ACTIVITIES
WORKSHOPS:
COURSE: ADVANCED SPINNING
CLASS FEE: $45.00
TIME:
DAY: SUNDAY
INSTRUCTOR: Phylleri Ball, Steam Valley Fiber Farm
DESCRIPTION:
This workshop will begin by evaluating your own handspun yarn for Wraps per Inch, Twist or Bumps per Inch and Yardage per Pound. How do you create yarn that is suitable for its intended use? Learn how your handspun yarn is affected by your choice of fiber preparation and drafting techniques, the influence of drive ratios on twist and various methods of plying. Gain a greater understanding of yarn structure and how to achieve the results you desire in your handspun yarns. Master the ability to spin a range of yarn weights from a chunky rug yarn to a durabel fingering weight sock yarn.
WORKSHOP REQUIREMENTS:
Bring three different handspun skeins of yarn for class evaluation, including one yarn which you consider unsatisfactory.
EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS:
Provide you own spinning wheel with 3 bobbins, lazy kate, range of flyer whorls and niddy noddy. Bring your own hand cards and flick carker if you have them.
SKILL LEVEL REQUIREMENTS:
Intermediate.
COURSE: SPINNING NOVELTY YARN
CLASS FEE:: $45.00 - Includes Materials Fee
TIME:
DAY: Sunday
INSTRUCTOR: Phylleri Ball, Steam Valley Fiber Farm
DESCRIPTION:
Novelty yarn, also referred to as Art Yarn, is fun to spin and adds texture and intrigue to your spinning. Texture can be created in subtle or grand ways, depending on your spinning style. Explore techniques to create novelty yarns to add to your spinning repertoire. You'll discover new ways to incorporate Mohair into your handspun yarns.
EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENT:
Provide your own spinning wheel with 3 bobbins, lazy kate range of flyer whorls, and niddy noddy.
SKILL LEVEL REQUIREMENT:
Intermediate.
COURSE: MARKETING MOHAIR
CLASS FEE: $15.00
TIME: 1:00-4:00 pm
DAY: Saturday, May 28
INSTRUCTOR: Terry Kunst
DESCRIPTION:
"So you have bags of mohair -- now what are you going to do with it?" This workshop will discuss ways to produce Value Added products, and copanies who can help you create them.
Examples of products including socks, bags, yarn, felt, and roving, as well as, information on mills that can or can't process your fibers will be reviewed. We'll also look at what fibers blend well with mohair, different breeds of sheep's wool, llama, alpaca, and angora bunny.... Marketing Mohair is never a done dea. As long as you're in business, you've got to be looking toward the future.
REQUIREMENTS: An interest in Mohair!
COURSE: FELTING FOR CHILDREN
CLASS FEE: $15.00
TIME: 9:00-10:30 am
DAY: Saturday, May 28
INSTRUCTOR: Heidi Passino & Amy Cooper
DESCRIPTION:
Heidi and Amy of the Woolly Bullfrog are offering a class at EAGMA this year. We are offering a kids "needle felt a farm animal class". The class will run for 90 minutes on Saturday morning. Please join in. We will introduce children to the wonder of needle felting through creating an animal (or a few) from beautiful Mohair !
WORKSHOP NOTES:
Classes have limited enrollment, first come first serve basis.
All workshops will be held in the Workshop Area.
ANGORA EDUCATION:
COURSE: YOUTH SHOWMANSHIP CLASS
CLASS FEE: FREE
TIME:
DAY:
INSTRUCTOR: Becky Sallinger and her children, Gypsy Ridge Farm
DESCRIPTION:
Learn the proper way to show an angora goat for 4H, FFA, country fairs and agreat thing to knowfor showing goats at the EAGMA show too. We will also discuss preparing your goat and yourself for the show ring.
Children participating will be taught how to show properly so that they can be competitive in showmanship classes against children showing dairy and meat goats as well as fiber goats.
COURSE: LIVESTOCK GUARDIAN DOGS
CLASS FEE: FREE
TIME:
DAY:
INSTRUCTOR: Kristina Lawwill, Peavine Hollow Farm
DESCRIPTION:
Livestock Guardian Dogs - The biologically correct predator control or how to become an unpopular neighbor!
Kristina and Larry Lawwill got their first livestock guardian dog, a Maremma, after losing Angora goats to a dog kill early one morning 19 years ago. They have had no losses to predation since then. The Lawwills have traveled to Italy several times to learn from the sheep producers in the Maremmano and Abruzzo areas on how to use these dogs for predator control and to import new genetic lines into the USA.
Discussion topics will include prose and cons of using LGDS (or not) as part of a predator management control program, how they work, how to deter unwanted behavior, socializing, the use of guardian dogs as companion animals and our thoughts on how to select a breeder and how a good breeder chooses new clients.
DEMONSTRATIONS:
SHEARING GOATS
COST: FREE TO WATCH, $5 to have your own goat shorn
TIME & DAY: Through out the show
INSTRUCTOR: Emily Chamelin
DESCRIPTION:
Emily Chamelin of Chamelin Shearing will be at our show and festival for the weekend. She will be doing demonstrations throughout the show. She is here for both education and for exhibitors to have their goats shorn. Shearing goats is notoriously more time consuming and difficult than sheep shearing. Their body structure, skin and fiber are all very different from sheep. Angora goats are also generally shorn twice a year for optimal fiber use and animal health. Emily is happy to answer questions. Come watch her work.
SKIRTING FLEECES FOR USE, SHOW AND SALE
COST: FREE
TIME & DAY: Through out the show
INSTRUCTOR: Emily Chamelin
DESCRIPTION:
For all those folks that have a fiber animal in their backyard and/or for those of you that have purchased raw fiber and want to take it to the next step --- this demo is for you. To take a fleece to a useable, showable, or saleable state, you must get it clean in a practical sense. We will show you what you need to be able to identify; for example: belly wool, dung tags, veg. mat., second cuts, fleece weight. We will talk about different aspects of the fiber, what fiber comes from what part of the animal, what to keep and what to toss. Gain some practical knowledge.
HAND PROCESSING YOUR FIBER
COST: FREE
TIME & DAY: Through out the show
INSTRUCTOR: Mary & Dwayne Singleton
DESCRIPTION:
Singleton Fiber Processing, SFP,will hold demonstrations on fiber processing, showing how to pick clean locks and then card them into batts on hand-operated equipment. Take a look at fiber blends, color and texture.
SFP is a custom fiber mill specializing in designing roving, batts, clouds, and rug yarn. Enjoy your artistic eye and our expertise. The mill is just a half mile from the show fairgrounds, and Dwayne & Mary will be happy to give tours and host groups.
All demonstrations are free to the public, and some are throughout the show while others have specific times.
