In addition to seeing all the wonderful alpacas walking around in full fleece, you will see lots of end-products—clothes, art and furnishings—made from alpaca fibers, spinning and weaving demonstrations, seminars and a silent auction at the Southern Select Alpaca Show the weekend of March 5-6 in Shelbyville, TN.On Saturday, there will be a team of fiber artists demonstrating the "Fleece-to-Shawl," taking raw, unprocessed fiber and making it into a beautiful woven shawl. The whole process should take around 5 hours to complete. And, the finished shawl will be auctioned off that evening to the highest bidder. This is really quite a fascinating demonstration! You can also check out the winners of the annual "Spin-Off" competition that reveals which alpaca fleece is best suited for a nice finished yarn.
Riverbend fiber artists, Susan Darling, Melissa McFail, Kathy Swift-Lawson and Marti Zoerb will be somewhere in the middle of all the commotion. So, head out to the show after the guild meeting on Saturday, March 5, or visit the show on Sunday, March 6.
—Susan Darling, Southern Select Chairman
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