Activities

The annual Roc Day celebration will be January 14th, 2023 10 to 2, in Placerville.

Roc Day or St. Distaff’s Day (Roc or Rok means Distaff in old English) is a spinning celebration that dates back to the Middle Ages. A poem was written about it by Robert Herrick in 1648. European traditions state that women resumed their work spinning on the wheel after the 12 days of Christmas. Traditionally, this date fell on the seventh of January, the day after the Feast of Epiphany. Jean Franklin, our very own modern Spinning Saint of the Hangtown Fibers Guild, gave us the grace over the years to hold this celebration on the second Saturday of January. Jean has hosted this event for decades and Roc Day is a deeply rooted part of the culture of the fibers arts, as well as being a treasured part of Hangtown Fibers Guild celebrations over the years. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, January 14th, at the Greenstone Barn: 2900 Stagecoach Rd, Placerville. The gate code is 34237. Celebrate the coming New Year by bringing your wheel, spindle, or other fiber craft and a dish to share for the potluck lunch. Coffee, tea, and water will be provided. Any questions? Contact Bree at 510-409-7324 (cell) or Jean at 916-939-1864.

The Retreat, August 2022 was a huge success. The venue was beautiful, the food was fabulous and the beds were comfortable. Everybody got a prize.

WE are thrilled to be back in person for our meetings!!!!!
See our COVID isolation projects below:
March 2021 Projects
February 2021 projects
January 2021 Projects
December 2020 Projects
November 2020 projects

Some of our activities include:
El Dorado County Fair check their website for entry info

Sheep to Shawl
Spinning demonstrations
Handcraft exhibits

Interest Groups meet monthly
Spinning Group meets the first Monday of each month at 6PM at the Placerville Senior Center, 937 Spring Street.
Knitting and Crochet group meets Thursday evening until 8 at Lofty Lou's Yarn shop..
Weaving group meets in members homes at times to be announced
Basketry group meets in members homes as announced
Hangouts are held at members homes and farms and often include a special event such as shearing.
Other activities as announced.

Corona Virus Isolation Projects slideshow Summer 2020

Fun Pictures Wanted for the Newsletter

Please send pictures of your holiday activities to Agnes Forshey, Guild photographer, (agnes@seahorses.com), and she will put together one or more collages for the newsletter. If Agnes receives lots and lots of photos, they will be included in two newsletters.
Here are some ideas of photos to send to Agnes: holiday decorations, holiday gifts, holiday cookies and desserts, pictures of children and/or pets all dressed up for the holidays, holiday travel pictures, and anything else you can think of that has the holiday theme.
Holidays include Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years, Hanukkah, Kawanzaa, and any others you can think of. The pictures don't need to be current, but they must be fun!

Note from the treasurer: Dues are due July 1. You can pay your dues online or by mail. For mail you can write the check to HFG or Hangtown Fibers Guild and mail it to the guild mailbox. The guild mailbox is P.O. Box 2459, Placerville, CA 95667.
Online go to hangtownfibersguild.com and then go to the more and then pay fees with the password fiberfun-since81. There is an additional $1.50 for this option because we are paying double fees to have this ser-vice. Dues are $25.