Lamar Days Wool and Fiber Festival

By Carol Owens

April 30, 2004

Lamar’s very first fiber and wool and fiber festival will take place May 15 at the Sand and Sage fairgrounds. There will be fun for everyone. There will be many vendor booths some are wool booths and some are not. Some of the vendors are DJ Fiber, Table Rock llamas, Katei Bear and Friends Collection, Leadville Ladies, Debby Rice air purifiers, Palance Farms, Makes Scents (candles Body scents) home made soap.

There will be a demonstration on rabbit showmanship, soap making, spinning, how to use a drop spindle, wet and pin felting. There will be a ARBA rabbit show, fiber animal judging, fleece judging, judging of items and skeins made from the wool, dress your fiber animal and yourself in costume, how to pluck an angora rabbit and turn its wool into yarn. There will be awards for all areas including the best booth. The food booth is by Sherry Haugen from Center.

The day will start with the rabbit show at 9:00 with Megan Archuleta doing a demonstration. Megan is also the youth secretary for the rabbit show. The rabbit show is being put on by the Tumbleweed Rabbit Fanciers and the angora show by the Colorado Angora Club. Gina Archuleta is the show superintendent and Carol Owens the show secretary.

Mind Witt is in charge of the dress your fiber animal in costume and you can get hold of her at (719) 336-2424. The judges are Jody Bean from Canon City for the rabbit show, Travis Taylor fiber animal and fleece judging from Karval, Jeanetta Larson the skeins and items made from wool.

There will also be a silent Auction starting at 9:00 and ending at 3:00. This is also Lamar Days there will be many things going on up town as will as a parade. So come and spend the day in Lamar and have some Fun. If you’re interested in entering in any of the judging or rabbit show there is a entry fee for each thing or animal entered. For more information call Carol Owens 719-829-4007 or email to cowbunnies@hotmail.com.