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 February 17, 2018, 10:00 AM Grace Episcopal Church Baldwinsville, NY Open Spin and Market Day Bring your coffee mug and bag lunch Hostess: Gail Roemer, Treats: Gail Roemer, Linda Miller For Market Day, members can bring items to sell fiber related, food, plants, etc. Nonmembers may also bring items, but need to pay a $20 fee to the guild. For our March 17 th auction we need an auctioneer. Contact Jill Robinson if you are interested if filling this very important role. JANUARY MEETING President Jill Robinson called the business meeting to order. Treasurer's Report $6672.69 balance Meeting Hostess We still have a couple of open hostess spots for the for 2017/2018 meetings, see the signup sheet. Fiber Frolic At the February meeting there will be 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. Amy King Workshop The guild will be hosting workshops by Amy King June 23rd and 24th. Sue Jones volunteered to be on the workshop committee with Linda Brust to receive and determine
members class requests. 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 13088. Class assignments will be sent out by email 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. Health Reminder If you deal with raw fleece make sure your tetanus shot is up to date. Membership Welcome new members Marcia Snyder, Tina Cosentino and Lynda Fitzgerald. Clothing Order There were difficulties with the garment sizes, some items ran small. Jill will be in contact with the supplier to voice our complaints. Library Linda Wollowitz donated a subscription to Handwoven to the guild. Joyce Lock will send a thank you note to Linda. Spinning Fiber Raffle Twenty plus fiber prizes were raffled off as part of a generous fiber donation to the guild. Lorraine Savidge won a prize for the best decorated spinning wheel for Roc Day. 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.
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 2017-2018 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, 20178 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: http://www.ravelry.com/groups/golden-fleece-spinners-society Twitter: @GoldenFleece1 Website: http://goldenfleecespinnerssociety.org/ Email: goldenfleecespinners@gmail.com Google Group: golden-fleece-spinners-society@googlegroups.com Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/goldenfleecespinnerssociety
Amy King Workshop June 23-24, 2018 Registration Form Name Phone Address Email 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, 2018. Workshops will be filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Confirmation of your registration will be e-mailed 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 16-18 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
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: 16-18 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