bothwell spin-in

This is the lovely little town of Bothwell in the centre of Tasmania. Every second year it hosts the spin-in. And as the name suggests it is all about spinning, knitting and all things wooley.

These fantastic felted orbs are made by a very talented lady called Sue Evans. She also does contemporary artwork and custom made garments.

This stunning jacket is her felted thylacine( tasmanian Tiger) jacket.

There is also a competition for the longest spun thread from 10g of wool. This was facinating to look at the various entries from around the world. One entry that caught my eye was by an English lady called Amanda Hannaford and here thread was 652.726m long. So you can just imagine how fine it was. Truelly amazing.
I had a great day and only bought a little optim from ms gusset, and some silk/wool mix from the guild. I thought I was very good indeed.