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Links
Guild Library:
The Guild Library listing is now available on line as a PDF file, click here to view the latest version (01/08). Library items are only available to guild members. All withdrawals are done from Guild meetings.
(The following links are provided as a source of information only - there is no implied "approval" of anything, just a collection of links that various members have found useful.)
Guilds:
Francis Irwin Handweavers - a weaving guild which meets in Blairstown, NJ.
Jockey Hollow Weavers - a weaving guild which meets in Mendham, NJ.
Organizations:
MAFA, the Mid-Atlantic Fiber Association
Northeast Handspinners Organization
Interweave Press - the publishers of Spin-Off and Handwoven magazines as well as a wealth of other spinning, knitting, and weaving books.
Retail Stores:
The Spinnery - a local spinning and fiber store located in Frenchtown, NJ, which offers spinning and weaving lessons.
The Mannings - a fiber store in southeast PA that has many fiber-related classes as well as a big selection of yarns and equipment.
The Woolery - mail order
Woodland Woolworks - mail order
Bountiful - mail order
Woolbearers - a new local Fiber shop owned by two of our Guild members!
Spinners and Weavers Housecleaning Pages - used equipment
Fiber Equipment and Barter Page - used equipment
Handcrafted Yarn Swift - handcrafted swift that comes apart (I have a similar one that I use as a skein winder).
Fiber Festivals:
Maryland Sheep and Wool - a fabulous sheep and fiber festival in Maryland, always held the first full week-end in May.
Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival - another big sheep festival in New York state in October every year.
Garden State Sheepbreeders - a local sheep group that holds a sheep and fiber festival in west central NJ every September.
Pennsylvania Endless Mountains Fiber Festival - North eastern PA group that holds a sheep and fiber festival in Harford, PA in the fall each year.
Harvest Sheep and Fiber Festival - a sheep festival in south Jersey.
Massachusetts Sheep and Woolcraft Fair
Connecticut Sheep Breeders Festival
Museums:
American Textile History Museum
Classes:
"How to" Sites
Instructions for washing fiber
Connie Delaney sites:
Easy Knitting Patterns:
A great new way to knit with our -Knit to Fit- Patterns
Learn to Knit: illustrations
teach basic stitches for right and left hand knitting.
Knitting abbreviations and terms:
Knitting site with instructions, tips and history
Spinning and Knitting: Learn
about knitting and spinning your own yarn
Free Knitting Pattern:
Free knitting patterns and stitches.
Farms
Quiet Valley Living Historical Farm - Costumed “family” guides share with you the daily routine of a thrifty and industrious Pennsylvania Dutch family and it's descendants who lived at this location in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Millbrook Village - An historic site within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Millbrook Village is staffed on Saturdays in summer. Park rangers and volunteer craftspersons in period costume demonstrate period skills.
Mountain Spun Farm - sheep, wheels, fibers, handspun yarns, etc in Whitingham, VT.
Miscellaneous
Northwest Jersey Folklife Project - The Northwest Jersey Folklife Project's mission is to support traditional and community cultures in northwestern New Jersey.
Vermont Maple Festival - Whitingham, Vt celebrates its annual maple fest in March.