Bothwell Spinin and Fibre Festival

A unique festival the SpinIn is held every second year and celebrates fibre arts such as spinning, weaving, dyeing, felting, knitting and allied fibre crafts. The three day event consists of many activities including presentations, demonstrations, mini-workshops, parades, and competitions as well as a variety of interesting displays. With international, national and state guests, visitors and part

icipants have many opportunities to build their skills and keep current in their field through peer association and the opportunity to learn about similar activities in other cultural contexts, The cultural exchange that occurs between participants and the official guests are one of the SpinIn's special highlights. Bothwell SpinIn is the home of the Guinness Book of Records listed Longest Thread Competition that attracts entries from across the world. This uses 10gr of wool fleece spun and plyed. A new feature of the 2015 event will be the introduction of an Alpaca section. Both sections have very generous Sponsors (see competition forms). The Spin-in is organised entirely by a committee of volunteers known as The International Highland Spin-in Association Inc. All members are listed (About us on the web page). Please feel free to contact us for further information either by phone or by web site and don't forget to subscribe for information updates! See you there in 2015