been on. It's a tour of places that have a fiber heritage, tradition, fiber artists...aka anything sheepy/wooly. While other fibers such as alpaca or mohair count, this tour is about wool and the sheep.
Visiting sheep farms called crofts, talking with shepherdesses, working with knitters, spinners, weavers, fiber dyers. Learning new knitting techniques.
Natural dyeing on the mainland: 
Handspun/handknit Shetland lace....AMAZING! 
Everything Fair Isle! The history, the techniques, the colors, the choices, the knitting: 
Learning to knit Fair Isle 
Appliqué from a tapestry display we saw and I enjoyed.
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