Welcome to the website of the 
SOUTH CUMBERLAND FIBER GUILD.  
Our Guild is open to spinners, weavers, knitters, crocheters, felters, rug hookers,  shepherds, plant fiber growers and others interested in the art and craft of fiber and textiles.  
We meet monthly for workshops, field trips, demonstrations for the public, or to gather 
just to spin, knit, crochet or work on a "project-in-progress." 
Please browse our pages to learn more about who we are and what we do. 

WE WELCOME ANYONE WHO ENJOYS WORKING WITH  FIBER TO JOIN US!
 South 
   Cumberland
      Fiber Guild
Check out our Photo Pages 
to see pictures of some of our
Guild events.
Web design by VWingert © 2008-2023 at Homestead
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Saturday, MARCH 18th, 
Monthly Guild Meeting 
 at the Shippensburg Library Community Room
@ 10:00 AM-2:00 PM. 
Let's celebrate ST. PATRICK'S DAY and 
the coming of Spring
Bring a green treat to share, wear green, 
knit with green yarn or spin some green fiber.

For further information, contact Dottie at
dottiek@southcumberlandfiberguild.com 

     UPCOMING EVENTS:

    March 10th-11thCAROLINA FIBER FEST: (Elkin, NC)
https://carolinafiberfest.regfox.com/cff2023​
    March 18thGUILD MEETING in the Shippensburg Library         Community Room at 10:00 AM-2:00 PM.
    March 30th-April 2nd2023 PAOBA and MABA         BREEDERS SHOWCASE | PA ALPACA OWNERS &         BREEDERS Association, (PA Farm Show, 
        Harrisburg PA)
https://www.paoba.org/showcase-main-page.html
    April 15thGUILD MEETING at the Shippensburg Library         Community Room - 10:00 AM-2:00 PM. Punch Needle 
        with Caroline. Details to follow.
    April 15th-16thMAPACA JUBILEE/GALA ALPACA         SHOW: Mid-Atlantic Alpaca Association (Carroll         County Ag Center, Westminster MD)
http://www.mapaca.org/page/5289/jubilee-show
April 22ndFREDERICK FIBER FEST, (Frederick, MD)
https://discoversouthmountain.com/organizer/frederick-fiberfest/

   Learn about the amazing journey of wool, from the farms in Australia,
    to processing, to creating innovative wool yarns, fabrics and end products. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwRbyTCqOQY

  How smart are sheep?? Let "Lucy" the Leicester      Longwool show you!

https://www.facebook.com/whitehousefarm/videos/583928020013662

    Instead of shearing a single-coated 
Shetland sheep, a process 
called 'rooing" is an alternative. 
100% of  the sheep on this farm are "rooed."

https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1210007836543337

  Dyeing RED with bugs!!! Learn about cochineal!


https://www.facebook.com/watch/?ref=search&v=544155914334575&external_log_id=0f1c765e-4178-468b-834f-c8022c8216a5&q=cochineal

    How to Shear Sheep and Why It's Important!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mANMw7nFYIQ

      INTERESTING OLD SPINDLES...

​https://www.uibk.ac.at/archaeologien/forschung/arbeitsgemeinschaften/abt/spindeltypologie/griechenland.html.en

Wonderfully informative video from the 
Victoria Flax to Linen Group 
in Victoria, British Columbia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLOPCAJKeLE
and
a look at today's method of producing linen 
from the flax plant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZrZZefkohE&t=219s

    Meet The Ukrainian Family Keeping A Century-Old 
             Weaving Tradition Aliv​e!

https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=670018827603047



   The world's worst sheepdog!!      

https://stories.iheartdogs.com/2022/10/30/worstsheepdogstory/