Charka Spinning at February Guild Meeting

Beth Brown-Reinsel lead guild at the February business meeting in spinning on Charka's. Unfortunately, I was unable to attend so I can't write anything up but Beth shared some images from the evening. Please enjoy them below. Also, in her email there was a footer filled with wonderful links! Doesn't a cruise to Alaska to see musk oxen sound wonderful! Check out Beth's links below the images.

Wish I could have been there!  Beth is amazing and I love spinning cotton.  Thank you Beth
Beth Brown-Reinsel
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Exploring the World of Goat Fibers With Robin Russo

Saturday, March 26, 2011 9 am-4 pm
Brattleboro Savings and Loan
221 Main Street, Brattleboro

The River Spinners are excited to be hosting Robin Russo for her day-long workshop entitled, “Exploring the World of Goat Fibers.”

Robin describes her workshop: “This spinning class teaches participants about Angora, Pygora, Cashgora and cashmere goats. We discuss the history, geography, industrial uses and fiber properties of each of these animals. We will card, comb and spin samples of each fiber in their natural colors and dyed. We will also experiment with blending and creating novelty yarns to make the best use of the special properties of these luxurious fibers.”

Cost for this full day workshop, including materials fee:
$40 for River Spinner Members
$60 for Non-members who want to join, $70 non-member, not joining
$20 for students under 18 (must register with an adult)

Please bring a wheel, drop spindles, cards, combs (if you have them) and your lunch.

We will have drop spindles to give you if you need one.

Space limited to 25 people

Please request a PDF registration form from our Purse, Lisa, if you didn't receive it in an email on January 13, 2011 and include it with your check or money order.

Logo Selection!

Thank you for selecting one of these two logos! and a special thank you to the members that entered the logos!

Sheep spinning a river of fleece is our new logo for the River Spinners.

Sheep riding on a riverboat wearing scarf

Spinning Around - A book by the founder of the River Spinners!

Spinning Around: Spinning, Dyeing & Knitting Elizabeth Zimmermann's Classics (December 15)

—Jeannine Bakriges 

Jeannine Bakriges worked for years to compile this beautiful and informative book that culminates 30 years of fiber work. Imagine seeing something you'd like to knit, then having sufficient knowledge and skill to decide how to achieve your end goal. The long journey was well worth it with instructions from sheep to finished garment. Softcover. $29.95 Preorder by December 10 for free shipping (in the continental U.S.).

In addition to this book being by our Jenny - Guild members Leslie Markey, Maureen Clark, Jenna Konesko, and Elizabeth Johnson are featured and contributed via spinning, knitting, dyeing, and photos.

Other River Spinners have written books too - perhaps we should do a post about those as well :)  Send us your ideas!  Our librarian also thinks we should have a bibliography - don't you agree!