On the 28th of May, a few of us gathered at Nancy's farm - "Spinning Wheel Alpacas" - to join her and about 600 visitors for her annual shearing day.
It was a cold, foggy morning, but we bravely sat under the canopy that Nancy and Garth had provided for us and showed the visitors that the art of spinning is alive and well.
By the afternoon, the fog had lifted and we were able to warm up a bit.
Mara, Nancy and Karen - jackets still on. The guild members had carded, spun and washed the fleece of Nancy's late "Desi Alpaca", and Margaret was proceeding to knit a shawl from the co-operatively spun yarn.
Raffle tickets were sold for the shawl and this raised $70 for Nancy's charity - Hearth Place Cancer Support Centre in Oshawa.
Margaret with the spun yarn and the beginnings of the shawl
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