A bus trip to the New York Sheep & Wool Festival (AKA Rhinebeck) is being organized on Sunday, October 17. About a dozen are signed up so far, but the bus holds up to 46 people. Cost is $25 per person. For information, or to sign up, please email NANCY ZUESE at nancy.zuese@gmail.com as soon as possible. Money is due by August 30. The bus will leave from the Senior Center in Plainfield, CT. More instructions will follow once you sign up. Hope you can join this group and enjoy the camaraderie of a whole bus full of fiber enthusiasts at one of the East Coast's biggest fiber festivals!

PS: If you live in the New London area, are interested in the trip, and want to carpool to Plainfield, you can also contact Mary Kallio at mjkal@conncoll.edu or 860 439-2182.

Thank you so much to everyone for the beautiful farewell gift as I end my term as guild President. I wish I could have been there in person to accept it but as you may know, I had just lost my Grandma Irene and was not ready to put on a happy face quite yet. However, the gift put a smile on my face when I found it in my PO Box yesterday!

For those of you who didn't see it, I received a cherry support spindle and a bag of pretty Tencel in my favorite colors. I also got a couple of Sunshine cards from our wonderful Sunshine Chair, Farilyn. Thank you all so much for thinking of me. I hope I was a pretty good President--now let's support Vicki Miorelli (our new President) and Kris Granatek (who has graciously stepped forward to be our new Program Chair/VP)!

See you all in October!

Jenny Bannock

Nov. 5, 6, & 7, 2010 : The Northeast Handspinners Association will be hosting the 2010 Gathering at the Grand Summit Resort Hotel & Conference Center at Mount Snow, Rt. 100, West Dover, VT (www.mountsnow.com). Ten fiber mentors are scheduled to teach at the Gathering; Sara Lamb from California, Deb Menz from Wisconsin, Letty Klein and Amy Tyler from Michigan, Nancy Morey from New York, as well as some New England area instructors. Class topics include: Weaving with Cut Pile; Combs & Hackles; Braid Rugs with Roving; Color Blending at the Wheel; Needle Felting; Natural Dyeing; Knitting/Cutting Without Fear; Wire Knitted Jewelry; and more! There will be a great variety of fiber oriented learning, sensational food, fabulous vendors, and fun!

For more information, contact Norma Bromley, 3069 Schoolhouse Rd., Newark, VT, (boreas25@localnet.com) 802-467-3222, or check out updated information on the Northeast Handspinners Association website: www.nehandspinners.org

SPECIAL NOTE TO NUTMEG MEMBERS: If you are interested in attending the Gathering, spaces are open first to NHA members. You need to join before June 1 in order to register for classes. See the NHA website for details.
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Just a reminder that our April meeting is on April 10, due to the Easter holiday. We have Rudy Amann with us that day. Please check out the "Next Meeting" tab for a list of what to bring. The document about Andean Plying can be found there as well.

In JUNE, we have a trip scheduled on Sunday June 6 to the American Textile History Museum. Please read the special note about reserving a space on the bus, also found on the Next Meeting page.

See you in April!
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Guild members:

As of this message, the meeting & auction are still scheduled to be held tomorrow morning, Feb. 6. The forecast calls for no snow in the Enfield area. However, if you are unsure whether the school is open or not, you can call Asnuntuck's snow line at 1-800-501-3967 and choose option 2. If the school is not closed, we will have our meeting. Please use your own judgement if you are in an area that does get snow.

If for some reason the school IS closed, then we will reschedule the meeting for Feb 20. This is ONLY if the school is closed on the 6th.

Thank you and we hope to see you for our Biannual Pot Luck and Auction!

This is just an announcement regarding Saturday's meeting:

We are expecting a Nor'Easter to come through this weekend. However, at this time, the meeting is still on. Please watch this thread for information about whether or not we close. The plan at this moment is to still have the meeting if Asnuntuck is still open. If we close, we are going to try to get the 13th of February instead. Again, I will let you all know both here and on the Ravelry group, and you may receive a message from Greg via email. If you know someone who is a member but doesn't have a computer, please let them know the verdict. Thank you.
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Since many Nutmeggers belong to NHA, I wanted to let you know what is going on with the NHA website. It is currently being transferred over to me since the former webmistress is unable to work on it anymore. Due to the transfer process, the site will be down for several days. Please pass this message on to any other NHA members you know, since I've already had some people ask me what happened to the site. It will be back soon!
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ETA: The website is back up now, and much of the info has been updated. More changes will come over time but at least the site is back up. Thanks for your patience!

The info for December is up. I won't be at the meeting, and I will miss you all! Have a great time, everyone!
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We've got Robin Russo coming to visit us again--check out the "Next Meeting" page for the full details!

ETA: The date has been corrected. Sorry--I left June's date up there, but it actually is supposed to say October 3. Robin Russo IS coming in October! Sorry for the inconvenience. :)
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The information for Saturday's meeting has just been updated. It echoes what you read in the Newsletter. If you don't have or don't get the newsletter, please read the "Next Meeting" info so you know what to bring! My apologies for not getting it up sooner. Thanks, everyone!
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