December 9thDATE CHANGE!!! CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON, Shippensburg 
        Library Community Room, 12:30-3:30 PM. Please bring a dish to share. 
        We will be doing the Secret Santa Gift Exchange, so please bring along
        a fiber-related gift if interested in taking part in this fun event. 

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January 7th, 2023St. Distaff Day/Roc Day
​        Roc Day/St. Distaff Day is the day on which spinners in medieval Europe
        traditionally commemorated their return to their labors after the
        Christmas holiday.
https://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/St.+Distaff's+Day
https://www.tudorsociety.com/happy-st-distaffs-day/
We all need to spin on this day!!!
January 11thFLEECE TO SHAWL Competition at the PA Farm Show
            @ 10:00 AM.
        SHEEP TO SHAWL Competition at the PA Farm Show @ 3:00 PM.
January 21stGUILD MEETING in the Shippensburg Library Community
        Room at 10:00 AM. We'll be planning 2023 activities, so come with your
        ideas to share. DUES ARE NOW DUE FOR 2023.
​February 3rd-5thDELMARVA WOOL AND FIBER EXPO, (Ocean City, MD)
http://www.woolandfiber.com/
February 18thGUILD MEETING in the Shippensburg Library Community
        Room at 10:00 AM-2:00 PM. 
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. 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.
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. Stash buster - Punch Needle with 
      Caroline. Details here.
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/
May 6th-7th50th ANNUAL SHEEP & WOOL FESTIVAL, (Howard County
         Fairgrounds, West Friendship, MD)
http://sheepandwool.org/
May 20thGUILD MEETING at the Shippensburg Library Community Room-
        10:00 AM-2:00 PM. Eco Dyeing with Pam Nelson is postponed to a later
        date. Paula has presented an alternative project called "I Found A Quilted
        Heart." Find more information here,
www.ifoundaquiltedheart.com 
or here: https://www.ifoundaquiltedheart.com/participatingintheproject/
       If you prefer to not to take part in this project, bring your spinning, knitting or
        any current fiber project to work on and relax with other Guild members.
May 27th-28thMASSACHUSETTS SHEEP & WOOLCRAFT FAIR,
       Cummington,M A)
https://masheepwool.org/
June 10thWORLD WIDE KNIT in PUBLIC DAY
June 17thRED STONE GLEN FIBER ARTS CENTER OPEN HOUSE 2023,
          10:00 AM-3:00 PM (York Haven, PA)
https://redstoneglen.com/class/open-house-2023/
June 17thGUILD MEETING at the Shippensburg Library Community Room -
          10:00 AM-1:00 PM​.
June 22nd-25thMID-ATLANTIC FIBER ASSOCIATION (MAFA)
          2023 Conference, Millersville University, Millersville PA)
https://mafafiber.org/conferences/mafa2023/
July 8th:  NEWBURG RURAL LIFE FESTIVAL, (Newburg UMC, Newburg, PA)
          Guild will demonstrate. Details here.
https://www.newburgumc.com/annual-events.html
July 15th:  GUILD MEETING at the Shippensburg Library Community Room - 
          10:00 AM-1:00 PM. Jenny (friend of Janet Bowen) will demonstrate  
          Warping Your Rigid Heddle Loom.
August 19th: Our Guild will demonstrate our crafts at the CUMBERLAND
         AGRICULTURAL EXPO, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM, followed by our 
         ANNUAL GUILD PICNIC & SWAP at PAM NELSON'S home. Join us
          for a time to catch up with Guild friends. Be sure to bring items to swap or
         sell at the same time. Details here.
September 9th-10thEndless Mountain Fiber Festival
        (Harford Fair Grounds, New Milford, PA)
http://www.endlessmountainsfiberfest.com/
September 16thWORLDWIDE SPIN IN PUBLIC DAY 
        (third Saturday of September)
September 16th:  GUILD MEETING at the Shippensburg Library
        Community Room - 10:00 AM-2:00 PM. The public is invited learn to 
        spin on a drop spindle (we will supply spindles and fiber at no cost).
        If interested in taking advantage of this opportunity, please contact
        Dottie Kurtz at dottiek@southcumberlandfiberguild.com
September 16th-17thSTAHLSTOWN FLAX SCUTCHING FESTIVAL,
       (Stahlstown, PA)
https://flaxscutching.org
September 22nd-24thSHENANDOAH 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 & 8thFALL FIBER FESTIVAL & MONTPELIER SHEEP DOG 
        TRIALS, (Montpelier Station, VA)
http://fallfiberfestival.org/
October 21stGUILD MEETING at the Shippensburg Library Community
          Room - 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
October 21st-22ndNEW YORK SHEEP & WOOL FESTIVAL, (Rhinebeck, NY)
http://www.sheepandwool.com
October 28thFREDERICK FIBER FEST, (Frederick MD)
https://discoversouthmountain.com/organizer/frederick-fiberfest/
November 18thGUILD MEETING at the Shippensburg Library Community
        Room - 10:00 AM-2:00 PM. Linda will demonstrate and teach steeking,
        a process creating a vertical slit in your work where you had no slit before.
        Please click here for details.
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CALENDAR & EVENTS for 2023
  South 
     Cumberland
        Fiber Guild

Members' 
Projects

Guild Christmas
Luncheon at
Shbg Library 
12:30-3:30 PM