Spinning Fiber into Gold for Heifer International.

This year, Shepherd’s Harvest Festival introduces Minnesota’s Largest Fiber Sandwich – a great new spinning event for the entire community. Vendors will showcase some amazing and unique fibers, spinners will demonstrate their dazzling skills and sales of the yarn created will raise money for Heifer International.

To Participate:
Northern Lights Spinning Guild is hosting the Fiber Sandwich and any interested spinner can sign-up. Registration is free but will be limited to 25, so sign-up early. Just email Pauline Bold fiberlooney@yahoo.com, phone 952-881-2506 or register and/or donate fiber online. Spinners will need to bring their own wheel and are free to bring some of their own fiber to blend or ply with if they desire to do so. Each registered spinner will be given a button designating them as a Festival Sandwich Spinner.

Vendors are invited to showcase their fibers by donating 8 ounces to the cause. Please bring your fiber donation to the contest area in Building B by 10:00 am Saturday. Vendors who contribute will have their company name posted at the Sandwich assembly site in Building B.

How It Works:
Northern Lights Guild members will lay the various fibers out in strips and stack them like a sandwich laying fiber upon fiber until all the contributions have been included. This unique mixture is then peeled off into 4-ounce sections and given to the spinners to work their magic.

Festival Goers get to watch the spinners as they test their skill and creativity on this blend of surprising combinations and everyone will get the opportunity to purchase these unique yarns on Sunday at 2:00 in the Contest Area in Building B.

All proceeds from the sale of these yarns will go to benefit Heifer International. http://www.heifer.org.

The following have pledged to donate fiber for the Fiber Sandwich:

If you'd like to promote this event to your guild or organization, you may download a PDF color flyer here. Since it is full color (2,572 KB) it will take some time to download.