The 10th Annual Fiberfest Eureka!! An International Event. From Flock to Fiber. Lincoln County Fairgrounds. August 10th & 11th 2013.

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1 The 10th Annual Fiberfest Eureka!! From Flock to Fiber An International Event August 10th & 11th 2013 Lincoln County Fairgrounds Eureka, Montana 1

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3 Welcome to the 10th Annual Fiberfest EUREKA! A Flock to Fiber Festival It s that time again! Welcome to the 10th Annual Fiberfest EUREKA! We are planning another exciting, fun, and fascinating event. We will have classes working with natural fibers with the wonderful instructors and demonstrators you ve come to expect for spinning, weaving, felting, crocheting, knitting, and animal care and selection. And we ll have animals there that provide many of the fibers. Our goal remains the same -to bring together the best of fiber arts and fiber agriculture and to promote awareness to the general public about the natural fiber industry. Please join us! Questions? Feel free to contact: 3 Valerie Hogan Fiberfest Eureka 73 Poverty Flats Road Eureka, MT

4 Come join us! Fiberfest Eureka is proudly sponsored by Montana Mohair Producers, Inc., Frequently referred to as MMPI, is a nonprofit organization formed for the purpose of supporting the producers of natural fiber grown by Angora goats. Membership is not restricted to persons who raise these animals, nor is it restricted to your place of residence. Our membership covers much of the Western United States from Texas to Montana. You need only to have an interest in supporting the industry. Membership is on an annual basis, and dues are payable the first of January of each year. The membership fee is $15.00 per year. 4

5 General Reminders & Guidelines 1. Entry forms and fees must be received by August 1st, All entries not mailed must be checked in between 10:00 am and 7:00 pm on August 1st, All items must have cards attached or properly identified as specified for that division. These will be available at sign in. 4. Pets ARE allowed on the grounds but must be on a leash at all times. 5. DO NOT feed any animals on exhibit 6. DO NOT enter any pen with an exhibited animal except with the owner 7. Remember, the Barn Supervisor may turn any animal away considered unhealthy. Their decision will be final and supported by the Montana Mohair Producers. 8. Camping is available on the fairgrounds at $10.00 per unit Our website is available at: 5

6 Mini Classes! Our class schedule is very user friendly this year!! Several classes will be offered each day of the festival, but with no definite start or ending times. So you can sign up ahead of time or the day of the festival. Take your class whenever it fits your schedule - before or after your shopping, or viewing the fleece show or fiber arts show. Most of the classes will take from 1 hour to 2 hours to complete so you can take several!! In fact, we offer this class special: $15/class or 3 for $40. Additional materials fees are paid to the instructor. Activities and Events Schedule Saturday, August 10th 2013 Gates open at 8:30 am. 8:30 am Vendor booths open 9:00 am First half of workshops Barns open for exhibit 11:00 am - 4:00pm Activities for all ages! Children from 4 to 100 1:00 pm - 3:00pm Second half of workshops 4:00 pm Fiber Animal to Finished Product 6:00 pm Barns close 6:30 pm Montana Mohair Producers Inc. annual meeting takes place Sunday, August 11th 2013 Gates open at 8:30 am. 8:30 am Vendor booths open 9:00 am - 11:00 am First half of workshops Barns open for exhibit Livestock Evaluations 11:00 am - 4:00 pm Activities for all ages! 1:00 pm - 3:00pm Second half of workshops 4:00 pm Barns close-check out begins 6

7 Saturday Classes (all classes available from 9 am - 3 pm) Beaded Swarski Bracelet - Vicki Faulkner Vicki Faulkner is from Kalispell, MT and is an active member of the Alpine Guild. Silk-painting and jewelry design are two of her many interests and she is thrilled to share the techniques of these fascinating arts with her students. She developed the classes offered at fiberfest for the perfect opportunity to acquire hands-on experience without having to spend a great deal of money to get started. So popular last year! Vicki is back with a new design for her gorgeous swarski beaded bracelets. No previous beading experience is necessary. Instructor provides all materials. This year's stunning Swarovski Faceted Crystal Bracelet design will be available with a choice of gold-tone or silver-tone findings. Vicki will offer a variety of crystal colors to match or to compliment a creation of your own design. No experience necessary. Everything will be included in your bracelet kit and there will be tools & a limited number of magnifying visors available to borrow. (A second pair of inexpensive reading glasses also works.) This is the same high-end bracelet that sells between $175 -$300. Students have permission to reproduce the piece to use as gifts and in small numbers, to sell at shows. No previous beading experience is necessary. Instructor provides all materials. Bracelet kit: $50 to be paid to Vicki at the beginning of the class. 7

8 Ice Dyeing - Laurel Orthmeyer Laurel Orthmeyer starting spinning over 20 years ago when she purchased anogra goats to eat knapweed. Her fiber addiction quickly grew to include weaving, dyeing, knitting and needle felting. Laurel s work has been shown at The Holter Museum in Helena, MT, and she has won numberous awards for her creativity with fiber including Best of Show at the Oregon Flock and Fiber Festival. Laurel has studied felting with Pat Sparks, Ayala Talpai, Julie Williams of Austrailia, Annemie Koenen of the Netherlands, and Karliina Arivlommi of Finland. She enjoys teaching other fiber enthusiasts and loves to find new ways of using her fiber stash. Laurel especially enjoys creating colorful needle felted gnomes, pixies and tree sprites that lurk in her back yard. Using a bucket of crushed ice and fiber reactive dye powder you can create beautiful patterns on cotton or silk scarves, shirts, or yarn. We won't use heat/steam so this is a great way to dye in the summer! Items will need to sit for 24 hours so if you can't stay over until Sunday, please bring your own plastic dish pan or small storage box and a wire rack (like a cake cooling rack). Note: pan/racks used for dyeing cannot be used for food prep. Materials fee: $5 per item dyed 8

9 Wool Dryer Balls - Kathy O'Hern Wool Dryer Balls help dry your clothes quicker by absorbing moisture, reducing static cling, and fluffing your items in the dryer without harmful chemicals. This dryer ball technique forms a crocheted jacket to cover the interior ball of wool. Great for gifts, and for your own dryer. You should know how to do single crochet, but if you don't we can substitute a wrap method that works very well. Balls will be felted at home in your washer and dryer. Supplies to bring: medium sized crochet hook, scissors, wool yarn or roving for the center of the dryer ball, natural or color sport-weight wool yarn for the outside. Instructor will have some wool to purchase. Materials fee: To be announced Paper Beads - Susan Bawden Make gorgeous beads from old catalogs and print ads! These beads are so wonderful a person can hardly tell they are made from paper. Instructor will have a variety of paper available as well as "tools" needed to create beads and make a bracelet or necklace. Materials fee: To be announced 9

10 Sunday Classes (all classes available from 9 am - 3 pm) Painting with Wool - Laurel Orthmeyer Using only wool roving and a felting needle you can create a wonderful picture on a square of felt. Makes a great wall hanging, table runner or pillow top. Beginners are welcome!! Instructor supplies all materials. Materials fee: $10 Dyeing in a Baggie - Laurel Orthmeyer Dye your cotton or silk scarf, bamboo socks or cotton yarn in a ziplock baggie. No muss, no fuss!! Materials fee: $5 per item 10

11 Skein Contest Judge: Supervisor: Entry Fee: People's Choice & Judges Choice Panel of Judges/Instructors $1.00 per entry 1. All yarns must have been hand-spun within the past year by the contestant. 2. Yarn must be in skeins weighing approximately 1 to 2 ounces, NO balls of yarn will be accepted. 3. Entry fees must be include with the entry form. 4. Youth and Junior Division entries will have NO entry fee. 5. Entries not mailed in will be accepted between 10:00 am & 3:00 pm on August 9th, Judging will begin at 4:00 pm on Saturday August 10th and is open to observers. 7. The Judge is free to reassign any entry not properly entered in correct class. 8. Skeins will be judged on the following: overall appearance, twist, visual uniformity, spinning technique, finishing, suitability for fiber of origin. 9. Skeins will be judged using the Danish System. 10. Two duplicate 3x5 cards must be securely attached to each skein with the following information: Front of card = Exhibitors name & address; Reverse of card= Skein Division, fiber content, & breed of fiber animal. Division 600 Skein of Handspun Yarn: 600 Adult Handspun on a wheel 610 Adult Handspun on a spindle 600Y Youth on wheel (8 & under) 610Y Youth on spindle (8 & under) 11

12 Finished Product Contest Judge: Supervisor: Entry Fee: People's Choice & Judges Choice Panel of Judges/Instructors $1.00 per entry 1. Entries must be created by hand 2. All items entered must have been made within the last year by the entrant from 100% natural fibers. NO commercial kit items will be accepted. 3. Entries not mailed in will be accepted between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm on Friday, July 31st, Judging will take place on Saturday beginning at 4:00 pm and is open to the public. 5. Up to four items may be entered per person. Each item may only be entered intoone class, no cross entering. 6. Items will be judged by the following: general overall appearance, suitability of yarn to article, consistency of spinning, suitability of fiber to project, technique, finishing duplicate 3x5 cards must be securely attached to each item with the following information: Cards can be obtained at registration. Division 700 Finished Product: 710 Hand Knit or Crochet 710 Adult 710Y Youth (8 & under) 710J Junior (9-16 yrs) 720 Woven 720 Adult 720Y Youth (8 & under) 720J Junior (9-16 yrs) 730 Misc. Fiber Art 730 Adult 730Y Youth (8 & under) 730J Junior (9-16 yrs) BLUE CLOUD ANGORAS White and colored goats producing elegant fleeces for handspinning and doll hair. Available in skirted or washed fleeces, roving, rainbow dyed locks, and gorgeous tanned hides. Breeding stock and spinner s pets available. Laurel Orthmeyer (406) American Creek Trail Helena, MT orth@in-tch.com website: Other fiber supplies: Kromski spinning wheels, rigid heddle looms, needle felting supplies, Jacquard dyes, handpainted yarn, roving, and combed top. 12

13 Farm Photo Contest Judge: Supervisor: Entry Fee: People's Choice & Judges Choice Panel of Judges/Instructors $1.00 per entry 1. Photographs will be judged on composition and quality. 2. Photo must have been taken by the entrant in the past year. 3. Photo must be a "farm photo" or of a fiber producing plant. 4. Minimum size of prints is 5x7. 5. All appropriate photos will displayed. They must be framed or mounted on poster board. Photos must be ready to hang with wire or hook. They can not be accepted without some means of hanging. 6. Name & address must be written on the back of all entries. 7. Competition is open to all except professional photographers. 8. Awards will be presented for Peoples Choice & Judges Choice - Judging will conclude on Saturday at 4:00 pm with awards posted at that time. Division Farm Photo Contest 410 Adult - Color 410Y Youth - Color (8 & under) 410J Junior - Color (9-16 yrs) 420 Adult - B&W 420Y Youth - B&W (8 & under) 420J Junior - B&W (9-16 yrs) 430 Adult - Digital 430Y Youth - Comp (8 & under) 430J Junior - Comp (9-16 yrs) Montana Mohair Producers, Inc Established in 1990, MMPI has served members by promoting Angora goats, both white and colored, and their fiber. MMPI also provides assistance in the marketing of mohair. You don t have to be an Angora goat owner nor live in Montana to join! Anyone with an interest in these remarkable animals is welcome. For more information, contact Valerie Hogan at: (406) or at: vhogan@interbel.net website: 13

14 Fleece Contest Judges: Supervisor: Entry Fee: Panel of Instructors/Judges Panel of Judges/Instructors $1.00 per entry Notes: Fleeces will be judged on the Danish System Additional classes can be designated at the discretion of the judge. 1. All fleeces must be well skirted and packaged in a clear plastic bag, Do not tie fleeces with paper or any other twine. Fleeces may be removed from bag for judging. 2. No raw fleeces for sale UNLESS exhibited for show and displayed through out the festival 3. All judging is open to the public. 4. Two duplicate cards must be included in each fleece with the following information: Front of card = Exhibitors name & address; Reverse of card = Fleece division, class, and breed. May be obtained at registration. 5. All fleeces must have been shorn in 2012/2013 and represent 12 months or less of growth with the exception of first shearing, yearling fleeces. 6. All fleeces must be displayed following judging and will be released from the show either by the sale of the of the fleece or by the exhibitor on Sunday. Division 400Raw Wool Fleece Show 410 Fine Wool 420 Medium Wool 430 Long Wool 440 Icelandic Wool 450 Shetland Icelandic Wool Division 300Raw Mohair Fleece Show 310 kid mohair -white 340 kid mohair - color 320 yearling mohair - white 350 yearling mohair - color 330 adult mohair - white 360 adult mohair - color Division 200 Raw Cashmere Fleece Show 210 kid cashmere 220 yearling cashmere 230 adult cashmere Division 100Raw Exotic Fleece Show 120 Llama 130 Yak 140 Alpaca 150 Camel 160 Buffalo 170 Rabbit 180 Other 14

15 Fiber Animal to Finished Product Judges: Supervisor: Entry Fee: Panel of Instructors/Judges Panel of Judges/Instructors $1.00 per entry This is a fashion display of finished product, by the artist creating the product. They are worn by the creator while leading an animal that produces the fiber used in the finished product. If the fiber artist does not own the animal she/he obtained the fiber from, we will lend her/him an animal that displays the correct fiber. This is a fun event, and the prizes will be handmade and/or donated by the sponsors. 1. Entries must be created by hand. 2. All items entered must have been made within the last year by the entrant from 100% natural animal or/& plant fibers. No commercial kits will be accepted. 3. Entries will be accepted between 10:00am and 3:00 pm on August 2nd, Judging will take place on August 10th at 4:00pm. 5. Items will be judged by the following; general overall appearance, suitability of yarn to article, consistency of spinning, knitting, crocheting, weaving, suitability of fiber to project, technique & finishing. Division 500 Artist's Lead Knit Crochet 530 -Woven Felted Other Star Meadows Mountain Goats Jean & Vic Aquino (406) Homemade Soap vicjean@centurylink.net Colored & White Angoras Mohair Fiber Located near scenic Whitefish, Montana 15

16 Fiber Animal to Finished Product Name: Phone# Address: Number of $1.00 each (please include with entry) Division Describe Item(s) FiberType Technique Used 16

17 Fleece Contest Name: Phone# Address: Number of $1.00 each (please include with entry) Breed Division Class Sale $/lb Show Only Skein Contest Name: Phone# Address: Number of $1.00 each (please include with entry) Division Fiber Content Color Breed 17

18 Farm Photo Contest Name: Phone# Address: Number of $1.00 each (please include with entry) Division Description Finished Product Contest Name: Phone# Address: Number of $1.00 each (please include with entry) Division Fiber Content Technique Used 18

19 Livestock Entry Form Name: Phone# Address: Number of $5.00 per animal or $30.00 per herd (please include with entry) Number of $10.00 each (please include with entry -with $5.00 refundable for super-good clean-up!) Limit of 4 kids/lambs per pen or 2 adults NOTE: Health Certificate Required for all animals entering Montana Division Class Breed Color Sex Tag/ID 19

20 Workshop & Class Registration Form Mail form and payment to: Valerie Hogan 73 Poverty Flats Road Eureka, MT Name Phone # Address Description Workshop Fee Materials Fee Total 20

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24 Fiberfest EUREKA!! 73 Poverty Flats Road Eureka, MT