Despite cool temperatures and some wind Saturday, business was steady for Carla Kohoyda-Inglis, of Grass Lake, who sold brightly colored yarn — which she spins and dyes herself — at the Saline Harvest of the Arts festival.

Kohoyda-Inglis was surrounded by the colorful fibers as she spun yarn from silk and wool at her booth, answering the questions of curious festival-goers.

"(Business) has been kind of steady ... everybody looks though," said the woman who has been spinning her own yarn for 20 years. "I think it's the wheel."

Kohoyda-Inglis was one of about 70 artists featured at Saturday's festival, which coincided with the Saline Oktoberfest. The festivals opened at 10 a.m. and continue to 11 p.m. in downtown Saline.

Helen Martin, art show chair, said the festivals were expected to draw thousands of visitors.

"We've had several thousand in years past," she said. "I would say we've had an increase in traffic (from previous years) so far."

Phani Vemuri, of Saline, waited in line with his 3-year-old daughter Pallavi Vemuri for her turn to take a pony ride. He said it was his first time attending the festivals.

"We just came, like, 10 minutes ago," said Vemuri, who had already made a stop at the petting zoo. "It's pretty good, yeah. I should do this every year."

Rebekah DeCook, of Saline, took her four children to the event.

"We've eaten, we've done all the kids' activities, and we're about to go to the arts and crafts," she said, after her son Elijah DeCook, 2, finished a pony ride. "It's good fun. Good fun for the kids."

Sandy Crews shared a booth with her daughter Mandy Pomo, both of Dexter, at the art fair. Crews makes "whimsical dolls" from cotton and other materials and Pomo makes hats, tutus and other dress-up clothes for infants and young children.

When asked how sales had been during the first few hours of the festival, Crews replied, "We've made nothing today. It has been very slow."

"I think the weather and the football game had a lot to do with that," she said.

Crews said the down economy might also be affecting how people spend their money.

"Dolls — what do you do with them? You can't eat them, you can't wear them," she said.

Heather Lockwood is a reporter for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at heatherlockwood@annarbor.com or follow her on Twitter.