This year we were provided with a new tent, more spacious than the gazebo we had before, and sited near the horticulture tent.  We were facing the show jumping arena, so had something to watch in quiet moments!  We also had a view of a little group of alpacas, which were at a stand next to the horticulture tent.  We were steadily busy all day, with quite a few people genuinely interested and wanting to have a go, and a couple of people wanting to buy things from the display!  Hilma created a lot of interest with her peg loom weaving in bright colour with a lot of texture.  Margaret, Christine, Fiona, Ada, Kathleen, and Jenny were all spinning; Sasha was weaving on an inkle loom; I was mostly weaving on the Guild SampleIt loom, but did a bit of spinning too – I handed the SampleIt to Sasha when she finished her inkle band.  Weatherwise it was mostly hot and sunny, with the odd sharp shower. 

The Show has a craft competition with a class for “An article in own handspun wool, knitted, crocheted or woven”.  Frances won with her lovely woven bag, my teddy was second, Rossie’s jumper came third, Fiona’s hat fourth and Gill’s tunic fifth.  Kathleen wove a bag (her first weaving) for the WRI stand and got a third. 

A good day – exhausting, but very enjoyable!