Saturday, 4 December 2010: Up early to get to Tupare Gardens by 9 AM for Fibre Art in the Garden; fibre art demonstrations by Taranaki Creative Fibre including spinning, felting, knitting, dyeing and weaving wool.... but first ... shearing..you have to have wool to start with. A young pom named Matt worked up a real sweat and showed us how gently he manoeuvered the sheep while removing the wool. Quite an art in itself.