Roc Day 2025 will happen from 10am to 4pm in the Parish Hall of the All Saints Catholic Church, 347 Ridge Rd. (Rte 34B) Lansing NY. Parking is behind the church.
| 10:00 am | Door opens |
| 10:30 am | Last chance to submit finished items for the competition. |
| 10:30 am - 11:30 am | Workshop: Beginning Spinning with Angelika St.Laurent |
| 10:45 am | Demonstration: Spinning Tricks Around the World with Suzanne Schwartz and Ruby Schnirman |
| 11:30 am- 1:30 pm | Dish-to-pass luncheon |
| 11:30 am - 1:30 pm | Music by Six Miles Craic |
| 12:30 am -2:00 pm | Workshop: Visible Mending and Darning with Mary White and Kristen Olson - Bring your items needing mending! |
| 12:30 pm | Demonstration: Hand Exercises for Knitters with Ruby Schnirman |
| 1:30 pm | Demonstration: Sitting On Your Distaff with Lois Swales |
| 1:30 pm | Sale of Raffle tickets and Silent Auction END |
| 2:30 pm | Presentation of raffle items/silent auction items to winners. You or your designee must be present to win |
| 2:50 pm | Prizes awarded to winners of the competition |
| 4:00 pm | Celebration ends for this year. We hope to see you next year! |
Each workshop is to take about one hour. The starting times and room numbers will be announced closer to the celebration.
10:30am Beginning Spinning taught by Angelika St.Laurent
Fiber and spindles will be available.
12:30pm Joyful Mending taught by Krysten Olsen and Mary White
Bring an object to practice visible mending and darning techniques.
10:45am Spinning Tricks from Around the World
12:30pm Hand Exercises for Knitters
1:30pm Sit on your Distaff
Donations for the raffle are collected by Debbie Benzer and Roberta Sibley. To arrange drop off, please, contact Debbie or Roberta
If you have large spinning equipment to donate, please contact Lois Swales
We have some really nice donations for the raffle. Here are some photos:
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There have also been two beautiful spinning wheels donated. These will be auctioned off:
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This lovely Great (or Walking) Wheel for spinning wool was donated to the Guild from the estate of Jean Warholic, a very active member of BSHG in the early years of our Guild. While there is no maker or date on this wheel, it spins very well for its age- probably mid-1800’s or earlier. Beautiful mixed hardwoods and an unusual offset screw tensioning system. Comes apart to fit in most bigger cars. |
This woodworker-made reproduction Canadian production wheel was built by Richard Loftis of Tromps and Treadles in Canton, Michigan in 1978. It has a remarkable 30” wheel and two whorl speeds on the flyer pulley. The tensioning system uses an Ashford style screw-controlled hinge system. Note: Production wheels produce a lot of yarn quickly with a large bobbin to maximize skein sizes. Their big drive wheels help speed up yarn making but also mean they don’t easily jump in a car to travel from home without taking the wheel apart! This unusual wheel originally came from long time BSHG member Ellie May. |
The challenge is to create a hat that incorporates bead. For this you will receive a bit more than 4 ounces of white Falkland top and sixty Czech glass beads in assorted colors.
The rules are:
1) No other materials than the ones provided may be used for the hat.
2) At a minimum, there have to be 20 securely attached beads on the finished hat.
Any fiber art (e.g. knitting, crocheting, weaving, braiding, felting) or combination thereof is allowed in the construction of the hat. The fiber may be dyed.
The beads may be attached in whichever way fits the design the best (e.g. spun into the yarn, set while knitting, embroidered on). If choosing embroidery, note that the thread has to be spun from the fiber provided.
Finished hats should be submitted latest by 10:30 am on January 11th, 2025. With the submission, include a short description of the methods used. Judging will happen by popular vote in the categories ‘Most Beautiful’ and ‘Most Creative’. Jean Currie and Marianne Pelletier will be the judges to award the 'Most Skillful' prize.
Fiber and beads will available at the October, November and December guild meetings. If you wish to participate, but can't attend the guild meetings, contact Angelika
We will have our traditional potluck lunch from 11:30am to 1:30pm. Please, bring a dish to share. Plates, cups and silverware will be provided. Please, don't forget to take serving bowls and left-overs back home after the celebration.
Mar Miller, Dear Mary
featuring: handspun yarn, handknitted items, handwoven shawls and towels
Robin Nistock, Nistock Farms
featuring: Cotswold wool, spinning fiber, blending fiber, spinning kits, knitting kits, rug punching kitsLisa Merian, Spinner Hill
featuring: Hand-dyed roving, fiber blends, batts, and yarns. Also fiber arts supplies.
Margaret Flowers, Trinity Farm
featuring: Icelandic and Shetland fleece, rovings, and hand spun yarns, hand-made sheep milk soaps, original needle-felted creations.
Heather Warren, Loch Mor Farm
featuring: Roving, yarns, hand dyed locks and raw fleeces from Angora goats and rabbit, Leicester Longwools, Romeldale CVMs, Romney, Shopshire, and Blue Faced Leicester sheep.
Dan and Lorraine Tracy, Dan Tracy Designs
featuring: Spinner’s De’Lite (single and double versions), drop spindles, Tibetan spindles, Dealgan Scottish Spindles, Mayan Spinners, ring distaffs, Lucets, Multiple Kates.
Nancy Morey, Shadyside Farm Fibers
featuring: Fleece, locks (natural and dyed), carded roving and batts, and yarn from our flock. Silk fibers in all forms and blends with other fibers. Camel and yak tops and blends with other fibers from around the world. Small batch hand dyed tops, mohair locks, and yarns.
Local Fiber, Local Fiber
There will be hand crafted buttons available at the information table from and for our local fiber farmers.
With any questions contact our Roc Day coordinator Yvonne LaMontange.