From President Sally V:

Celebrating the Holiday Season during the holidays can be both enjoyable and stressful. Good to spend time with “our fiber people” but also one more deadline and spot on the calendar. In NEOhio, unless you’re a snowbird or on a cruise, there usually isn’t much to look forward to early in the year. Transitioning our 2014 Holiday Celebration to the following January was met with a favorable response from members of the Guild.

Roc Days have been lots of fun in years past but our Guild SIGs will be in full swing starting January 9.

January 23 so far seems to be the date with the least on the Guild calendar. (Crossing my fingers on this one.) The original date of January 16has scheduling conflicts.

After choosing a date, location comes to mind.

We will need a place for –

1. Food. To keep costs reasonable how about a potluck?

2. Gift exchange. $10 or less and handmade by someone (not necessarily by you).

3. Space. More fun to mingle than being stuck at a restaurant table. Bring supplies for any fiber art that pleases you.

Before looking for a rental facility, does anyone know of access to a free place to hold our event?

home, church, library, school, ______ ?

If you know an available location for January 23, please contact me. Otherwise, we will have to create a Plan B.

Edit: Please leave your suggestions in the comments.

For those of you not familiar with Roc/Rock/Distaff Day –

Distaff Day

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Distaff Day
Date	7 January
Next time	7 January 2016
Frequency	annual

Distaff Day, also called Roc Day, is 7 January, the day after the feast of the Epiphany. It is also known as Saint Distaff’s Day, one of the many unofficial holidays in Catholic nations.

Many St. Distaff’s Day gatherings are held, large and small, throughout local fiber community. The distaff, or rock, used in spinning was the medieval symbol of women’s work.

In many European cultural traditions, women resumed their household work after the twelve days of Christmas. Women of all classes would spend their evenings spinning on the wheel. During the day, they would carry a drop spindle with them. Spinning was the only means of turning raw wool, cotton or flax into thread, which could then be woven into cloth.