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!

This weekend is the Best of Southwest Fiber Arts Festival in Farmington, NM. You can check out more information HERE. They are having a spinning wheel raffle! If you get a chance to go and you see some public spinning, snap a shot and send it off to us!

Now for today’s Flickr Find!

This photo is from Flickr photographer electrix1. She notes:  “Hand spun wool from a drop spindle. This was the three first attempts, with progressive success.”

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! (Belated for Canada, and too early for the US – but that’s ok!)

This weekend there are a few fun events where you can get out and spin in public!

Southern Indiana Fiber Arts Festival

NYS Sheep and Wool Festival

Woodstock Fleece Festival

Our friend Kevin sent along a shot of himself doing a spinning demo.

And, also, we have a wonderful new Spinterview with our friend Becky from North Dakota – check it out here.

There are a bunch of great fiber events where you can spin, see some spinning, learn to spin…etc. and all happening this weekend. Here’s the list:

21st Annual Vermont Sheep and Wool Festival – http://www.vermontsheep.org/festival.html

Fall Fiber Festival of Virginia – http://www.fallfiberfestival.org/

Wool Festival at Taos – http://www.taoswoolfestival.org/

Lambtown USA Fiber Fair – http://www.lambtown.com/fiberfair.html

Now, for today’s amazing Flickr find!

Title: Falasha Woman Spinning Wool

This photo was taken by Flickr photographer Johan Gerrits.  It is noted that this is hear Gondar, Ethiopia.

Also – check out our new Spinterview with Debbie of Hampton Artistic Yarns here: http://www.spininpublic.com/spinterviews/?p=70

Our friend Melissa from Wild Hare Fiber sent some lovely highlight photos from WWSIP day!

She notes:

I hope you had as much fun as I did! Here is a picture of me spinning with other members of the Blue Ridge Spinner’s and Weavers Guild at the Bluemont Fair in Loudon County, Virginia (I’m the one in pink on the right):

And here is what I spun that day:

left to right: (1) spun from hand-dyed wool top, to be plied into a dk weight yarn, 3 oz. of fiber (2) spun from a blended batt, worsted-weight singles, 2.7 oz. of fiber (3) spun from hand-dyed superwash wool top, bulky single, 4 oz. of fiber, and (4) handpainted superwash merino top, spun to fine singles (haven’t decided on plying). I didn’t finish the bobbin on that one before the event ended, so there’s more to come on that one. (All the fibers are ones that I dye and sell in my etsy shop.)

Here are some pictures from Port Hope WWSIP day sponsored by The Black Lamb!
This lovely lady in the sunglasses was an onlooker who ended up sitting with us for most of the day and buying a drop spindle and learning to spin, right there!

(another minion converted! yes!)

Such a fun day! Thanks to all of those that could join us!

Our friend Kevin was in touch to let us know about the Aurora Country Festival at Kentucky Lake.

It falls on October 2,3,and 4th in Aurora, KY.  Kevin will be there  from 9-5 although he may not be spinning the whole time.  So, if you are in Aurora, drop by and say hello to Kevin. You can find him on Ravelry here.

Now on to some more highlights from WWSIP day! Today we take a look at the Janesville, WI event sponsored by the Janesville Area Stitch n Bitch. You can also find them on Ravelry and Facebook.  The coordinator of the event, Judith, reports that 5 people learned how to spin on the hand spindle. There were demonstrations on and Ashford wheel and a Great (Walking) wheel. They had great weather, good sales, and found some great new friends!

And, here area photo and a video from Jayne, the Seargeant Majorette! She notes

The photo was taken on the M4 bus by my sister. This is of  me using the spindle I always carry with me, a featherweight Bossie. The video was taken by a nice man on a bicycle who seemed to have fallen in love with someone in our group, because he hung around for the longest time! I figured, since I always spin in public, I should do something more obtrusive for the day, so I brought my new steel-tipped Navajo spindle. We drew more attention from photographers than the band that was playing!

Our friend Janet sent some photos to us from the Dublin, Ireland event at Airfield farm.

I absolutely loved this quote from Janet’s blog:
“We could think of other spinners at their wheels all over the world.  I thought of how New Year’s Eve is celebrated with it starting on the other side of the world and gradually moving around until it completes  its 24 hour cycle somewhere west of Hawaii.    When we started our spinning, spinners in Australia had probably finished and spinners in Seattle had yet to start”

And they could look on at ponies from where they were spinning – how nice!

Sue from the Fairfield WWSIP Day event contacted me to let me know they had a nice, small turnout in Fairfield. It was a glorious day and the ladies who participated had a great time. Here are some photos Sue shared:

More to come from events all over the world! Stay tuned!