We met her in Queenstown , NZ at the Warf Market on our last day in New Zealand. Biddy makes hats, scarves and other knitwear. She explained to us that she tends her own sheep, spins and dyes the wool and then makes her goods. I'm not sure if she sheers her own sheep but I'm going to think that she does. It just makes Biddy cooler. She told us that for some of her hats she uses fruit juice for dye. The results are some pretty loud hats and I have to wonder if you feel like a melting popsicle if it rains on your hat.
The best part though is that in front of each basket of hats Biddy had placed pictures of the sheep who provided the wool for those hats. If you click on the picture above you can see one of the sheep photos on her table.
Biddy is da bomb! Want to meet her, check out her web site!
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