This year’s Roc Day celebration of the Lorain County Spinners and
Weavers (Ohio) included wrapped prizes marked for a spinner, weaver,
knitter, or felter along with donations for the “Kitchen Sink Yarn”
experiment. To support the newbies, members were on hand to demonstrate
and answer questions on how to spin a thin yarn, long and short draw,
and Navajo plying. Each year this group donates to the Heifer
International Project, and in 2007 contributions surpassed all previous
totals. A large part of the money comes from the sale of tickets to
raffle off their handspun shawls, handwoven or knitted by guild
members. With the proceeds, they were able to give two “knitting
baskets” of two sheep and two alpacas with the remaining funds buying
goats.
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