WOOL GATHERINGS…
The Monthly Newsletter of the
Golden Fleece Spinners’ Society
Next Meeting: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 10:00 AM
Grace Episcopal Church, 110 Oswego Street, Baldwinsville, NY. The church will be open at 9:00 for set-up
BROWN BAG LUNCH Coffee and tea are available.
HOSTESS: Jill Robinson
COOKIES: Diane Tice, Gail Roemer
Newsletter Editor: Linda Brust (spinayarn22@gmail.com )
goldenfleecespinners@gmail.com,
http://goldenfleecespinners@typepad.com .
October Meeting
The October meeting will be an open spin. We’ll have a business meeting and Show and Tell – and of course we’ll want updates on your trip to Rhinebeck .
September Meeting Notes
It was so good to see everyone again after the summer break, and especially good to see some members returning after several years. We welcomed some new members also. We have a wonderful group of people with diverse talents to share, and we encourage everyone’s ideas and input so your guild is what you want it to be. Welcome!!
Dues reminder: Our guild year runs from September to June, with dues staying at $20 again this year. Please be sure to have them paid no later than the November meeting. Checks should be made payable to Linda Miller, and can be mailed to her at 8487 Dunham Road, Baldwinsville, NY, 13027, or given to her, or her representative, at the October or November meetings. (Linda M. has reported that our bank balance is $4550.91.)
After October 5th, sign-ups for the Rhinebeck bus trip no longer include an admission ticket, but you can still join us. Members (as of June 1, 2013) pay $25; other pay $60. Contact Linda Lupole ASAP if you want to register – 315-427-2929; auntlindalee@yahoo.com. If you have already signed up, you’ll get a reminder email confirming departure times, etc.
We started taking orders for guild shirts, totes, etc. We can order additional colors as long as the logo color stays the same. We’re also checking on women’s sizing in addition to the generic sizing we currently use. We’ll continue taking orders at the next couple of meetings.
It’s time to renew the Spin-Off subscription for the Baldwinsville library – the membership approved the expenditure. Instead of ordering Spin-Off for the guild library, the membership approved a motion to order the new magazine for handspinners, PLY Magazine.
We talked about our fatally damaged guild tents again. Linda Miller and Betsy Walker are trying to determine if we can use the framing from our old canopy style tents with the waterproof covers from the damaged EZ-Ups. It was previously reported that the framing from both EZ-Ups is damaged beyond repair. It was suggested that we may want to just rent a tent, since the only event we need it for is the Golden Harvest Festival. The issue was tabled for discussion until we get a status report from Linda Miller.
The 2014 CNY Fiber Frolic is scheduled for Saturday, April 12, 2014, once again at Beaver Lake Nature Center. The officers will get the ball rolling by contacting vendors, and we should have our final vendor roster sometime in December. Sign-ups for guild member help at the event will begin at our January meeting. The membership also approved an expenditure to purchase two large event signs to install each year on the large Beaver Lake Nature Center road sign on Route 370 at the entrance to East Mud Lake Road.
Our bead knitting workshop will be in February. We haven’t had any luck finding the beads locally, so we’re planning to do a group order. The plan is to have the beads available at the January meeting. Sign-ups were started in September.
A note was received from the Fingerlakes Fiber Festival thanking us for our participation as demonstrators again this year. Thank you Meg Welch, Joyce Lock, Jill Robinson, and Gail Roemer for helping staff our booth.
Gail is going to follow up with a woman who gives workshops on spinning on a Charka. A show of hands at the meeting indicated interest in the program, so stay tuned for additional information at the October meeting.
Gail presented a guild project idea for the year, which is an afghan square of the month – organized so that by the June picnic participants will have completed their afghan for Show and Tell. Each month there will be one or two new patterns distributed, and the squares completed before the next meeting. Sign-ups were started and the September pattern distributed. If you were not able to attend in September, but want to participate, please call or email Gail so she can get you on the sign-up and get you the September pattern.
Jill mentioned that she has several instructional spinning DVDs that she can share via her laptop at some of our meetings if there is interest.
Events for your Calendar (The ** indicates events where we provide spinning demonstrations)
CNY Fiber Frolic, Saturday, April 12, 2014, Beaver Lake Nature Center, Baldwinsville, NY **
Shepherd’s Wool Market, Saturday, May 10, 2014, Rush, NY
CNY Fiber Arts Festival, Saturday and Sunday, June 14-15, 2014, Bouckville, NY **
Golden Harvest Festival, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 6-7, 2014, Beaver Lake Nature Center **
Fingerlakes Fiber Festival, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 20-21, 2014, , Hemlock, NY **
NYS Sheep and Wool Festival, Saturday and Sunday, October 18-19, 2014, Rhinebeck, NY
The Gathering, Friday thru Sunday, November 7-9, 2014, Sunday River, Newry, Maine, sponsored by Northeast Handspinner’s Association.
2013 – 2014 Calendar and Program Plan
October 26, 2013 Free Spin
November 16, 2013 Open
December 21, 2013 Do we want to have another casual spin-in?
January 18, 2014 Annual Rock Day Celebration, pot-luck lunch, Market Day.
February 15, 2014 Bead Knitting – make an amulet bag
March 15, 2014 Annual Fund-Raising Auction
April 19, 2014 Open
May 17, 2014 Open
June 21, 2014 Annual Guild Picnic
The Monthly Newsletter of the
Golden Fleece Spinners’ Society
Next Meeting: Saturday, October 26, 2013, 10:00 AM
Grace Episcopal Church, 110 Oswego Street, Baldwinsville, NY. The church will be open at 9:00 for set-up
BROWN BAG LUNCH Coffee and tea are available.
HOSTESS: Jill Robinson
COOKIES: Diane Tice, Gail Roemer
Newsletter Editor: Linda Brust (spinayarn22@gmail.com )
goldenfleecespinners@gmail.com,
http://goldenfleecespinners@typepad.com .
October Meeting
The October meeting will be an open spin. We’ll have a business meeting and Show and Tell – and of course we’ll want updates on your trip to Rhinebeck .
September Meeting Notes
It was so good to see everyone again after the summer break, and especially good to see some members returning after several years. We welcomed some new members also. We have a wonderful group of people with diverse talents to share, and we encourage everyone’s ideas and input so your guild is what you want it to be. Welcome!!
Dues reminder: Our guild year runs from September to June, with dues staying at $20 again this year. Please be sure to have them paid no later than the November meeting. Checks should be made payable to Linda Miller, and can be mailed to her at 8487 Dunham Road, Baldwinsville, NY, 13027, or given to her, or her representative, at the October or November meetings. (Linda M. has reported that our bank balance is $4550.91.)
After October 5th, sign-ups for the Rhinebeck bus trip no longer include an admission ticket, but you can still join us. Members (as of June 1, 2013) pay $25; other pay $60. Contact Linda Lupole ASAP if you want to register – 315-427-2929; auntlindalee@yahoo.com. If you have already signed up, you’ll get a reminder email confirming departure times, etc.
We started taking orders for guild shirts, totes, etc. We can order additional colors as long as the logo color stays the same. We’re also checking on women’s sizing in addition to the generic sizing we currently use. We’ll continue taking orders at the next couple of meetings.
It’s time to renew the Spin-Off subscription for the Baldwinsville library – the membership approved the expenditure. Instead of ordering Spin-Off for the guild library, the membership approved a motion to order the new magazine for handspinners, PLY Magazine.
We talked about our fatally damaged guild tents again. Linda Miller and Betsy Walker are trying to determine if we can use the framing from our old canopy style tents with the waterproof covers from the damaged EZ-Ups. It was previously reported that the framing from both EZ-Ups is damaged beyond repair. It was suggested that we may want to just rent a tent, since the only event we need it for is the Golden Harvest Festival. The issue was tabled for discussion until we get a status report from Linda Miller.
The 2014 CNY Fiber Frolic is scheduled for Saturday, April 12, 2014, once again at Beaver Lake Nature Center. The officers will get the ball rolling by contacting vendors, and we should have our final vendor roster sometime in December. Sign-ups for guild member help at the event will begin at our January meeting. The membership also approved an expenditure to purchase two large event signs to install each year on the large Beaver Lake Nature Center road sign on Route 370 at the entrance to East Mud Lake Road.
Our bead knitting workshop will be in February. We haven’t had any luck finding the beads locally, so we’re planning to do a group order. The plan is to have the beads available at the January meeting. Sign-ups were started in September.
A note was received from the Fingerlakes Fiber Festival thanking us for our participation as demonstrators again this year. Thank you Meg Welch, Joyce Lock, Jill Robinson, and Gail Roemer for helping staff our booth.
Gail is going to follow up with a woman who gives workshops on spinning on a Charka. A show of hands at the meeting indicated interest in the program, so stay tuned for additional information at the October meeting.
Gail presented a guild project idea for the year, which is an afghan square of the month – organized so that by the June picnic participants will have completed their afghan for Show and Tell. Each month there will be one or two new patterns distributed, and the squares completed before the next meeting. Sign-ups were started and the September pattern distributed. If you were not able to attend in September, but want to participate, please call or email Gail so she can get you on the sign-up and get you the September pattern.
Jill mentioned that she has several instructional spinning DVDs that she can share via her laptop at some of our meetings if there is interest.
Events for your Calendar (The ** indicates events where we provide spinning demonstrations)
CNY Fiber Frolic, Saturday, April 12, 2014, Beaver Lake Nature Center, Baldwinsville, NY **
Shepherd’s Wool Market, Saturday, May 10, 2014, Rush, NY
CNY Fiber Arts Festival, Saturday and Sunday, June 14-15, 2014, Bouckville, NY **
Golden Harvest Festival, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 6-7, 2014, Beaver Lake Nature Center **
Fingerlakes Fiber Festival, Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 20-21, 2014, , Hemlock, NY **
NYS Sheep and Wool Festival, Saturday and Sunday, October 18-19, 2014, Rhinebeck, NY
The Gathering, Friday thru Sunday, November 7-9, 2014, Sunday River, Newry, Maine, sponsored by Northeast Handspinner’s Association.
2013 – 2014 Calendar and Program Plan
October 26, 2013 Free Spin
November 16, 2013 Open
December 21, 2013 Do we want to have another casual spin-in?
January 18, 2014 Annual Rock Day Celebration, pot-luck lunch, Market Day.
February 15, 2014 Bead Knitting – make an amulet bag
March 15, 2014 Annual Fund-Raising Auction
April 19, 2014 Open
May 17, 2014 Open
June 21, 2014 Annual Guild Picnic
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