Saturday saw us taking a trip up to the 2018 Tennessee Valley Fair in Knoxville.  The Tennessee Valley Handspinners Guild supply spinners to demonstrate on 4 days of the week long fair.  This year was my first and  I volunteered for just one 3 hour shift, from 12 to 3 pm.

Anne and I arrived at about 11 so we could unpack the car (wheel, wool, chairs, etc) and then have a quick look around before starting. Once set up with two other spinners at one side of the main display area I had nothing else to do other than watch the various sheep class judging events and chat about any and all things spinning.

Anne spent some more time wandering around the fair before joining me at the demo area.  The plan next year will be to arrive earlier to look around a little more, especially some of the tractor and craft displays – the multitude of ‘buy our product at greatly reduced ‘fair special’ rates’ are the same the world over, and not really worth a second visit.

The trip up and back were both painless. We visited briefly with Anne’s younger brother and family and did some ‘big city’ shopping before returning to the valley. I’ve signed up for next year as this is another show that is worth the effort to represent the guild.