Common Threads Spinning Guild May 2023 Meeting

Our next meeting will be on Saturday morning, May 13, 2023 at the West Seneca Senior Center from 9am to 12pm.

This will be an open spin meeting to socialize and create. In the past during our Mother's Day meetings, we've talked about our favorite books. Not necessarily fiber related books, (although that's fine too), but novels or any subject that you found interesting and entertaining. So please put together a list of good book titles to share.

We will not have a regular Saturday June meeting, instead our Annual One Day Retreat will be on Sunday June 11, 2023. This will be in place of our regular meeting. It will again take place at The Meadows of Highland Clubhouse in Orchard Park where Ellie lives. She has the room reserved for our retreat day. I'll send out all of the information soon. This is for our guild members only. 

Don't forget the Southtown Spinners will meet on Tuesday May 9th at the East Aurora Senior Center from 10am to 2pm. It's free and all are welcome.

Common Threads Spinning Guild April 2023 Meeting

 Our next guild meeting will be on Saturday April 8, 2023 at the West Seneca Senior Center, 4620 Seneca St., West Seneca NY 14224 from 9am to 12pm. 

This will be an Open Spin Meeting and we will have a few cute Easter and Spring themed project patterns to share, perfect for using small amounts of yarn or your precious handspun stash. 

A small knitted bunny made from a 4"-6" square.

A Chicken Egg Cozy to be placed over a hard boiled egg or a plastic, decorative egg.

Anyone who is interested in spinning or is curious to see what our guild is like, is welcome to join us. 

An Open Spin Meeting means that our members bring their spinning wheels, knitting, felting, weaving, or what ever project they're currently working on, and we have a relaxing morning socializing and enjoying each others company. If anyone is having trouble spinning, our experienced members are always willing to help. We have a very wonderful, friendly and welcoming membership. Please join us!!

IMPORTANT - Common Threads Spinning Guild New Meeting Day and Time

 Our Common Threads Guild meeting day has changed to: 

The Second Saturday on Each Month from 9 am to 12 pm

We still meet at the West Seneca Senior Center at 4620 Seneca St, West Seneca NY 14224

Occasionally our meetings are at a different location and possibly on a different day. For or example, our One Day Retreat, Our Farm Visit, and our Dye Day. 

Check this site for a change in day and location.

Our April 2023 meeting will be on Saturday April 8th at the West Seneca Senior Center. It will be an open spin meeting. There will be patterns for cute Easter themed projects for small amounts of hand spun yarn.

Doreen's bunny, hand spun from her English Angora rabbit yarn. 

Common Threads Spinning Guild March 11, 2023 Meeting

Our meeting dates have changed to the second Saturday of each month. A few pictures from our March meeting. Our program was Plying Techniques. 

 Laurel is demonstrating a unique way to Navajo ply without using your wheel. The 3 ply is made and wound into a ball, then the twist is applied on the wheel at any time in the future. 

Mary is showing her wool rug that was knit by using various colors of green, yellow, brown, and blue yarns, randomly plied to create a kaleidoscope of landscape colors. 

Members spinning at our March meeting at the West Seneca Senior Center. 

January 2020 Spinning Guild Meeting

 Our first guild meeting of the year was a Needle Felting program. It was so much fun to create a critter of our choice with the help of member Mary Fisher. Some weren't quite finished, but had a great start and just needed some finishing touches. 

Annual Auction!

Sunday March 8, 2020 at 1 - 4 pm at West Seneca Senior Center.

Don't forget to change your clock...Spring ahead!

We will celebrate in style with our annual Auction. Not only is it fun time, it is also our major and only fundraiser of the year. Money we raise are used to pay for the wonderful programs we have and also to update our outstanding library. The auction is for members only. 

We need donations for the items to be auctioned. We are looking for fiber, as well as non-fiber related items. Items that are in perfect working order but you don't need them any more. Items and projects you have no time to work on. Things you love and you would like to spread the love to the others. Things you make. And we don't shy away from bottles of adult drinks or food items!

What to bring to the auction:

Cash for auction tickets: The tickets are $10 for sheet of 25 + 1 door price. 

Donation items

Please, bring your donations no later than 1:15pm to give us time to organize.

Approximate timeline

Doors open at 12:30

12:30 - 1:30pm  Arrival, open spin

1:30 pm  Business meeting

2 pm       Auction

We’ll continue the theme of Alpaca throughout the year. Our February meeting with Anne Richter from Woodside Farm Alpacas was very educational. Anne is a wealth of information regarding many subjects like types of alpacas, the difference in fleeces, how to choose a fleece, the best way to spin and blend them, and so much more!! Thank you Anne for a wonderful presentation! If any members didn’t receive the donated suri alpaca that we distributed last year, we’ll have some at the March meeting for you to take home. We’ll briefly talk about it during the March meeting and help those who haven't played with it yet, or unsure how to proceed. 

All About Alluring Alpaca!

Our next meeting is this Sunday, February 9, 2020, 1 - 4pm at the West Seneca Senior Center. To start off our 2020 Alpaca Theme, this month we will have a presentation by Anne Richter, owner of Woodside Farm Alpacas in Lawtons, NY. Anne will give an overview of a variety of topics like choosing an alpaca fleece, cleaning, carding, blending, and the difference Suri and Huacaya alpaca. There will also be time for question and answers.

Anne has a mini-fiber processing area on the farm which includes a carding machine (cottage carder), needle felting machine, roller felter and a full dye kitchen as she offers classes to fiber enthusiasts who want to learn about how to use fiber they grow or acquire (or maybe they just have a ton in their stash!!) She also carries a full line of blending fiber including all of the specialty fibers (pearl, rose, milk, seacell, firestar, Angelina, etc.)

Anne will be bringing fiber and spinning boxes for sale to the meeting as well.