Black Sheep Handspinners Guild

Current Newsletter:


January 2012: Info on Roc Day and Carol Wood Workshop (April)

Archived Newsletters



2011:

December: Info on Roc Day and Carol Wood Workshop (April)

November

October

September : Member Recruitment, Sheep-to-Shawl Team, Spinner's Study group notes.

August : Spinning Challenges, Spinning at the Scottish Games, Celia Quinn Workshop Information

July: Spinning at Dryden Dairy Days, Interesting Cotton Facts

June: Interesting Sheep Facts, workshop form.

May: Learning from fellow spinners, details of Celia Quinn workshops.

April: Fleece to shawl group, Etiology of Kitchener Stitch.

March: Natural dyeing with Japanese Indigo and onion skins.

February: Roc Day report.

January:



2010:

December: Roc Day planning, Indigo

November: Corn fiber, crab fiber, Rhinebeck highlights.

October: Spinning at the Scottish Highland Games.

September: Spinning Possum.

July and August: Wheel maintenance.

June

April: Effect of yarn twist on knitted fabric, "Mayan Spinners".

March: Crafting for the Community, Cotton Spinning as Political Protest

February: Fiber arts etymology, Hairy Frogs.

January: Roc Day information, Jane's Simple Knitted Slipper pattern.



2009:

December: Susan's Hat Pattern Adventure, the Guild's New Member brochure.

November: State Fair Winners, nettle spinning, Roc Day Committee notes.

October : Flax spinning, double-flyer wheels, Roc Day committee notes.

September: Stella Maris retreat, remembering Celia Radke, Japanese indigo, Andean Plying tutorial, Spinning at the Scottish Games.

June : Wool house insulation.

May: Guild Board election results, entering the NYS Fair, Keeping French Angoras.

April :Sheeps' production of greenhouse gases.

March : Origin of silk, Roc Day feedback.

February : Spindle Whorl Love Notes, knitting donations to Pine Ridge Reservation.

January : Roc Day Information



2008:

December : Roc Day Committee notes, Saturday knitting group, Anne and Jean's Mongolian Adventure Part III.

November: Rhinebeck reviews, Anne and Jean's Mongolian Adventure Part II, 2009 Guild Afghan

October : Spinning shifu yarn, Anne and Jean's Mongolian Adventure Part I.

September : Troy Wool Fair (PA) review, State Fair winners

July-August: Ontario Handspinning Seminar review.

June : Hog Island sheep, RI Sheep and Wool festival review.

May: New York State Fair submission tips.

April: Roc Day Feedback, Spinning on a Neolithic Spindle, unorthodox uses for bad wool, how much twist to put into yarn? Maintaining color sequence in hand-dyed fiber.

March: Stella Maris Spinning retreat.

February: Stella Maris Spinning retreat.

January: Roc Day Schedule.