The Retreat, for 2023 will be June 22-25 at the Mercy event center in Auburn.
Cost is $365 check or cash or pay online $376.
Pictures below show all the fun we had last year at the retreat.
Cost is $365 check or cash or pay online $376.
Pictures below show all the fun we had last year at the retreat.
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 2020Fun 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. |
PAST YEARS ACTIVITIES
ROC Day - Return to the Wheel
Hangout at Catherine Lawson's farm, April 2015 Shearing and skirting wool.
Sheep shearing time 2014