Spinzilla 2015

Are you ready to join Spinzilla, a world-wide spinning event where competing teams and individuals challenge each other to see who can spin the most yarn in a week?

The winning team is awarded a year’s worth of bragging rights, the traveling Golden Niddy Noddy, and $25 gift certificates for all team members! Spinzilla also offers individuals a way to participate in the Rogue Spinners category.

Spinzilla is the challenge to generate a very big number to show the yarn universe and beyond what spinners can do when they put their mind to it.

Spinzilla allows individual spinners to spin more and worry less! It doesn't matter what kind of yarn they spin: the goal is to grab a tool, any tool, and get spinning because the more that they spin, the better spinner they will become. Any registered spinner who spins at least a mile (1,760 yards,) is entered into a special drawing for random prizes. All spinners who register are also eligible for random prizes.

If this introduction has piqued your interest, then visit the official Spinzilla website and look around. 

Registration is open until October 2, 2015, and Spinzilla runs from October 5 - 11, 2015

Want to organize a Fremont County Spinzilla team? Send an email to the Guild - address given at the top of the righthand column, and someone will put you in contact with some other spinners who may be interested. 

Make It With Wool

The Wyoming Wool Growers Auxiliary is once more sponsoring the Make It With Wool contest, and the district level for Fremont County will be held on November 14, 2015 at the REACH Foundation, 622 N. Eighth St. W., in Riverton, WY.

A wool swap will be held this year from 10 a.m. to noon. Community members and former contestants are encouraged to donate lengths of wool or wool garments for the exchange.

Wool contest entries must be constructed from 60 percent or more wool, and all wool must be tested. Participants should send their wool samples to the state director by November 1, 2015. The 4 x 5 inch samples and $4 testing fee should be sent to Lynda Jordon Johnson, P.O. Box 215, Encampment, WY 82325 before the deadline.

A multiple range of ages may enter the contest: preteens, 12 years old and under; juniors, 13 to 16 years old; seniors, 17 to 24 years old; and adults, 25 years old and older.

Categories for garments include one-piece items, two-piece items and ensembles, which consist of three or more garments worn at the same time. Wearable accessories made for others, such as a child's dress or a man's shirt, may be entered in a separate category.

All entrants at the district level receive a 2.5 yard length of wool from Pendleton Woolens.

District winners advance to the state competition to be held in Casper in December. State winners are awarded a trip to the national contest in January in Scottsdale, Ariz. Thousands of dollars in prizes are offered at the state and national levels.

District entry forms can be obtained at the Riverton or Lander UW Extension offices or by contacting Patti Griffith at 856-8260 or sgriffith@wyoming.com or online here.

More information about submitting a quilt, an afghan, or knitted and crocheted wearable apparel can be obtained from Lynda Jordan Johnson at 399-6723 or lyndajane13@aol.com.