Allen At AZ State Fair - Spinning Contest

In this picture, a contestant spins behind her back. The longest yarn in 5 minutes with no break wins points towards the overall winner.









A local Phoenix spinner dresses in period attire and demonstrates daily on her 250 year old wheel to the fair goers. She also competed but the drop spindle boy beat her!








12 year old boy wins the beginning spinning group on a drop spindle no less! He's totally hooked on the art!

The last part of the contest was a 5 minute creativity skein. The spinners could use any fiber, but had to explain their unique yarn to a judge on why they chose the fiber and for what will they use it for.

Allen says,

"Not sure if this is inspiring or not, but I ran the annual spinning contest at the arizona state fair in phoenix over the weekend. It was my last angora goat show of the year and I stepped in to help the fair and local guild out. It started 5 years ago with the Cotswold Sheep National Show there at fair. I won champion spinner! Now in AZ where spinning is growing, the annual contest offers a constant/stable event to support the local wool and fiber arts.

Christie Sconsa started it."