{"id":148650,"date":"2016-07-16T20:53:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-16T12:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fairharvest.com.au\/?p=148650"},"modified":"2016-07-17T06:37:34","modified_gmt":"2016-07-16T22:37:34","slug":"festival-fibre-november-27th-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fairharvest.com.au\/festival-fibre-november-27th-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Festival of Fibre November 27th 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n This year we have decided that fibre deserves a festival all of its own and when we started brainstorming what this could look, like it got exciting.<\/span><\/p>\n First of all we thought of all the types of natural fibre that is can be grown, starting with the animal fibres such as wool, silk and hair and moving onto the huge abundance of plant fibres; cotton, linen, hemp, bamboo, coconut, sisal, jute, agave, papyrus and many <\/span>more.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Examples of many of these fibres (both plant and animal) are growing in the South West and I\u2019m sure that there are some keen growers or gardeners out there that would love to bring along some examples of plants, parts of plants, animals, silkworms \u2026\u2026<\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n Then there are all the exciting things we can do with fibres from paper making to fine fabrics, rope and housing. There\u2019s felting and spinning, weaving and basket making, there\u2019s beautiful artwork and strong building materials.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n There are skills that take years to learn and skills we can share with children. Every culture in the world has employed fibres in some way and the range of plants, animals and techniques are huge.<\/span><\/p>\n If you are into natural fibres in any way we would love you to come and share your skills and\/or knowledge.<\/span><\/p>\n The format will be very simple, Fair Harvest will open the venue (including the main room, the old barn and numerous outside areas) and invite you to come and share your skills and passions. There is no charge for stalls. If you are expecting to share your skills and there is a cost involved (e.g. wool for felt making) you are free to charge participants\u00a0for materials. You are welcome to use the day to promote your business but are not expected to have a market style stall.<\/span><\/p>\n