WOOL GATHERINGS The Monthly Newsletter of the Golden Fleece Spinners Society

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1 WOOL GATHERINGS The Monthly Newsletter of the Golden Fleece Spinners Society The mission of the Society is to preserve and perpetuate the art of hand spinning; to promote interest in spinning by educating the public through demonstrations, lectures, displays, and news/social media; and to provide instruction and social life in spinning for its members. Next Meetings: Saturday March 17, 2018, 10:00 AM Grace Episcopal Church Baldwinsville, NY Annual Auction Bring your coffee mug and bag lunch Hostess: Linda Brust, Treats: Meg Welch, Linda Brust The meeting this month is our annual fund raising auction. Please bring two or more items to be auctioned off by our own auctioneer Christina Rotondo and helper Emily Monette. We always have a wide variety of donated items so bring your wallet and a guest to join in the fun. As an added bonus, Vickie Marchand has generously donated a $50 gift card to Webs to be awarded to the person who spends the most money, with the stipulation they must be present to win. Plan on arriving early in order to display your donations and get a good view of all the items prior to the start of the auction. It s time to sign up to demonstrate at the following festivals. Please consider demonstrating, it s part of our community outreach, it s fun and it still leaves you plenty of time to shop: June 9-10 September 8-9 September CNY Fiber Festival, Saturday and Sunday, Bouckville, NY Golden Harvest Festival, Beaver Lake, Baldwinsville, NY Finger Lakes Fiber Festival, Hemlock, NY FEBRUARY MEETING President Jill Robinson called the business meeting to order. Treasurer's Report $ balance Meeting Hostess We still need a hostess for the May meeting, see the signup sheet.

2 Fiber Frolic There is a signup sheet for volunteers to mark the vendor spaces on Friday afternoon and to help vendors and sell raffle tickets during the frolic on Saturday. The guild approved $100 for advertising on Facebook for the frolic. Angela Mann will track the responses. Amy King Workshop The guild will be hosting workshops by Amy King June 23rd and 24th. At the end of the newsletter you ll find the registration form and description of the classes. Note that your registration form must be postmarked March 1st or later and mailed to Sue Jones, 404 Sixth St, Liverpool, NY Class assignments will be sent out by between April 15 th and May 1 st with the amount you owe for the class material fees (the guild is paying half of the fee). Payment will be due at or before the May meeting or you will forfeit your spot. March Auction Thank you to Christina Rotondo for volunteering to be the auctioneer and to Emily Monette for being Vanna. Fiber Festival Bus Trip Options discussed were the New England Fiber Festival, Rhinebeck and the Adirondack Wool and Arts Festival. The Northeast Handspinners Association Gathering is the same weekend as the New England Fiber Festival and the consensus was not to go to Rhinebeck. One option is to organize car pools to the Adirondack Wool and Arts Festival in Greenwich, NY on Sunday September 23 rd since the guild meeting would be the day before. Demonstrations Enough people said they d be interested in demonstrating at the Finger Lakes Fiber Festival so Joyce Lock will send in the registration form for the guild. FREE GIVEAWAYS Clay and equipment for button making. Dedicated toaster oven, "noodle maker" for flattening out the clay, box of clay. Let Jill Robinson jillr1751@gmail.com know if you are interested and she will bring it to the next meeting. Free to latch hook rug maker: pint zip-loc bag of wool ends for rug. Tan and rust colored wool. Contact Jill.

3 Events for your Calendar (* indicates events we provide spinning demonstrations) April 14, 2018 Fiber Frolic at Beaver Lake Nature Center April 27-29, 2018 Yarn Cupboard Retreat & Market May 5-6, 2018 Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival May 12, 2018 Shepherd s Wool Market, Rush, NY June 9-10, 2018 CNY Fiber Festival, Saturday and Sunday, Bouckville, NY* September 2, 2018 Fleece to Shawl Competition at the NYS Fair Wool Center September 8-9, 2018 Golden Harvest Festival, Beaver Lake, Baldwinsville, NY September 15-16, 2018 Finger Lakes Fiber Festival, Hemlock, NY September 22-23, 2018 Adirondack Wool and Arts Festival, Greenwich, NY October 13-14, 2018 Little York Fall Fiber Arts Festival, Preble, NY October 20-21, 2018 NYS Sheep and Wool Festival, Rhinebeck, NY November 2-4, 2018 Northeast Handspinners Association Gathering, Nashua, NH November 3-4, 2016 Fiber Festival of New England, Big E Expo Center Calendar and Program Plan (at the Church Unless Otherwise Noted) September 23, 2017 October 21, 2017 October 28, 2017 November 18, 2017 December 16, 2017 January 20, 2018 February 17, 2018 March 17, 2018 April 14, 2018 April 21, 2018 May 19, 2018 June 16, 2018 June 23-24, 2018 July 21, August 18, 2018 August 25-26, 2018 Annual Welcome to New Members, Luncheon, Market Day Bus Trip to NYS Sheep and Wool Festival, Rhinebeck, NY Bust Your Stash Guild Challenge Kickoff and Market Day Using Ravelry, Facebook, Audio Books, and Instagram Open Spin and Holiday Party Annual Roc Day Celebration Open Spin and Market Day Annual Auction Fiber Folic at Beaver Lake Nature Center Bust Your Stash Show and Tell Movie Morning with a Spinning DVD Annual Picnic Workshop with Amy King Open Spin, Onondaga Lake Park Open Spin, Onondaga Lake Park Guild Weekend at the NYS Fair Wool Center Newsletter Editor: Joyce Lock (joycelock3@gmail.com) Ravelry Group: Website: goldenfleecespinners@gmail.com Google Group: golden-fleece-spinners-society@googlegroups.com Facebook Page:

4 Amy King Workshop June 23-24, 2018 Registration Form Name Phone Address Only registration forms received with a postmark of March 1st or later will be accepted. Registration period will run from March 1 through April 15, Workshops will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Confirmation of your registration will be ed to you by May 1st. We will make every effort to make sure that each interested guild member gets to take at least one class. It is possible that, depending on the registration response, you may be accepted to more than one class. Workshops: The classes being offered are as follows: Sock It To Me - full day on Saturday; maximum students; materials fee: $32 All the Single Yarns - Sunday morning; maximum 20 students; materials fee: $24 Longdraw Truth or Dare Sunday afternoon; maximum 15 students; materials fee: $22 Please indicate your choices in the space provided: 1st Choice: 2 nd Choice: 3 rd Choice: PAYMENT- The guild will pay one-half of the materials fee(s) for your class(es). Your one-half of the materials fees for each class you are taking must be paid to Angela Mann no later than the May 19 guild meeting; If your materials fee payment is not received by that time, you will forfeit your class reservation and it will be opened to the interested member next on the list. Registration forms should be mailed to: Sue Jones 404 Sixth St Liverpool, NY 13088

5 SOCK IT TO ME The sock yarn you make now is ok but you know it could be better. Maybe you haven't even ventured into making sock yarn because you're not sure it's going to hold up. What materials do I use? How do I spin it so it's sturdy but not rope-like? We'll answer these questions and more. You'll walk out of the class ready to make an excellent sock yarn. STUDENT - Please bring a wheel in good working order with 4 (5 is even better) or more bobbins. Bring a ball winder if you don't have a lot of bobbins. It's also helpful to have a Niddy Noddy and a Lazy Kate. You must be capable of making yarn and have a good working knowledge of the wheel and be comfortable with basic spinning instructions. This is an intermediate class. STUDIO Length: Full Day Class Class Size Limit: students. Materials fee: $32 ALL THE SINGLE...YARNS Anyone that knows me, knows I love my singles yarns. Thin, energized, worsted, bulky, fancy, even, thick/thin...all of them. If you like them too and want to make better singles that are not meant for plying then this is the class. I'll go over how to make the singles, how to tell if you're going about it right, how to perfect them and how to finish them off. This is a fun class and some things may be more surprising if you've never made singles yarns. At the end of class if time allows, we'll go over how to use the singles in garments to get predictable results. STUDENT Please bring a wheel in good working order with 3 or more bobbins. If you have a wheel that has extra whorls, bring them. It's also helpful to have a Niddy Noddy and a Lazy Kate. You must have a good working knowledge of the wheel and be comfortable with basic spinning instructions. This is an intermediate class. STUDIO Length: Half Day Class Class Size Limit: 20 students. Materials fee: $24 LONGDRAW TRUTH OR DARE I'll tell you all the truths and then you need to dare to trust the twist! We'll expand your drafting horizons. Even if you walk out of this class not loving the true long draw, we'll be working on all the drafting methods between short and long draws. You'll have a new appreciation and new abilities for working with your wheel and mastering that twist with several different types of fibers. STUDENT - Please bring a wheel in good working order with 3 or more bobbins. It's also helpful to have a Niddy Noddy and a Lazy Kate. You must have a good working knowledge of the wheel and be comfortable with basic spinning instructions. This is an intermediate class. STUDIO - Length: Half Day Class Class Size Limit: 15 students. Materials fee: $22

WOOL GATHERINGS The Monthly Newsletter of the Golden Fleece Spinners Society

WOOL GATHERINGS The Monthly Newsletter of the Golden Fleece Spinners Society The mission of the Society is to preserve and perpetuate the art of hand spinning; to promote interest in spinning by educating