Guild Events
2026 Upcoming Events:
(* indicates that we are looking for volunteers)
Board Meetings, via Zoom:
March 9, June 8, September 14, 2026
January 11, March 8, June 14, 2027
(All meetings begin at 7:00 PM.)
Annual Fashion Show and Pot Luck, Sunday February 15, 2026:
10:00- 3:00, Epsom Fire Station Community Room
Pot Luck Luncheon – Bring your own utensils, and something yummy to share.
Please note: The guild will not be providing beverages at this event. Bring your own drink in a covered container.
Spinning wheels, drop spindles, and conversation circles encouraged.
Workshop, Saturday, March 14, 2026:
Donna Kay will be offering “Art Yarn, Part 2” from 9-4 at the Epsom Fire Station Community Room.
Workshop fee is $40 plus $20 materials fee (the latter to be paid directly to the instructor at the event.)
Contact Kathy Hurd at kshurd1229@gmail.com to register.
Note: Part 1 is not a pre-req for this workshop.
Annual Meeting, Saturday, April 11, 2026:
(weather date April 18)
10:00- 3:00, Epsom Fire Station Community Room
Election of Officers and Guest Speaker
Pot Luck Luncheon – Bring your own utensils, and something yummy to share.
Please note: The guild will not be providing beverages at this event. Bring your own drink in a covered container.
Spinning wheels, drop spindles, and conversation circles encouraged.
NH Sheep and Wool Festival May 9 -10, 2026
Deerfield Fairgrounds, 34 Stage Road, Deerfield, NH
A yearly festival sponsored by the New Hampshire Sheep and Wool Growers Association featuring vendors, workshops, fleece sale, lectures and demos and a handspun skein contest.
Details available at www.nhswga.org
Rules and entry form can be found here:
https://nhsdg.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/2026-Skein-Contest-rules.pdf
Annual Fashion Show and Potluck. Saturday, November 14:
Please note: the date of this event is being switched with the Annual Swap and & Sell meeting
10:00- 3:00, Epsom Fire Station Community Room
Pot Luck Luncheon – Bring your own utensils, and something yummy to share.
The guild will not be providing beverages at this event. Bring your own drink in a covered container.
Spinning wheels, drop spindles, and conversation circles encouraged.
2027 Events
Virtual spin-in Saturday, January 9, 2027
1-4 PM in celebration of St. Distaff’s Day aka Rock Day celebrated on January 7
Zoom link TBA
Annual Swap and Sell Meeting, Sunday, February 14, 2027
Please note: the date of this event is being switched with the Annual Fashion Show meeting
10:00- 3:00, Epsom Fire Station Community Room
Pot Luck Luncheon – Bring your own utensils, your own drink in a covered container and something yummy to share.
Spinning wheels, drop spindles, and conversation circles encouraged.
Annual Meeting, Sunday, April 4th, 2027
10:00- 3:00, Epsom Fire Station Community Room
Pot Luck Luncheon – Bring your own utensils, your own drink in a covered container and something yummy to share.
Spinning wheels, drop spindles, and conversation circles encouraged.
(Annual meeting alternates Saturday and Sunday)
Non (but still fun) Guild Events
2026 International “Back to Back” Wool Challenge
Colonel Paul Wentworth House, 47 Water St., Rollinsford, NH 03869
Sunday, April 26 starting at 9AM.
Event includes a raffle and donation opportunity to support Amy’s Treat cancer support Group, Dover, NH
2026 Southeast NH Spinners Guild events at the Colonel Paul Wentworth House in Rollinsford:
All events run from 10-4 and include time to spin
Sunday, May 30th Plying and Spin in with Donna Kay, 10-4 PM
Bring a spinning wheel in good working order, 4 bobbins (including 2 bobbins with at least one ounce of singles yarn), a lazy kate and niddy noddy.
To register email mona.lapierre@gmail.com by May 23, 2026.
Saturday, July 25th, Flax Program and Spin in 11-2 PM
Join the UNH History Department Flax Files to learn how NH families grew and processed flax in the 18th and 19th centuries. This is a hands on event including braking, scutching combing the flax. Led by Dr. Kimberly Alexander, Director of the Museum Studies Program at UNH.
Saturday, September 19, Dye Day (Indigo with Overdye) and Spin in 10-4 PM
Bring fabric or yarn.
To register email mona.lapierre@gmail.com by September 12, 2026.
Learn to Spin with Odediah Skolnick 11-3, on the last Sunday of each Month from May-September,
May 31st, June 28th, July 26th, August 30th and September 27, 2026.
Includes 2 hours of hands-on instruction followed by social spinning.
(Additional info: Southeast New Hampshire Spinning Guild FB page. All participants are encouraged to join and/or make a donation to to ARCH, the supporting organization for the Colonel Paul Wentworth House)
Spin-In hosted by Green Mountain Weavers and Spinners Guild:
Saturday , February 14th,9:30 AM to 3:30 PM
All Saints Episcopal Church, 59 Summer Street, North Adams, MA.
(Additional details available on the Southeast New Hampshire Spinning Guild Facebook page)
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