Once a year, the Taos Wool Festival is held in Kit Carson Park in Taos.  60+ vendors from the Southwest and beyond gather with animals from sheep and goats, to alpacas, llamas, and rabbits, and the products made from the coats of those fiber-bearing animals.  It is a wonderful, family-oriented, dog-friendly gathering with demonstrations of sheep shearing, spinning, knitting, and wool dying, among other things.  This year, the festival is on Saturday, 1 October from 9-5 p.m. and Sunday, 2 October, from 9-4 p.m. 

Here is a sampling of possible Wool Festival sights.

Navajo-Churro sheep

Marcos, Navajo Churro ram

Tom Barr demonstrating his amazing sheering skill

Tom Barr with ram

Alpacas and llamas

furry creatures

Luminous fiber...

fiber luminosity

...and lots of wool, apparel, rugs and fiber art

wool still life

Fred and I will be in Booth # 6 (Big Sage Artisans) with his Navajo-Churro rugs (and me with my camera).  It would be great to see you.

until next Monday,

DB 

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