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The Spring Fiber Expo is being held at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds this weekend. Featuring yarns, woolens, looms, spinning wheels, and more, this event is a big draw for both the seasoned artisans and beginners in the craft.
“This is our tenth year for spring,” said Cherreen Thompson, event organizer. “This fall, in our October show, it will be our sixteenth. Attendance has been good. We’ve got 67 vendors, an outside yarn truck, and a food vendor. We have a little bit of everything from raw wool to finished products to baby sheep who are bottle-fed that you can touch and feel and hold.”
Visitors from as far away as Virginia and Florida were among the many guests perusing the stalls, talking with small business owners and making purchases.
“We have a mailing list that goes out to about 1,400 people, so they get emails on that and it reminds them to come. We have vendors from New York, Indiana, Kentucky, Wisconsin. It’s been really good,” Thompson said.
Carrie Wold, owner of Bellwether Farm, is one of the local vendors who are participating.
“We’re a small microfarm in Chelsea. We raise Shetland sheep, along with chickens and ducks and produce on the farm,” Wold said. “This is our second year. We were here last spring for the first time and we nearly sold out of all of our yarn. We only had seven skeins left, and now we’re back for a second year.”
Along with yarns and woolens, shoppers could purchase looms, spinning wheels, needles, and other tools of the trade. Other vendors offered jewelry, baskets, totes, t-shirts and gift items. Finished products such as sweaters, socks, hats, shawls, scarves and rugs were also available for purchase.
The Fiber Expo will continue on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tickets are $4 at the door. For more information on future expos, visit fiberexpo.com.
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Thank you to those Council members who support the citizens and the Rec Center.
Please note, the rec center now requires 1/3 to almost 1/2 of its operations be funded by the City of Saline taxpayers. Approximately 10% of our City population uses the facility, while 2/3 of the members are non-resident. It’s time the non City residents of the Saline community pays its fair share.
What happened with the funding for the needed repairs at the Recreation Center? With all of the programs and community services provided at the Recreation Center, the nearby communities spending tens of millions of dollars to build new Recreation Centers, and the number of members/high usage for the Center and part
The mayor and city council love to spend taxpayer dollars frivolously. More and more $$$ into the rec center, that needs to stop. We still don’t have drinkable water and yet the city keeps raising rates. Can’t speak for everyone but I would much rather have clean water than a “lazy river!”
Sorry, Toby Crotty. Do not align to your assessment or thoughts. While nearby communities are spending tens of millions of dollars to build Recreation Centers (because of their value to citizens and communities), Saline is in the fortunate position of already having a very good facility in place which now needs to
You avoided my main point. The rec center is a nice amenity for those that use it. However, it is not a necessity. Clean safe water that we pay exorbitant rates for IS a necessity for EVERYONE!
The unprofessional behavior while in the supposed role of being a journalist when talking to that protester is ridiculous. The incorrect information and “facts” you spewed during the conversation are just par for the course. Thanks for showing up!
I agree with your comments about this journalist. I use the word journalist loosely here, as a journalist should be bringing forth the views of the people they are interviewing, not bringing their obvious bias into every forced conversation.
I understand the right 4 peaceful protests, why expose children to hate and show disrespect to our flag, what is that teaching the children. As a Korean Veteran I oppose anyone disrespecting our countries FLAG, shame on the protesters,