Before the doors opened, a lineup had formed outside the West Langley Community Hall for the first day annual "Beyond Fibre" Christmas artisan sale by the Langley Weavers and Spinners Guild.
Shari Bronson, Guild artisan sale coordinator said many in the lineup on were repeat visitors.
"We have been a guild since 1971," Bronson told the Langley Advance Times. "It's our 53rd year and we have had a sale for probably at least 35 years."
"Lots of [the] people who come and shop have been coming year after year. A lot of people come to buy their Christmas presents, and they want to be first in line."
Langley Weavers and Spinners Guild annual sale is happening Saturday and Sunday at the West Langley Community Hall with all sorts of handcrafted creations and more. pic.twitter.com/XmCHRdNBzr
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While the main part of the sale was woven, knitted, spun and felted items handcrafted by Guild members, as well as yarn, fibre, supplies and equipment for fellow fibre artists, there were also non-fibre crafts made by Guild members and outside vendors on hand.
"We have about 10 different, guest artisans selling things like, leather work and jewellery, some baking, and jams and jellies, and different things," Bronson explained.
The Langley Weavers’ and Spinners’ Guild was formed under the sponsorship of the Langley Arts Council to keep the art and craft of spinning, weaving, dyeing, felting, and knitting alive and thriving.
For more information, visit LWSG.org.
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