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Last update: PM Mon Feb 6
 

The program will be constantly under development over the coming months and will be finalised by October 7 2006 – WORLD spinOUT DAY in the Northern Hemisphere. Full details and times of events will be published as they become available and components are confirmed. In the meantime be assured our guest tutors will be available each day and there will be a continuum of short workshops as described below. A Current Program is now available as a guide to the weekends' events and schedules.

Each day our guest tutors will be available in the Bothwell District School's gymnasium and on site to demonstrate and talk to the public about their craft practice and cultural production. They will also be giving brief talks of approximately twenty minutes duration each day.

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2007 SPINin GUESTS:

............. There will be six guests and they are:
• ...INTERNATIONAL: Nilda Callanaupa – Peru
• ...INTERNATIONAL: Margaret Stove – New Zealand
• ...TASMANIA: James L. Deghand – Deloraine
• ...TASMANIA: Sonja Hindrum – Launceston
• ...TASMANIA: Grietje van Randen – Richmond

 

POST SPINin WORKSHOP Click Here

 

WORKSHOPS:

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 Short workshops will be held continually each day in the gymnasium and outside in the demonstration tents. Where appropriate, each participant will have a kit with something to take with them as a reminder. The organisers are mindful that this event attracts both the uninitiated public who have never experienced 'hands onš our craft right through to the very experienced.
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Proposed workshops include:
 
• ... Spinning Basic spinning for beginners/or refresher course – wheels provided
• ... Spinning on a drop spindle – receive a CD, spindle and yarn
• ... Navaho plying – Advanced Navaho plying
• ...Basics of fine spinning Learning to use a drum carder
• ...Blending colours and different fibres on a drum carder
• ... Weaving – Weave a mug mat or basic book mark – painted warp– on a pipe loom or a simple table loom
• ... Silk Paper
More details as they become available Click here to go to the Draft Program

 

The SPINin Committee was pleased to be the Tasmanian winner in the Arts & Culture category when the NAB Volunteer awards for 2005 were announced in September 2005. These awards have been given since 1997 in recognition of the work of volunteers in the community in 7 categories.

The SPINin is a big event for a small rural community to organise. Planning and preparation are done over 2 years by a small committee, who are then supported at the time by up to 200 volunteers recruited from Bothwell residents, friends and families, Handspinners & Weavers Guilds.

Everyone helps in every way and we thank them all! This award belongs to everyone who has given so freely of their time over the years.