CC:BY Steve Davies, 2020 When I updated the Events list a few weeks back I could see there was a lot of interesting stuff happening this year, both for us 'sisters' and at our guilds, at local and national level. Exciting times and the Chinese New Year is just starting with the rat as its symbol. This is a productive animal (reproductive animal as you will know). In Chinese culture rat years are associated with working diligently and being thrifty. Spinning fits the bill - as do as our other crafts. I hope we all do some amazing things this year without breaking our budgets to have fun. The lino cut picture here is one by Steve Davies who also designed and printed the bunting we use at our public events and camps. He is (sort of) our resident artist, cake-maker, equipment mender and chauffeur. His only weakness is that he does not spin. You can find out more about what Steve is working on here.

Some of the 'sisters' (Liz, Ruth and Chris) brought along wheels and Steve (our spinning/weaving equipment repair guru) to Rugby Repair Cafe. Its the 3rd Saturday of the month so usually clashes with guild meeting, but in September the 3rd Saturday is also Worldwide Spin in Public day. Here is Chris posing with some of her wheels inside St Andrew's Church. Met three local spinners (Sylvia, Vicky and Peter) and hope to see them spinning alongside us at future events. In fact Peter came along to join Abby, Ruth and Chris spinning at the St Andrew's Sustainable Market day on the 28th Sept. (Look at our events page for future apperances there and locally). Several of us are also taking part in Britspin as members of Team Over the Rainbow. We will be spinning later today in the foyer of Rugby Art Gallery and Museum. Here is a picture of the sisters there last year (we spun red in the foyer in 2018 and in 2019 we are spinning FIRE). Should be fun. Remember ...

We loved the second annual 'sisterhood' spin camp at Napton in August and here are some photos to remind us - and a link to some video of Diane's wonderful spindle run at the obstacle event ( uploaded to Team Over The Rainbow Instagram account ) Click to expand pictures.