The West Wales Wool Show in its fourth year was another resounding success!

Around 1,000 visitors with a passion for wool and fibre crafts enjoyed the event.

The show took place in the Queen’s Hall and the Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth, and there were 35 stallholders, some small local businesses adding value to the wool they produce and many other local fibre artists using wool and other fibres to produce the most beautiful crafted items.

On sale were fibres, yarns, handmade garments and accessories, equipment as well as fibre art. The full list of stallholders is available on the website, http://westwaleswoolshow.weebly.com/.

Many stallholders demonstrated textile skills throughout the day, and the three workshops - on peg loom weaving and felting - were very popular. The tombola with prizes donated by stallholders was extremely tempting.

The event was in its fourth year, and this was the first year that the show was organised by the Pembrokeshire Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers.

The guild is a voluntary group so guild members gave up their time to put on this event.

The guild aims to promote the crafts of handspinning, dyeing and weaving.

This year, the guild worked together with local businesses, keeping the entry to the event free.

Main sponsor of the event was Emily’s Funky Knits and Wool Shop based at Amroth Bay Holidays, near Amroth. Emily’s shop is not on the high street, but in the middle of the beautiful countryside in Pembrokeshire, selling a mix of beautifully coloured wool, from King Cole to WYS, to hand-spun wool by Emily’s mother, along with Emily’s funky makes.

Emily says that she was happy to sponsor the West Wales Wool Show as it’s a great event followed by all wool enthusiasts from all around.

Emily said: “As a small business, I felt that sponsoring the show would not only help the event, but also improve our own visibility to all the lovely wool people looking for a wool shop nearby! And of course not forgetting the caravan park should visitors need somewhere to stay whilst visiting the show.”

Another local business sponsoring the show was Susie’s Sheepskin Boots based in Narberth. Susie’s genuine sheepskin boots are made in their Welsh country workshop and with a unique design, a wide range of colour combinations - the boots are very special.

Needless to say, both Emily’s and Susie’s wares were for sale at the show.

The show also received support from the Milford Haven Port. To link in with the port’s business, the themes for this year’s yarn bombing was fish and other sea creatures.

In addition to the sea creatures, the Haverfordwest yarn bombing crew helped out and enhanced the look of the old school building for a few days.