Caroline worked her butt off to put together this sprang shawl to submit to the Arizona State Fair. Sprang is an ancient form of making cloth that has a natural elasticity. While the cloth can use a loom to help assemble it, the threads are not woven, they are interlinked, interlaced, or intertwined. Sprang appears to have fallen out of use for centuries and for a long time was misidentified as knitting, although it predates knitting. With the shawl washed and blocked (which helps retain its proper form) it was ready to bring to the fairgrounds. Today from 8:00 until 12:00 was the window of opportunity to submit crafty stuff for the Home Arts competitions and so here we are. We celebrated Caroline’s accomplishment with a visit to Old Heidelberg Bakery to pick up a loaf of coarse rye bread, a couple of almond horns, and more than our fair share of Haribo Wine Gums (the tastier English variety!) that NO ONE ever has in America. We usually beg her sister to send them from Germany or drag back a pound when we are over there. In October Caroline will be back during the State Fair as she’ll be in one of the halls demonstrating some fibery craft or other.