Stratford Britspin team plans to Spin a Rainbow
Britspin
is a brand-new spinning event organised through Ravelry by volunteers
to raise money for the National Air Ambulance Service and to offer
spinners a fun competition. About
a dozen Guilds of Weavers Spinners and Dyers from Cornwall to Scotland have entered teams (10
spinners max) to spin yarn over 4 days (11-14 October). Guild
teams from this area include the Over the Rainbow
(Stratford-upon-Avon) Team and the Team Cotswold Guild.
Team Over
the Rainbow are spinning in public from 12.30-3.30 on Thursday and 10.30-3.30 on Sunday at Rugby Art Gallery Museum Foyer. They will also spin from 10.30 to 3.30 at Southam (Tithe Place next to the Library, Southam High Street). To create a rainbow in four days they will be spinning a different rainbow colour each half day - so all of them spinning Red
(Thursday afternoon), Yellow,
Violet
(Friday), Green,
Indigo,
(Saturday) Blue,Orange
(Sunday).
Other spinners, from our own guild or elsewhere, are welcome to spin along - there is a cafe with space to
spin, handily located within each of our public spinning spots.
Download Rugby event poster (PDF) and Southam event poster (PDF) for full details.
The Stratford guild team of ten are: Chris Pegler (Captain) and Liz Davies, Abby Wrycroft, Diane Sinclair*, Jo Dudley, Ruth McCartney, Anna Stocks, Michaela Mather, Theresa Geraghty and Patricia Atkins. Our members can be easily spotted as they will be wearing colourful Over the Rainbow badges. (* Rogue member Diana, Stratford-upon-Avon Guild Chair, can also be spotted spinning 'on colour' during the Stratford Sale of Work organised by Guild Member Jane Lucas at Stratford Library from 10th-15th Oct .
The team will be collecting tins for local (Warwicks/Northants) Air Ambulance and will be selling tickets for a rainbow coloured raffle - including this natural dyed cushion made by Pat Atkins as one of the star prizes! (Tickets only available at the event).
Thank you to our venues, Air Ambulance, fibre sponsors (Wooltops) and all those on the team - who hand dyed as well as hand prepped fibre for this marathon. We may not be the winning team but we will be the most colourful!
