I have been having a blast doing all of these fiber shows lately and this saturday am doing one that is SO CLOSE to my house…I hope any of you that are in the area will come and visit me!

I have some updates going into the shop tonight and Yarn Pirate is one of them! Check it out. I also have a bit of knitting and spinning to show…soon! 

Here is the info

Spinning Wheel Alpacas (SWA) is hosting a Shearing & Fibre Show May 31st from 10am-4pm
Located at 1857 Regional Road 3, Enniskillen, ON L0B.

Directions:

• Fifteen minutes north of the 401.
• From the West, exit the 401 at Courtice Road then follow these directions.
• From the East, exit the 401 at Waverly Road then follow these directions.

Summary:

• Admission is by donation with the proceeds going to charity.
• Nancy & Garth Hutchinson are hosting the event.
• At this outdoor event, there will be charity raffles, fibre demonstrations, weavers, spinners, food, very cute Aplacas, three beautiful white dogs and a duck.
• When you buy SWA yarn or fleece, you will most likely be able to meet the Alpaca it came from.
• There will be sun (doesn’t hurt to put in a request to mother nature).
• There will be lots of very fresh air.

Confirmed Local Vendors:

• Amazing Graze Alpacas is selling yarn, rovings, and Canadian alpaca products.
• Clarington Country Bed and Breakfasts is providing information about their unique country getaway locations.
• Durham East 4H Club is dedicated to building vibrant communities by encouraging youth leadership for boys and girls. 4H is selling yummy baked goods with proceeds going to the club.
• Gallery on the Farm will be exhibiting artwork by Eric Bowman.
• Hickory Dickory Decks (co-host) specialize in outdoor living by providing education and information about maintenance-free decking.
• Kit Knit is selling Cascade Yarns and other fine knitting supplies.
• KMK Catering and Events is grilling great BBQ eats.
• Kniterary is selling a selection of yummy yarns and accessories.
• Rancho Tranquilo is selling Canadian, hand spun alpaca yarn, alpaca duvets, dog beds, teddy bears, boiled wool mittens and scarves.
• RenewedStrength is a not for profit organization that helps physically rehabilitate men and women recovering from cancer treatment. Admission and proceeds from the raffle will be donated to the organization.
• Spinning Wheel Alpacas (SWA) (event host) raises Alpacas and produces fleece. The Fleece Station at SWA sells Canadian made alpaca products as well as hand-crafted items from Peru. Come and watch how the fleece is sheared from alpacas, combed and spun into yarn.
• Sweet Sheep specializes in artisan, hand-dyed yarns.
• Taking the Lead is selling home baked dog and cat treats and offers dog walking, pet sitting holistic Health Care.
• WhiteVale Craft Works is devoted to the art of weaving and spinning and is selling hand made master pieces and weaving products.
• more vendors will be listed soon.

Did I forget to mention the Ravelry party?

Saturday night after the festival the ravelers got together for food, drinks and just all around fun.

I had the pleasure of being a cashmere sponsor.

which was very exciting for me because I adore ravelry and the knitting community in general and the thought of helping them all get together in a really positive manner was just too much to pass up!

Tara also pointed out to me that my photo made the ravelry blog. Check it out if you are on ravelry, I look exactly the same minus the sign

Feel free to look me up on Ravelry. I am sweetsheep (creative…I know). I have a lot of knits up there that don’t always make the blog.

Thanks to Casey, Jess and Mary-Heather for a really fun night.

The Frolic was an absolute blast! Thank you to each and everyone of you that took the time to stop by my booth.

I had the pleasure of enjoying Anne’s beautiful shawl for the day.

It was such a thrill to wear and incredible work of art and so flattering to have been part of it!

And just one more shot because I loved wearing this shawl!!

The ladies and I are ready to go!

We hope to see you at the fair, if not maybe we will see you at Maryland Sheep and wool?

I will be flying out to Maryland on the 30th to attend the show. Is anyone going to the Ravelry party? I will be there also with some Sweet Sheep buttons and a few prizes for the raffle!

These ladies will be traveling with me to the Knitter’s frolic and a duplicate batch will be available at the Cloverhill booth in Maryland along with A LOT of other Sweet Sheep yarns including my lace and new double sized skeins!

I will be teaching beginner lace classes starting this week at my LYS Kniterary! If you are in the are and are interested Martina would love to hear from you! Check out the classes page…she has a lot of wonderful things going on!

I am also really excited to announce that I will be teaching in Baltimore at Mama E’s studio! I will be traveling to Maryland for the Sheep and Wool festival and am teaching a 2 part “spinning for a sweater” workshop before and after the event. You can find the information here on Erins new and exciting webpage!

There are a lot of wonderful plans in the works…as you all know I love to travel, so I am planning on trying to see as many of you as possible in my travels!

Happy Hump Day!

As promised here is a photo of the new colourways in the Self Striping

From Left to Right we have

Lady in Waiting, Lola, and Changing tides.

These girls will go on sale Thursday with the rest of the self striping yarns, Katia Bamboo and New shipment of All Things Heather.

Whoot!

This weekend has been and exciting weekend for the physical location of The Sweet Sheep.

We have Shelves!

Since this shot the other two shelves have made their way in. Yarns are now finding their homes and we are getting pretty excited.

I am hoping to be open for the week after Christmas if anyone is interested in stopping by! 

in coming to see my yarns in person??

I am currently setting up a physical shop in my cutsie new house for The Sweet Sheep…and let me tell you…it’s pink!

I will have everything set up so you can come in and see what the yarns feel like and pet them all!  I should not be the only one tempted by them daily.

So my question to you is…if I open up the shop to appointment visits would anyone be interested in stopping in? The shop is located in Newcastle Ontario, which is about an hour East of Toronto. It is a really cute little village with some great shops downtown.

Let me know what you think!?! Come on lurkers…speak up! If you are shy…please feel free to email me at SALES AT THESWEETSHEEP DOT COM

Happy Tuesday…take a minute for yourself today.

xo

Michelle