We have gotten our first pictures in from the early birds over in Australia!

They had a training guide dog at their WWSIP day!

We’re starting to get everything organized for World Wide Spin in Public Day 2011! This year’s official WWSIP Day is September 17th, 2011, but in order to accommodate everyone as much as possible we’re extending the invitation to spin in public until September 25th, 2011.

So everyone mark your calendars and stay tuned to this site, wwsipday.com and Ravelry for further updates!

Click here for the Ravelry Event.

Contact us if you’d like to have your Spin in Public event posted.

It was an incredible WWSIP day with loads of events in most of the world – THANK YOU to everyone who planned and attended the various events around our globe!

Now for some fun! Please send us your photos, stories, thoughts, and experiences from the day so we can share them right here.

A lovely spinning friend, Vivien, wrote us a sweet and spirited letter and we thought we would share:

I live in Kilsyth, an outer eastern suburb of Melbourne Australia.  My husband has Alzheimers Disease, so I very rarely leave the house.  However, how to celebrate “SIPD” without going very far from home.  To make things worse, the weather looked as though it was going to rain.

So I went down to my local shopping centre and did some handcarding in the car park !!!!!  This caused some amusement amongst the shoppers, especially as we have a retirement village nearby and we are a very “sedate” suburb.  Then I ended up at our local bakery (I consider it the best in Melbourne) and whilst carding there, enjoyed delicious blueberry pancakes.

What could make for a better day ……. my two favourite thingies ……. fibre and food …….. hehehehe

I am sure the SIPD will be a very successful day for all concerned.

yours in spinning…..

Vivien

Hello spinners!

Are you all ready for Worldwide Spin in Public day? It’s this weekend!!! So get on out there and spin and have loads of fun!

Take pictures, talk to people, then send us an email and tell us all about it! It is not without your contributions that we can make Spin in Public more fun for everyone.

Here’s a look at all of the WWSIP days we have scheduled to date:

North America (36 events)

Africa (1 event)

Europe/UK (5 events)

Australia (1 event)

Also – check out our Facebook where people are communicating, planning last minute events, and sharing all sorts of good spinning stuff !

Hi everyone!

I hope it has been an enjoyable summer so far. Last weekend, The Black Lamb in Port Hope, ON hosted an outdoor spinning day and we had a wonderful time.

We had a wonderful potluck lunch and the weather was perfect, except for about a 10 minute rain, then freakish hailstorm. Luckily we could take cover under the patio’s roof.

Here are a few of the spinners spinning away.

One of the nice things about spinning at The Black Lamb is you are in the midst of an idyllic, beautiful garden. You get to look out over this:

Here are some yarns drying from the day:

These were spun by Laurie, the owner of The Black Lamb. She is a wonderful spinner, pushing herself to spin bulky yarns, moving away from her normal scary laceweight.

Here’s an action shot of Mat, of Manspun Yarns, bobbin spinning away!

Also, we are gearing up for Worldwide Spin in Public Day! As September 18th is creeping up on us, it’s time to get to planning your spinning events and sending them into us. You can find more details on our sister site – Worldwide Spin in Public day! Check out the myriad of events we already have scheduled. Should be fun!

We have created an event for Worldwide Spin in Public day on Facebook here: http://www.facebook.com/?sk=events#!/event.php?eid=105420532835552 so come on over, RSVP and share the event with friends!

Our Flickr find of the day is from skeffto (flyhoof).

It’s Lexi Boeger of Pluckyfluff.com looking beautiful spinning some magical yarn!

We are getting started gearing up for Worldwide Spin in Public Day 2010 so book your event now! You can do so by sending an email to editor@spininpublic.com with subject WWSIP DAY EVENT. Please include the following:
Date:
Time:
Location:
Tel# or email address:
Contact Person:
Website:
Ravelry Event Link(if you have one):
Any other important info.

Also, we have started a Ravelry event and a group for the 2010 event planning. You can RSVP on Ravelry here:
http://www.ravelry.com/events/2010-worldwide-spin-in-public-day

Join the Ravelry group here: http://www.ravelry.com/groups/wwsip-day-2010

Today’s Flickr shot of the day is from Flickr photographer amona and it is captioned with ‘Shakespeare Festival, Grand Marais’ – what a beautiful spinning photo! Check out more of her lovely photos here.

Happy 2010 everyone!

Worldwide Spin in Public Day 2010 will be September 18, 2010. Check out http://www.wwsipday.com/ and schedule your 2010 event!

Also, we have a new Spinterview from Stacey at Flying Pig Fibers.

And, today’s Flickr find:

Found in our Flickr pool, this photo is from Flickr photographer silverstah. How lovely!

My good friend, Tracy, was kind enough to allow me to share this story here…so please enjoy!

Malabar Coast

Spent a week in Kerala, and saw so many beautiful sights, but first I want to indulge my penchant for beach pictures and talk about the Alleppy beach.

Totally wanted one of these kites, made of single sheets of mylar, with videocassette tape tails.  It was a Sunday, and lots of people seemed to be headed to the beach in family groups.  Heh – I actually thought it was a bit crowded when we arrived.

Further up the beach, though, it was more solitary.  For some reason, I never get tired of the beach footprint photo.  Evokes the whole thoughtful barefootness of being there.

We were not really alone, of course.  Roving groups of young Indian men approached us and competed among themselves to act ridiculous.  But then, while I was doing a little spinning,

As we made our way back to the main family area, we were stunned by the sight:

It’s hard to convey in one photo, but the beach entrance was teeming with families, and the sky was filled with variously sized dots of flying kites.  This was clearly the place to be, of a balmy Sunday evening.

Editor’s Notes:

You can find more of Tracy here: http://einesaite.blogspot.com/

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Also, check out the newly posted Spinterview with Kate Burrows!