July Notes

Members should have received an e-mail containing the pattern we will be using for our spin-a-long/knit-a-long. Won't it be great to see all the fine examples of Jen's Esker Scarf at our December meeting. The rules? Your handspun and that pattern!

Our July 10th meeting promises to be really interesting. Mary F. is will be sharing some of her felting secrets with us. I can't wait to hear how she puts together her amazing sculptures and landscape pieces.

The HFHF Sheep to Shawl event is scheduled for Sunday, July 24 from 10-4. We have a small group established for the actual spinning of the shawl yarn, but still need folks to show up with their own wheels, spindles, combs, carders, etc. You know how those muggles love to learn our mysterious ways.

August 6th will be our dye workshop with Jane Bartlett. Please remember to sign up before or at the July meeting.

Michaele and Victoria are looking for your ideas for the upcoming WNY Fiber Festival to be held at Emery Park on Saturday, September 24th. Their e-mails are in your membership booklets and your recent e-mail from the president.

Llamas Gone Wild

Sunday's meeting: Llamas bare it all! Join us for Sue and her shearing demo at the Burchfield.

BTW, feel free to bring your show and tell items. The Critter Ranch thinks that the llamas won't mind.

For the Love of Linen

Kathy sent me this link a while back and I forgot to forward it to the group.

Shepherd's Wool Market

May 21, 2011
10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Free Admission
Free Parking

Rush Methodist Church
6200 Rush Lima Road
Rush, NY 14543

Offering fleeces, roving, yarns, kits, sheep hides, fiber batts, finished goods and frozen lamb from local farms!

Sunday, April 10

Sunday will be a "Show & Tell" day for all your lovely hand crafted buttons and closures. Don't forget your wheel or drop spindle while you're at it! P.S. We have about 15 members who have yet to re-new their memberships and pay their 2011 dues. Please take care of this with Doreen so that we may finish the membership booklets and finalize our budget.

Save the Date

Just wanted to let you know that the Hull Family Home & Farmstead has designated Sunday, July 24th for its annual Sheep to Shawl event.

This year will be a bit different: Saturday, July 23rd, ALL local fiber guilds are being invited for an open work day. All members are welcome to hang out on the grounds to spin, quilt, knit...you get the idea. Muggles will then pay to meet and greet with guild members to learn and ask tons of questions.

Sunday, July 24th will be the traditional S2S event. On this day we will be asking members to volunteer for specific shifts to complete the task at hand!

So mark your calendars! Doesn't it feel good to start planning for summer!

BNAC Festival

Have you checked your e-mail lately? Common Threads has sent you some information regarding submissions to the BNAC's March Fiber Exhibition. Don't forget to fill out the attached paper work that goes with it!

And this photo has been hi-jacked from Gene Shepherd's rug hooking blog. I just thought I would give you dyers something to drool over.

Looks like a workshop idea for someone to run, doesn't it?