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Events for Weavers, Knitters and Spinners
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Stitches East
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Hartford, CT
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Needlework enthusiasts from around the world will in Hartford, CT, for the annual STITCHES Needlework Fair and Consumer Market. Attendees get a chance to meet, learn, and share their interest in the needle arts with knowledgeable and enthusiatic designers, teachers, and authors. Over 120 classes are held over the four days; preregistration is required. The fabulous STITCHES market is filled with over 150 booths selling yarn, books, gadgets, etc. and features free demonstrations, door prizes, and a Beginning Knitter's booth. Admission charge.
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The Mannings Annual Spinning Seminar
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June 12, 2010 (Saturday)
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The Mannings
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The Mannings Spinning Seminar is held at The Mannings, 1132 Green Ridge Road, East Berlin, PA 17316 on the second Saturday in June every year, rain or shine. There is no admission charge and no registration is necessary. Lunch may be purchased at the local church booth. Come and enjoy a variety of demonstrations. It's a great learning experience. This year's featured demo's are not available yet.
No Admission Charge - No Pre-Registration
18th Century Textiles & Waulking the Wool - Melissa Weaver Dunning will present an informative talk on the subject of 18th Century American Household Textiles, sharing antique & reproduction samples typical of home produced weaving from the 1700s and 1800s including: cotton toweling, linen napery, linsey-woolsey, overshot, Venetian carpeting and wool blanketing. Feel free to bring family or collected textiles of your own to show & share. Melissa will also lead a traditional Wool Waulking. When wool tweed or blanketing comes off the loom, it is not yet ready to use. The traditional Scottish method of finishing woolen cloth was a social occasion involving a group of neighbors, a large table and probably a little whiskey! The cloth was wetted and passed from hand to hand in a thumping rhythm kept going by suitable songs. We will skip the whiskey but have lots of songs!
British Sheep Breeds - Experience the variety of sheep breeds that England, Scotland and Wales have to offer without leaving the USA! The UK boosts over 85 recognized breeds of sheep. Susan Withnell, of Ewes-ful Fiber Arts in Westminster, MD, spent 19 days in the UK, doing spinning demonstrations and helping her friend show Ryeland sheep. Taking part in the Royal Agricultural Show of England, the Great Yorkshire Show, and the Royal Welsh Agricultural Show, provided an opportunity to study and learn about most of British sheep breeds. Visit her table to see videos and pictures of sheep such at the Bleu de Main, Ryeland, British Rouge (with a PINK face), Badger Faced Welsh Mountain, Llenwanog, and MANY others. Best of all, wool and fleece samples from lots of the british breeds have been obtained from breeders for you to see and feel! Contact information for some breeders who sell to US buyers will be available!
Cotton Spinning Made Easy - Do you remember Sally Jenkins?
Sally has been here at our Spinning Seminar for several years helping you and answering your questions about fiber blending and spinning novelty yarns. This year Sally will show you how to spin cotton and explain a little about the different varieties and show how to prepare cotton lint and how to spin cotton right off the seed itself. Sally’s vast knowledge on spinning will surely inspire you to try your hand at cotton and take away any fear.
Carding Machines - Come and watch Otto and Joanne Strauch demonstrate the use of their beautifully made drum carders and related equipment. You probably recognize the name, “Fricke/Strauch Carder”. They are the manufacturers of these fine machines and they are more then happy to answer your questions about carding your fibers whether they are wool, alpaca, llama or mohair and give you lots of helpful hints to make your fiber preparation easier.
Flax Processing - Eric Weit and Leigh Spencer will show you how to take flax straw and process it into spinnable fiber. Using antique equipment, Eric will show you how to break the straw and scutch it. He will then use a number of different hackles to clean the remaining fiber and make it usable to spin. Eric enjoys weaving and demonstrating the fiber related arts of the PA Germans. Leigh Spencer will then demonstrate how to dress a distaff and spin the flax into linen thread on her antique flax wheel.
Fleece to Shawl Demonstration - We are pleased to have 3??? 4-H youth fiber groups this year for a friendly fleece to shawl competition. Our event will most likely be more of a demonstration than an actual timed competition, but all three??? of these groups have been competitors at the Pennsylvania Farm Show’s Sheep to Shawl contest. We are happy to welcome the Lebanon County 4-H, the Adams County 4-H and from North Central PA, the Fort Freeland Flickers.
How to Make Your Spinning Wheel Happy - We are often asked about the maintenance of spinning wheels. Even competent and experienced spinners sometimes lack the understanding of what is required to keep their wheel in tip top shape. Many times a simple cleaning, oiling and the tightening of a few nuts and bolts are all you need to have your wheel spinning happily. Ron Woolcock will discuss how to keep your wheel running smoothly and if a more serious problem arises, he’ll give you some helpful ideas on what to do the revive your wheel or put it out of its misery. Bring your questions or better yet your wheel to have Ron look at it. From 1:00 to 4:00 only
Mushroom Dyeing - As an active member of both the New Jersey and North American Mycological Association, Susan Hopkins has been studying mushrooms for over 25 years. Although her initial interest in mushrooms was learning to identify them, she soon became fascinated by their dyeing qualities. Come and see Susan use fungi (mushrooms) to color yarn from a pale gray to olive green, rust or magenta, depending on the variety used.
Sheep Shearing - Rocland is a small sheep farm owned by John and Kate Bostek in Fairfield, PA specializing in blanketed fine wool fleece. Along with Cormo and white and natural colored Border Leicester, Rocland is the home of registered Rambouillet sheep, and Angora goats. Both Border Leister and Cormo sheep will be joining them so you can become more familiar with this breed. John will be demonstrating sheep shearing and Kate will show us how to prepare and spin these wools.
Silk Spinning - Jan Derry has been spinning and playing with fiber since childhood Currently employed as a public librarian, Jan has raised a generation of silkworms in her home annually for at least the last 15 years. With a brief daily walk around the neighborhood to pick mulberry leaves from roadsides, parks and her unsuspecting neighbors’ yards. Jan rears Bombyx Mori from eggs to cocoons to eggs. Her favorite form of craft silk is degummed cocoons which she also loves to dye with synthetic or natural dyes.
Spinning Bee - Before you leave home don’t forget to pack up your spinning wheel or spindle equipment and chair and plan to spend some time spinning and meeting new friends. Enjoy our demonstrators and then plan to take some time for yourself and join others in an old time spinning bee.
Spinning Dog Hair - Cheryl Dawson has been spinning dog fur into yarn for over 10 years, just another ramification of her addiction to working with fibers and her love of dogs. Her 50 year love of knitting and her 30 year love of Siberian Huskies collided to fulfill another lifelong goal, namely, to learn to spin, when she became a founding member of a board that auctions items made of Siberian Husky undercoat to raise money for Siberian Husky rescue in the USA and Canada. Cheryl lives, knits and spins in York, PA.
Spinning on a Wool Wheel - With the new and improved spinning wheels of today, the Great Wheel or Walking Wheel has been relegated to a piece of furniture in the corner of a favorite room. Why not learn how to return it to the fabulous spinning tool it once was. It’s fun to use and not as scary as you think. Sharon Peffer will discuss how to prepare and card wool for spinning on the Great Wheel. Discover the joy of spinning on this wonderful wheel.
Spinning on Spindles - Explore and practice using hand-held spindles from the past! Greek vase paintings, Egyptian wall art, French tapestries and other art work give us clues to how people processed fibers. Modern artists are reproducing spindles and attempting to reconnect with the “threads” of our ancestors. Kim Spanos-Telsing started with a heavy-duty handmade spindle in 1971 and has wound her way through the ages.
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The Mannings Annual Knit-In
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August 7, 2010 (Saturday)
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The Mannings
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Back by popular demand, Knit-In will again be held at The Mannings. This is not a structured event, but rather a day of relaxing and knitting with good friends. All knitters are invited to attend. There is no fee. Cold drinks and cookies will be provided along with door prizes. Participants are asked to bring lunch for themselves, a chair and, of course, their knitting. If weather permits, knitters may sit outside under the trees on this spacious property. There is also plenty of room inside in case of inclement weather.
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Knitter's Day Out
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September 24 & 25, 2010 (Friday & Saturday)
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Enola, PA
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