Unemployment in Elkhart, Indiana, reached nearly 20 percent in March, and a new group was formed to use knitting as a way of relieving some of the built-up stress. The Yarn Overcomers (YO) are providing...
“Wooly, Warped Women and Material Men” is the theme for the 2009 Wisconsin Spin-In held October 20 to November 1, 2009, in West Bend. Classes, vendors, giveaways, and an ongoing spinning circle...
The Green Market Bag Challenge is the latest group project for the Spindle and Dyepot Guild (Wisconsin) . Members may use any material and any method they want to create the bag, but entries will be judged...
The Redwood Empire Handweavers and Spinners Guild (California) is organizing a Fleecy Fun Fiber Fora y as an outreach event for this year’s Conference of Northern California Handweavers, Spinners...
Making sections for the World’s Longest Scarf is the current mission of the Spindles & Flyers Spinning Guild (California) as part of an effort to support Heifer International’s goal to...
The Fiber Antics (Indiana) is a group of fiber enthusiasts who boast an open membership, no dues, and no need to know about fiber arts! Just bring a brown-bag meal and share your love of all things fibery...
The annual celebration of “Spinners Week” and the All-Ohio Spin-In will take place in Malabar Farm State Park in Lucas on Saturday, October 3rd. Refreshments will be provided by the Malabar...
The 25th Market Day and Fiber Fair at the Bowling Green County Fairgrounds brought together handspun yarns and handcrafted items reminiscent of a village fair. Hosted by the Black Swamp Spinner’s...
The Green Camel Gals (Minnesota) hosted their second annual gathering at the Danebod Folk School in Tyler. The dormitory facility was built in the early 1900s as a place for early Danish immigrants to...
“Spinner’s Web” was a program for the Illinois Prairie Spinners to introduce spinning and other textile sites available on the Internet. A spinning clinic was held after a demonstration...
A bevy of spin-ins with fascinating names have been held in Western Australia as reported in The YarnSpinner—the Busselton at St. Mary’s Family Centre, the Perth Medieval Fayre at the Supreme...
The Handweavers’, Spinners’ and Dyers’ Guild of Western Australia, Inc. keeps the record of spinning wheels made by George Wright, their master craftsman who died in January. George’s...
Spinning wheels have been the topic for meetings of the Wasatch Woolpack Handspinners (Utah). Each month they spend time discussing a particular type of wheel to help people become familiar with them....
My father told me that as a child he would sit by the fire watching his grandmother spin yarn in their farmhouse in upstate New York. A picture of the hearth with a spinning wheel beside it (on the right...
Congratulations to SWIFT (Spinners and Weavers of Indiana - Fiber and Textiles) for fifteen years of networking news, resources, and inspiration. As a volunteer, nonprofit organization, it has published...
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