Spinning Fiber into Gold for Heifer International.

Shepherd’s Harvest Festival will again host Minnesota’s Largest Fiber Sandwich – a great 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.

Total from the 2009 silent auction of the skeins, knit and woven scarves was $345.00 which was donated to Heifer International to purchase sheep. Big Thank You to everyone!

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 Northern Lights Handspinners Guild booth in Building B by 9:00 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. Spinning will begin at 11:00 am on Saturday. Finished skeins will be returned to the Northern Lights Handspinners Guild booth by noon on Sunday.

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 in a Silent Auction on Sunday from 1:30 - 3 pm in the Contest Area in Building B.

Winning bidders in the Silent Auction pick up their skeins by 4:00 pm Sunday.

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

If you'd like to promote this event to your guild or organization, a flyer is available for download here.