Tuesday 26 October 2010

The People's scarf

It has been Spring in the (Swan) Valley during the whole of the month of October. As part of this I have been putting on a display of weaving at the Alpaca Plus venue on Saturdays and Sundays. One popular activity has been the opportunity for the visitors to try their hand at weaving on a 2-shaft table loom.
A variety of colourful and textured yarns were made available for the participants to select to weave. The result is a spectacular and unique scarf 1740mm x 190mm and weighing 92g which each participant had a chance to win. The scarf was completed late on Sunday 24th October and coincided with the end of the day's shearing. As the shearing team was having a well earned drink at the end of the day, Ron Reid (the joint owners of the alpaca stud farm with his wife Rose) drew out the winner's name. The winner was Cathy Ingall, from Lismore, NSW, who visited Alpaca Plus earlier in the month whilst on holiday in WA with her husband.
Congratulations Cathy, we hope you enjoy your scarf. And many thanks to the other 30 participants who contributed to the weaving of the scarf.

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