Roc Day - Black Sheep Handspinners Guild

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Roc Day 2026 January 10th 2026

Planning for Roc Day 2026 will start in September 2025.

Schedule

Time Activity Location
10 am Door Opens
10 am - 4 pm Vendors open Main Room
10am - 4pmSpinning Circle Main Room
10 am - 1:30 pm Ellie Mae Paperbag Raffle Entrance Area
10 am -10:30 am Submission of Challenge Scarves
10:30 am - 2:30 pm Voting on Challenge Scarves Main Room
10:30 am - 11:30 am Begin to Spin Workshop Class Room
10:45 amDemonstration: Lace MakingMain Room
11:30 am - 1:30 pmDish to Pass Luncheon Kitchen and Main Room
11:30-12:30Music by Six Miles CraigMain Room
1 pm Demonstration: Aglets Main Room
2 pm Presentation of Raffle Winners Main Room
2:45 pmPresentation of CHallenge Winners Main Room
3 pmDemonstration: Spin like Your Grrrrreat GrandmothersMain Room
3 pm - 3:45 pm Needle Felting Workshop Class Room
4 pm> Door Closes

Workshops

10:30 am

Introduction to Spinning Learn how to make a thread with a spindle. With Angelika St.Laurent and Kathy Holton

3 pm

Introduction to Needle Felting with Julia Gray

Demonstrations

10:45 amLace Making, with Marianne Pelletier
1 pm

Aglets How to make brass tipped shoe laces. With Lois Swales

3 pm

Spin like Your Ggggggggreat Grandmothers a look at the Hallstatt salt mine textiles 1500-400 BC from a spinners point of view. With Lois Swales

Ellie Mae Paperbag Raffle

The Paper bag raffle runs from opening time (10am) until 1:30pm. Raffle winners will be announced starting 2 pm.

Spinning Challenge

Objective: Create a Scarf Inspired by the Photo of Taughannock Falls in Winter

Rules: All yarn and thread used in the project has to be handspun by the person submitting the project, this includes warp yarn, sewing thread etc. The scarf may be constructed with any fiber art technique known to humankind. Any fiber or blend may be used. If you want color, you may either dye your own fiber at any state of the process or resort to commercially dyed fiber. The finished object has to be submitted latest at Roc Day 2026, January 10th, by 10:30am. With the submission add a note about which fibers and techniques you used in the creation of the scarf and how they relate to the photo-inspiration. The spinning challenge is open to all, guild members and non-members alike.

All submitted scarfs will be judged in three categories: Most Beautiful, Best Interpretation of the Photo (both by public vote), and Best Technique (by Chris Cushman, owner of Connected Stitches).

With any questions contact Angelika St.Laurent

Photo Credit: Susan Verberg

Potluck

Please drop off your dishes before the potluck starts (11:30 am). Don't forget to lable your dishes.

Vendors