Judy Salvadore’s black down jacket sporting a black cat pin was zipped up to the neck. Under that she wore a vest and under that was a double layer of T-shirts.

“You know I should have brought my gloves,” she said Saturday morning as a drizzle mixed wind swept through the Airport Professional Park parking lot on Post Road not all that far from Green Airport. 

Salvadore, president of the Friends of the Warwick Animal Shelter, said a number of 80 vendors signed up for the annual Crafters for Critters show canceled because of the weather.  Nonetheless, there were those who stuck it out in support of the Friends and the volunteer work they do to assist animal rescues. Now in its 11th year, the show has grown exponentially to the point that it has to be held outdoors. It outgrew the Pilgrim Senior Center several years ago. 

Many of the vendors are regulars. They keep coming back because of how the show is run and to support the cause. As one vendor pointed out, she likes the show because of the diversity of crafts offered which means she’s not competing with vendors offering the same or similar products. 

Jeanne Cherry of Steanne’s Stuff whose artificial pumpkin carvings was a source of conversation among lookers, admitted she was chilled by the wind. She thought of changing into something warmer, but then decided not to.

“You know, I’ll change; the sun will come out, and it will be 90,” she said.

If that was going to be the case, she was urged not to delay changing.