This year, 2012, we celebrate the ‘Year of the Farmer’ at the Perth Royal Show,
We also celebrate the 35th anniversary of the Melanian Sheep Breeders Society of Western Australia – Located throughout W.A. this group of sheep breeders, have been growing & supplying good quality naturally coloured wool – ie black, grey, brown, beige etc
As part of their anniversary we have held a Knitting competition where participants were asked to spin their own yarns from raw naturally coloured melanian fleece and hand knit either a adult jacket or pullover. [no overdyeing was permitted]
We have had some amazing use of the natural colours and some stunning garments were created, so we have decided to exhibit them for a week at our Wool depot & Black Sheep Shop in Willagee
from Tuesday 28th August to Friday 31st August 10.30am–5pm
Some of the garments will be available for sale at the Wool Depot [within Bilby Yarns shop] in Willagee, or at the Black Sheep Shop in the Jim Horwood Sheep Pavillion at the 2012 Perth Royal Show.
35th Anniversary Exhibition
Handspun, Handknit Wool Garments
Melanian Sheep Breeders’
BLACK SHEEP SHOP
6 Harrison Street, Willagee
www.bilbyyarns.com.au