Fingerlakes Fiber Festival…

On Sept 15th & 16th, several guild members went to the FingerLakes Fiber Arts Festival, held in Hemlock NY.   
A couple of guild members had entered items in the skein and garment competitions.  We were delighted to see that our 11 year old spinner, Rosie, had earned 3 special ribbons for her first skeins along with some cash.  Needless [...]

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Endless Mountains Fiber Festival

No photos to share of the Endless Mountain Fiber Festival on Sept 8th & 9th.  It was a nice festival, not too large, but large enough to find a variety of yarns, fibers and other items.  Info and photos about the festival can be seen at http://www.pafiberfestival.com/

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Whingblinger Event…

The Benjamin Patterson Inn  in Corning, NY, held its Whingblinger Heritage Festival on September 8th & 9th.  
A friend and guild member, Sue, often volunteers to do the open hearth cooking for these types of events at the museum, but this year she agreed to demonstrate flax spinning.  Funny thing was, she’d never spun flax.  But, [...]

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Tioga PA Fair

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Big Flats Historical Museum Open House…

Our group of spinners were asked if we would do a spinning demo at the Big Flats Museum.  Several of us took the wheels we use daily and I also took my Great Wheel. Because of the size of the Great Wheel, also known as a Walking Wheel, it had to be taken in the [...]

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Shearing Day At The Monastery…

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Welcome

Welcome to Chemung Valley Handspinners & Fiber Arts  website.  Here we will be posting current and upcoming events, newsletters, places of interest, links to members websites and more.   Much more info will be added soon!    

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