One thing for sure, you can take a fiber artist out of the craft fair, but you can't take the fiber out of the artist. I am still spinning, knitting and crocheting as if I never stopped. Well, I never did.
After my one small craft fair landed on the day Helene left WNC, and everyone was too shell-shocked to attend, I found myself with lots of past inventory, and lots of new knitwear, yarns and dyed fleece but no way to convert it to income, something I currently have very little of.
I think this situation is true of most craft artists in WNC right now, those who still have studios and inventory intact - very few folks are coming to us to buy this holiday season. And no one in the area is going to be flush enough to buy craft. Our biggest market season has disappeared.
So if you are hoping to help folks in WNC recover, Please look for these businesses, artists and artisans who are selling online. One source is ShopWNC.com, which has listings in each of the major WNC towns impacted by Helene.
My shop site is also filled with items marked down for quick sales - garments,, accessories, yarns, fleece and spindles.
Thanks for your help.
Leslie
