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Yikes, the Holiday Party is next Sunday!

Join us next Sunday for our annual holiday party, 1pm at Tequila's in Bayfield. No fuss, home before dark. We'll have a Silent Auction so feel free to bring fibery goodies to auction off. Proceeds to benefit Annie's Orphans, Animas Museum, and Judith MacKenzie. Hope to see you there. RSVP if you can join us by commenting below.

Did you know about Judith MacKenzie?

You may have heard that Judith’s teaching studio in Forks, Washington was completely destroyed by a fire last week. Judith is a renowned spinning and weaving teacher. In 2010, Arizona Desert Weavers and Spinners and Telaraña collaborated to bring Judith to the Valley for both a spinning workshop and a weaving workshop. She also spoke at both guilds. She has lost her looms, spinning wheels, fibers, library of fiber-related books, all her teaching materials and collection of textiles. A website has been set up to accept donations to help her start over. If you would like to help or learn more, here is a link to the website: http://www.rebuildjudithsstudio.com

News Update for Pagosa Fiber Festival

Just to keep everyone informed, PFF has not been totally disbanded, but may be suspended this year. We have several people willing to work on different aspects of the festival, but it lacks a President and Treasurer. If anyone would be willing to fill these two positions, it is possible that things could be up and running for this coming May 2013. If you are interested, please call or e-mail Linda: 970-884-0502, smjam9@ao.com To make it work for this year, we need to know of your interest soon.

2012 Holiday Party

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Spinning in October at Knit One Pearl Street

Saturday, October 27
Knit One Pearl Street, Bayfield

Come join us at the new location of Knit One Pearl Street in Bayfield. Linda sadly will be out of town, but we are still welcome to come and spin and explore her new shop. If the weather is good, we can even spin outside. Meet us around 10am until 2pm. For lunch we'll wander over to Tequila's. Hope to see you there!

Bring your wheel or spindle or whatever and any ideas that you might have for our annual holiday party.

For directions or other information about the shop, please call them at 970-884-9008

September Activities

Hey Wild Woolies Fall is in the air--knitting and spinning season for sure! Upcoming activities include: In Durango, check out the weavings of Hilary Heyl: More on her here http://newmexicocreates.org/artist-1852/Hilary-Heyl

• Saturday, September 22nd: 15th Annual Carding and Spinning Day at the Historic Toadlena Trading Post from 10am to 4pm. Some of us went last year and had a great experience. Map and directions can be found at http://www.toadlenatradingpost.com/map.html -- meet up there.
• Saturday, September 29th "Official" WWS Gathering: Bayfield Heritage Day including the running of the sheep at 9am, parade after that, vendors, antique road show, ice cream making, beer garden, dancers, even fireworks. A canopy will be set for spinners and and some of our own will be working with kids on some dyeing, weaving, felting, and spool knitting demos--if you have time to help with the kids that would be great. Come on out, bring a chair and your spinning.
  
  Keep in mind for next month:
• Saturday, October 27th Spinning at the new Knit One Purl Street in Bayfield. Come by around 10am and see Linda's new digs. Lunch at Tequilas.

Also, we know it is early, but start thinking about ideas for the holiday dinner in early December--especially you folks down south or out west. If you would like to participate, please let us know @ wwspinners@gmail.com
Some thoughts from Pam:
With so much going on we are losing touch with one another. To let us know what you are up to please feel free to use this blog by commenting below-- let us know what is going on. We haven’t seen very many of you for so long. We miss you and hope you are all busy working with fibers. Please add pictures to your updates. Let’s continue to keep in touch even if you can’t make it to the monthly spinning day. Take advantage of the blog and talk to your spinning friends. Don’t hesitate to email me directly if you have any trouble or concerns. Thanks everyone, Pam Dyer