Sunday, October 14th from 1-4:00

Ontario Handspinners  (OHS) Certificate Program with Margaret  

Burchfield in West Seneca. 

Each summer, for eight crazy days, for six consecutive years, students gather in the Haliburton Highlands to complete the OHS Certificate Program. The course covers all manners of spinning, all materials of spinning, and lots of homework to carry us through the year. Margaret just completed her fourth year and fifth summer, and will share what they've done so far. A new rotation begins every three years, so if you're curious or interested in the program, this will be an opportunity to see what's involved. 

                                         Color Blending: Citron Shawl

                                          Exotic Breeds Fleece Study

                                          Natural Dyes

Drop Spindle Class starting

Sue Phillips is starting a beginner Drop Spindle class  at her store.  On Wednesday October 10th from 6pm-8pm. Come at 6 to 7, or 7 to 8. Stay one or two hours, but please register with her by email sue@critterranch.com or call 532-0246 by Friday October 5th. Let her know if you have a drop spindle or you need one.  She'll try to get some reasonable ones for the class. Fee will be $20.00 per person & includes 2oz. of fiber.  

 
Sue Phillips 
The Critter Ranch Llama Farm 
& WNY Llama & Alpaca Rescue Group 
ALSA Halter & ROM Champions 
  Angel's Baby Doll & BHLF Erick Liddell 
National Top 10 POD 2004 ALSA Champion & ROM POD  Payton's Angel 
Rescue ,Shearing, Boarding, Breeding, 
Visit our online stores & Blog at 
http://TheCritterRanch.etsy.com   http://TheCritterRanchStuff.etsy.com 
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 www.wnyllama.org 
  

WNY Fiber Fest 2012

Just a reminder that this Saturday, September 29th is the WNY Fiber Fest at the Emery Park Ski Lodge, Emery Rd., in South Wales from 10-5:00. Please come and support our local Fiber Fest by of course shopping, volunteering where Michaele and Victoria need help, spinning for the Sheep to Scarf, or by just spinning your own fiber with our guild group. We’re inside the beautiful Ski Lodge, and it’s a wonderful relaxing atmosphere. Because this is local, it’s so much fun to see familiar faces from all of our WNY fiber friends. If you have an extra floor lamp and extension cord it would be nice to bring it. We try to sit by the big windows, but if it’s a cloudy day it can be a little dark. 

I hope we have a great turnout, and if you have any questions please contact Victoria locusthill@yahoo.com, or Michaele michaelewe@roadrunner.com, or me .

Demo at Buffalo Museum of History 9/23 1-3pm

Just a reminder, demo at the Buffalo Museum of History (Historical Society–Elmwood and Nottingham in Buffalo)) is this Sunday 9/23 from 1 to 3. 12:30 set-up.

Using the Drum Carder
Sunday, September 9, 2012

The next meeting will focus on drum carders.  Ideally, we will see a variety of different drum carders, how they work and how different people use them. We will do a demonstration on how to use the drum carder that was so generously gifted to us. If you want to use this, you need to see the demonstration. We would also like those who have drum carders to bring them in and do a short demonstration on how you use it. Please bring your own fiber for this.

Everyone should bring in the results from the spinners challenge, we should have more time to look at them now. Bring it in if you have already shown it, we might want to get a picture of them all together.

We really appreciate how generous our members were, both in donations and in bidding, at the auction.

Labor Day sale with spinning wheels

There is an estate sale in Tonawanda with 3 spinning wheels, a skein winder and a table loom for sale. I can’t tell what the condition is from the pictures, but here is the link http://rickkaye.com/pix.htm . The sale is Aug. 31st, Sep 1st, and Sept. 2nd

Some larger items that have been most generously donated include:

Pat H. is donating a picker made by her husband, but it's an exact copy of the Li'l Dynamo Wool Picker, sells for about $150.00.  Her husband is a very good carpenter so I'm sure it's excellent quality.  The Woolery's box pickers, which don't look any different, sell for over $300.00. 

Pat is also donating a 1# clean Alpaca fleece, a 1.2# clean Llama fleece, and two? raw Llama blankets.

Pat M. donated 1100 yds. of Irish yarn from Studio Donnegal that she purchased on her trip to Ireland last fall. This is the same yarn sold in the US as "Tahki Donnegal Tweed", however the light blue color is one she's never seen in the US shops. This is worsted weight and should be enough for a sweater.

Sue P. is donating (among other things) "The Spinner's Dream Basket" which will include a variety of fibers totaling about 12 oz., all local and natural colors, and a handmade spindle, this is a $70.00 value.  

Sue is also offering a subscription to her Barn Dance Fiber Club–3 oz. of the fiber of the month for 3 months, a $65.00 value which includes shipping. It's for September, October and November.

We also have a Spinning Wheel Lamp, a vintage handmade Birdhouse, and a large Sheep stuffed animal.

If anyone else has any large ticket items, please let us know if you can. If you can't make it and are interested in any of these items, let Liz know and she can put bids in for you.

So bring items for the auction, money (!!), your spinners' challenge, a dish, and your wheel, if you think you will have time to spin. There will be plates and silverware, but you can also bring your own. There are some birthdays, so there will be cake!!