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NANTICOKE &mdash; Dozens of vendors and prospective customers set up shop at West Side Park on Sunday afternoon for a Fall Harvest craft and vendor show.
				The event was hosted by the West Side Club, with proceeds from basket raffles and instant bingo going to the club and toward keeping the playground up and running for the neighborhood kids.
				Craft fairs are always a big hit around Luzerne County, especially during the fall; Sunday&rsquo;s Fall Harvest show was no exception, as a steady stream of people made their way around the loop of tents to check out what was on sale.
				As is typically the case, the items being sold varied substantially from tent to tent. Nail-painting supplies being sold next to smoked cheese, sweaters and books and all sorts of interesting trinkets.
				One vendor, Nanticoke resident Pat Redline, had two unique items for sale at her table: Redline &ldquo;smittens,&rdquo; mittens lined with sweater fabric, and reading pillows &mdash; pillows with a little sleeve for books.
				Redline said that she&rsquo;d been selling the smittens for a couple of years, and wanted to try something different. A sign at her table informed customers that Sunday&rsquo;s show would be her last selling the popular item.
				&ldquo;I had to stop selling them at one point because I couldn&rsquo;t keep up with the demand,&rdquo; Redline said. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ve been such a good seller, but I wanted to try something new.&rdquo;
				Sunday&rsquo;s show was Redline&rsquo;s first show with the reading pillows, and even in the early hours of the afternoon, she could tell that they would be a big hit.
				&ldquo;Now the children could take their books to bed with them,&rdquo; Redline said. &ldquo;Reading is so important at a young age.&rdquo;
				Young readers were also a part of the focus at Dawn L. Lubertowicz&rsquo;s table. A local author with over a dozen published works of fiction, Lubertowicz had her books on display along with some homemade rice bags, which people could pack with ice and use for aches and pains.
				&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got them in all sorts of sizes and designs,&rdquo; Lubertowicz said. &ldquo;Some have straps for your ankle or your wrist.&rdquo;
				Lubertowicz describes her books as &ldquo;fantasy fiction&rdquo; geared mainly at young adults. She only started getting them published a few years ago, and has been prolific in her work.
				&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve got five more books on the way,&rdquo; Lubertowicz said.
				Some other vendors included Serina Mitchell of Honesdale, selling her &ldquo;reverse sweaters&rdquo; &mdash; sweaters made with the designs on fabric underneath the outer layer of the sweater, and then cut out to show the design.
				&ldquo;I think I saw them on vacation somewhere, and thought it was a good idea,&rdquo; Mitchell said.
				Mitchell has been making the sweaters for almost 20 years, and had them available in both fall and Christmas colors.

Festival draws vendors, customers to Nanticoke