The Accidental Smallholder Forum
Food & crafts => Crafts => Topic started by: Cheviot on June 13, 2013, 01:44:50 pm
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Hi,
I'm going to Woolfest for the first time this year :excited: :excited:, and was wondering if there is a better day to go or are both days the same.
I have looked on the woolfest website and it is unclear if all the demos, fleece sale etc.are on both Fri and Sat. or one day only, can anyone advise please.
Regards
Sue
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Both days the same.
Very good group on Ravelry about Woolfest, lots of info.
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I prefer to go on the Friday in case the choice is less by Sat. I don't buy fleece (too much to work through at home) but it could be that the best ones will have gone in the first day. Also I like spindles and definitely want to get there early to have the first choice of those. Last year I bought a pottery woolball holder and those were definitely in short supply.
So guess which day I'm going if I feel up to it 8)
Is the Sat perhaps busier than Fri too?
I don't know about any workshops but I expect they are well booked up.
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That was what some people asked on Ravelry, that would there be less choice by the second day.
But the stallholders all said no, they split their stuff into two days' worth and put out a fresh lot of things for Saturday.
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Lol, and then some of the more recent posters have said there is more choice on Friday.
Oh well, for myself I'm stuck with Saturday anyway.
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I'm definitely there Friday, may come again Sat ;)
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I'd love to go but it's a bit far for a day out. :( I loved Wonderwool in Wales.
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I'd love to go but it's a bit far for a day out. :(
Come for two! ;D Seriously, actually - a lot of people do come up and stay over Thurs thru Sun.
I'd love to know from people who do both Wonderwool and Woolfest how they compare?
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Would love to have gone but I have a 'date' with Robbie Williams that weekend :excited:
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I tel the shop as web unclear,and she said it is roughly the same fri and sat reg visitors and stalls,over 260 stalls,plenty food and toilets,lots to see,animals etc and lots to buy.Apparently lots of japanese and american buyers.Reg the fleece sale it goes on both days,people take along there fleeces upto 5 per person,and leave them with a price and people just come and look and if they want ,buy what they want.The seller pays a commision,or collects if not sold.She said people bring them at various times and some come fri and sat ,or just 1 day,so should be choice.Upto 600 last year.There are aslo stall holders with fleece for sale.We have booked and having a weekend away,but will prob just visit the feast on sat.
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I'd love to go but it's a bit far for a day out. :(
Come for two! ;D Seriously, actually - a lot of people do come up and stay over Thurs thru Sun.
I'd love to know from people who do both Wonderwool and Woolfest how they compare?
I would if I didn't have to get back for the goats. No one to milk them for me at the moment unless I board them out and I don't want the hassle or the expense for a couple of days. You'll all have to report back on what I've missed. ;D
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I am busy looking for a dog friendly hotel near Cockermouth...can't believe I am going to drive 6 hours to look at wool! (Neither can my OH - and he's coming too! :excited: )
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I am busy looking for a dog friendly hotel near Cockermouth...can't believe I am going to drive 6 hours to look at wool! (Neither can my OH - and he's coming too! :excited: )
There is sooooo much more than wool, you can try different spinning wheels, as the main sellers will have some set up, all sorts of other fibre stuff (last year it seemed there was a lot about felting ?)... so a really good day out. (Buttons were really good too, all sorts of accessories...). Actually I think it is getting almost too big to do it in one day... but I cannot ask the OH AGAIN to milk for me (quite a few shows at the moment and going for a week to GYS later in JUly)
I am not sure that I will make it this year, though the kids are already on holiday on the Friday... so maybe I can take them... but haven't made a deal yet with the OH :-\ ...
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but I cannot ask the OH AGAIN to milk for me (quite a few shows at the moment and going for a week to GYS later in JUly)
My OH draws the line at milking. He'll do most of the jobs but for that.
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I'm going on a walking holiday with my mum this weekend in the peak district and we have decided to pop into woolfest on friday! :thumbsup: :excited:
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Me, the other half and Sprocket the dog are booked in and raedy! eally looking forward to it. sadly it appears that most of you are going on Friday and I shall not be there until Saturday, but I will look out for anyone on Saturday wearing a badge! :D
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I'm just back but I didn't see anyone from here, not even Sallyintnorth :(
I was really disappointed because there were SO many people that I was overwhelmed and quickly exhausted so we left. I did get just one little Turkish spindle ;D from the wood turning man and another ceramic bowl for yarn, but I forgot to go back for another spindle from Spindlers2 and for some gorgeous deep red silk to spin. The stall which has all sorts of buttons was so popular that I couldn't get to the front to see everything. Ah well :'(
My OH fell in love with the Herdwicks all over again but I went for the Teeswaters - what a coat 8)
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Hmmm, that doesn't bode very well for tomorrow, which is usually even busier :-\
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My OH fell in love with the Herdwicks all over again but I went for the Teeswaters - what a coat 8)
We've got Teeswaters coming to the Festival this year :thumbsup:
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Leaving early to arrive for opening tomorrow :excited: a bit worried it will be too busy to enjoy :-\ emptied boot so have plenty of room for goodies ;)
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So sorry to have missed you Fleecewife :wave:. Turns out that what the organisers call the 'back door', whilst you can see what they mean when you look at it on the map, is not how people arriving see things - so a lot of folk were looking for me at what they thought was the back door between 12 and 1 but didn't find me. :(
I think it gets a bit less overwhelming around lunchtime as people go off to eat, and stays more manageable through the afternoon as by then some folk have left, some are chilling, chatting, having cuppas, etc. But it's a busy place, and no mistake.
I am completely in love :love: with Teeswaters - and BH says we can get some! :excited: :excited:. Just have to source some from somewhere TB free... :thinking: ;)
I also met my first ever Haldane Hebridean spinning wheel in the flesh - and was smitten. Such a teeny little wheel, but a 'man size' performance. (A bit like my treasured Rappard Wee Peggy.) I shan't be letting one of those sell on eBay for not much money again... :D
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Well after to very sick goats this week I was just too :tired: to go. OH was relieved... ::)
But I found last year (on the Saturday) that it was really (almost too) busy as I don't do crowds very well either, I think probably the organisers are becoming a victim of their own success...
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I loved it! Very inspiring.
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First timer. Thoroughly enjoyed it :excited: busy but not pushy so manageable . Stallholders were fantastic :thumbsup: Learned lots from many of them and came away with an almost empty purse ;D
Loved the felting demo and itching to start my kit ;) should have checked out patterns for wool quantity as I'm a novice and would have loved to buy some of the wool on offer to start knitting but had no idea what amount I would need :-\
Never mind, will be more prepared next time :thumbsup:
Finally bought some acid dye too. So my acquired fleece for help shearing ( thank you :-* ) will be getting some rainbow dye testing before being spun :excited: :knit: :excited:
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My mum and I went on the friday and we couldn't believe how busy it was. Like fleecewife said, it made it really hard to get a good look at the stalls as you just couldn't get in there! But saying that, it was a great day and I came away with lots project bits. Didn't spot any tAS badges though
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On Saturday, in the half-hour before our door volunteering, say between 10.30 and 11, it really was throng - hard to get about and look at stalls.
By the time we got off the door and had eaten, it was perhaps 1, and whilst by no means quiet, wasn't as bad as earlier. As Sally says, by that time some folk have left, some are sitting nattering, some are eating......
Somehow the crowds didn't prevent me doing some serious spending........ ;)