Roc Day - Black Sheep Handspinners Guild

Roc Day 2025 January 11th 2025

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.

Workshops

Each workshop is to take about one hour. The starting times and room numbers will be announced closer to the celebration.

Demonstrations

Ellie Mae Paperbag Raffle

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

Spinning Challenge

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’, ‘Most Creative’, and ‘Most Practical’.

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

Potluck

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.

Vendors

With any questions contact our Roc Day coordinator Yvonne LaMontange.