Treadles and Threads Guild -- Spinning at the Winery has a history of 10 years in Livermore, California. The first weekend of June you will find every type of spinning wheel around the grass area of the Retzlaff Winery. Vendors with fleeces, spindles, wheels, loks and about anything you would need to Spin your own yarn. A few glasses of wine are also to be seen in the crowd. The buzz of fiber is heard in every corner of the winery!
Here I am at spinning Raggedy RO while at the same time enjoying a glass of the Retzlaff 2003 Chardonnay. By the way, I have the empty bottles and I will be making wine drops.
The Weather was beautiful for the "Spinning at the Winery" this year. The variety of Spinning wheels was an adventure in itself. In the next few days of blogging I will be showing many photos of this event so don't forget to drop back by my blog.
Kate Campbell Taylor and Willard Taylor both pictured organize this spinning event each year.
The Guild members had jobs to do -- a strong force which made this event as great as it could be.
The vendors gave all of the spinners information about their products and shared ideas.
Carolina Homespun pictured had everything but the kitchen sink. www.carolinahomespun.com/
Chasing Rainbows hand dye roving was stacked up on one table while spindles and tools were on another.
Glenda Campbell and I drove to this event. She came up from Phoenix and we took highway 40 from Prescott stopping at rest stops along the way.
During one rest I was attacked by a Brewer's Black Bird. Everyone at the rest stop could hardly believe it. It just swooped down and latched on to my arm. I though I was revisiting the Hitchcock movie, "The Birds". I even had a mark on my arm along with the feeling of being stung by a bee. I still have two small black and blue marks to prove it today.
The spinners seem to love this "Spinning at the Winery"! 
Renconranch from Placerville California with their Fleeces and Roving.
Registered Shetland Sheep!
www.RenCon-Ranch.com
Black Diamond Alpacas
www.BDAlpacas.com showing the native to South America and cousins to the llama, shorn once a year. The Dachuk's come from Brentwood, California.
These bags were made by "Treadles and Threads" members. The backs of the bags are shown at the beginning of this blog. The quality and artfulness of these bags is first rate. I was lucky enough to get there soon enough to buy one. They went like hot cakes! I will show my bag on a later blog in detail.
Check back tomorrow for the next addition to
"Spinning at the Winery"
Glenda Campbell is knitting socks from Kate's hand dyed yarn. Glenda and Kate are sisters. Note the wonderful grape vines in the back!
Today is a busy day for me. I have two weaving friends coming to my bead studio to see my new electric carder and then I am at the Arts Prescott Gallery from noon to 4 -- so come by if you are in Prescott.
loved pearls!
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