Wednesday, January 25, 2012

The Gathering



The Gathering
Saturday April 14th 10am-3pm
Town Park Recreation Centre
62 McCaul Street
Port Hope, ON

Where spinners and knitters meet
Admission is $5.00

Awesome Door Prizes
Imagine a sea of 100's of wheels whirling in one room
Imagine a room full of creative souls and the sounds of numerous knitting needles clicking away
One day only, come visit
The Gathering
Hosted by
Great Pine Ridge Spinners and Weavers Guild
and
Northumberland Hooks and Needles Guild



There will be vendors selling the finest of yarn, rovings and supplies for your creative pleasure.


For information on workshops Contact Mara Lusis maralu@sympatico.ca
or Click Here for fill in the Mini Workshop Application
For information on vendors tables contact Nancy Hutchinson alpacas@xplornet.com

Vendors Include:

***Andjareena's Place-Mary Anne White www.andjareenas.com

***Ambleside Farm-Gillian Mullins

***Coloured Shetland Rovings-Karen Richens

***Cornerstone Fibres-Kim Parkinson www.crfibre.biz
selling:bamboo knitting needles, angora rabbit fibre, handspun yarn

***Creekside Exotics-Kim Bushby

***Dyeing for Colour-Pat Leclair www.dyeingforcolour.com
selling rovings from all kinds of fibre

***Fire and Fluff- Cheryl Powell www.fireandfluff.com
selling: ashland fibres, spinolution wheels, babes fiber garden wheels, yarns and custom blends

***Home Grown Yarns-Cindy Osland
Selling: wool rovings, yarn, wool products, and lamb and beef for sale

****Lanesend Farm and Fibre-Lynn Hasson www.lanesendfarmandfiber.info
selling mohair, wool rovings, knitted products, fudge, brittle, hemp handcreams, handspun yarns and dog hair items

***Rose Haven Farm-Linda Swaine www.rosehavenfarm.net

***Shepherds Hill-Grace Clare
Selling: raw fleece, dyed locks, sheep skins, rovings and sheepmilk soap.

***Spinning Wheel Alpaca Farm-Nancy Hutchinson www.1stopalpacafarm.com
Selling: everything alpaca products..."Once you go alpaca, you don't go backa"


***The Knitting Nimrod Collective-ilze Abolins www.knittingnimrodcollective.com
selling:quality yarns, kits, interchangeable needles, sets and accessories

***The Robin's Nest-Elaine Poot
selling: retail yarn, Sirdar, Manos, Debbie Bliss

***The Stoddart Family Farm-Silvia Stoddart www.stoddart.ca
selling:natual and handpainted yarns and rovings, raw and washed fleeces.

***Thistle Dew Farm- Wendy Pullan

***Victoria's Yarn-Brenda Sauve

***Wellington Fibres-Donna Hancock www.wellingtonfibres.on.ca
selling: mohair blends of rovings, yarn and wheels and square needles




More to be added shortly....
New for 2012

Mini Workshops-
HAVE BEEN CANCELLED DUE LACK OF PARTICIPANTS

Learn to Crochet – Instructor: Cheryll-Ann VanDyk

or


Thrummed Knitting using a continuous roving. – Instructor: Jeff O’Neill



Learn to Spin on a Drop Spindle – Instructor: Karen Richens


or


Needle Felt a Critter: Instructor: Wendy Lilly


$20.00 per mini workshop-CANCELLED
includes supplies
Pre-registration is required
To reserve a spot please send registration form and payment by March 30, 2012 to Mara Lusis.

It will an event you will not forget.