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shepherdess
True Blue Farmgirl
359 Posts
Robin
Eatonville
Washington
USA
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 Posted - Apr 29 2005 : 9:24:27 PM
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Hello
We have 2 spinning groups that meet once a month. One in the evening and the other during the day.
We knit , spin and sometimes even quilt or rug hook or just sit and talk.
Every July we have our night meeting during the day and we have a DYE DAY. We come early and stay late and dye wool all day long. Lots of Dye Pots set up all over the grass and we keep them full all day.It is a pot luck. I look forward to it every year. It is relaxing and lots of fun.
Does anyone else on the list have a spinning group.
I fany of you are in my area and spin ,please join us
Robin
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 29 2005 : 9:37:14 PM
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Gosh, your group sounds great. I wish I knew even a couple gals close enough to get together to spin. I should start a little group who could do whatever they want and then maybe I could teach some of them to spin..get them started. I think it is so fun to have a group to do things together..they dying day sounds really fun!!!
Jenny in Utah
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shepherdess
True Blue Farmgirl
359 Posts
Robin
Eatonville
Washington
USA
359 Posts |
Posted - Apr 29 2005 : 9:50:43 PM
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If you don't have a group going,that is the best way to get one going. It doesn't matter if they don't spin let them work on what ever they want. It is mostly the idea of friends getting together and relaxing and being close to one another.And yes then you can teach someone to spin. You will be amazed at what you will figure out to do. We always have food, each person brings some to munch on. We even did a round robin. Five of us made a plain tea cosy and then passed them around for each of us to embellish in some way. We didn't look at our own for 4 months and then we got together and had a tea party and revealed our tea cosy's. THEY WERE DARLING and each friend had contributed something to the cosy. We also sent a little journal around with our cosy so each person could write a little something in the journal.
it was great
Robin
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Eileen
True Blue Farmgirl
1199 Posts
Eileen
USA
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Posted - Apr 30 2005 : 09:34:56 AM
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I belong to a spinning group that meets every 2nd and 4th Wednesday evening. We are encouraged to bring our other halves as some of the spinners are men and some are ladies and in a couple of cases both spin. It is kind of a couples social gathering where we sit and spin and visit. The host provides the treats for the week. I think I am going to ask about adding a dye day potluck to our summer meeting, that way those of us who are fairly new to this will have the opportunity to learn another aspect of the craft.
Sounds like a really fun day.
Eileen
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BamaSuzy
True Blue Farmgirl
138 Posts
Alabama
USA
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Posted - Jun 17 2005 : 8:28:38 PM
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The nearest spinning groups to me are in bigger cities such as Gadsden or Birmingham and they meet like on Saturday AFTERNOONS way downtown....
I've tried to seek out other spinners in our county but so far have had no luck....may run a little notice in the newspaper where I'm editor....but so far haven't found anybody else around here that's even remotely interested! most people say, why do you bother with that when you can just go and buy yarn.......those are the same people who don't understand why I grow my vegetables, make goat milk soap, have my own laying hens, make a lot of my own clothes, etc. etc. etc.....
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Farmer Macleigh
Farmgirl in Training
39 Posts
Tennessee
USA
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Posted - Jun 26 2005 : 7:47:04 PM
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Suzy,
Are you north of Gadsden? I'm in the Chattanooga area.
What kind of newspaper are you editor of?
Best,
Macleigh
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