SPIN IN PUBLIC DAY - Saturday, September 16th
WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN HOW TO SPIN?? 
 Join our Guild members on Saturday, September 16th, in the
Shippensburg Library Community Room​ and
a Guild member will happily teach you to spin on a drop spindle!   
Spindle and fiber will be provided at no cost.
If you're interested in taking advantage of this opportunity,
please contact Dottie Kurtz at
 dottiek@southcumberlandfiberguild.com
Guild members, bring your favorite wheel or spindle 
and join spinners around the world
 as we share our love of spinning.
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.
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     UPCOMING EVENTS:

    September 9th-10th: Endless Mountain Fiber Festival, 
        (Harford Fair Grounds, New Milford, PA)
http://www.endlessmountainsfiberfest.com/
    September 16th: WORLDWIDE SPIN IN PUBLIC DAY 
          (third Saturday of September) and Guild Mtg. at 
           Shippensburg Library Comm. Rm.-10:00 AM-2:00 PM
    September 16th-17th: STAHLSTOWN FLAX 
            SCUTCHING FESTIVAL, (Stahlstown, PA)
https://flaxscutching.org
    September 22nd-24th: SHENANDOAH FIBER
             FESTIVAL, (Berryville, VA)
http://www.shenandoahvalleyfiberfestival.com/
    September 29th & 30th:  PA FIBER ARTS FEST,             (Huntingdon, PA)
http://www.fiberartsfest.org/
    September 29th & 30th:  KNITTERS' DAY OUT, 
            (Central Penn College, Harrisburg, PA)
https://knittersdayout.org/
    October 7th & 8th: FALL FIBER FESTIVAL &             MONTPELIER SHEEP DOG TRIALS, (Montpelier 
            Station, VA)
http://fallfiberfestival.org/

   Watch the Kente clothmakers of
        Adanwomase in Central Africa as they
        weave the traditional cloth of the region.

https://www.facebook.com/reel/632819348666034/?s=single_unit

   Wartime Spies Who         Used Knitting as an               Espionage Tool!!

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/knitting-spies-wwi-wwii

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

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

   A LIZHNYK blanket being woven in the Carpathian Mountains
          of Ukraine, maintaining a 500-year-old tradition!

https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=185784353883368

  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


   The world's worst sheepdog!!      

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

   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 to Shear Sheep and Why It's Important!

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