Guild Meetings
We meet the third Saturday of the month. Our normal meeting place is the San Jose History Park. In good weather, we meet near the bandstand. When the weather is inclement, we meet in the Renzel Room, in the hotel (the same building as the ice cream shop). Occasionally, we cannot meet at the park, so we will meet elsewhere.
Here is our meeting schedule for 2026:
- January 17, San Jose History Park
- February 21, downstairs in the firehouse, San Jose History Park
- March 21, location TBD
- April 18, San Jose History Park
- May 16, Houge Park, White Oaks Avenue and Twilight Drive, San Jose; we will meet under the trees along White Oaks Avenue
- June 20, San Jose History Park
- July 18, San Jose History Park
- August 15, San Jose History Park
- September 19, Houge Park, White Oaks Avenue and Twilight Drive, San Jose; we will meet under the trees along White Oaks Avenue
- October 17, San Jose History Park
- November 21, San Jose History Park, in the Renzel Room
- December 19, San Jose History Park, in the Renzel Room
Fiber Events
Local and national fiber events of interest to spinners. Most of these events happen annually.
- Red Alder Fiber Arts Retreat, February 12-15, 2026, Tacoma, Washington
- Bay Area Yarn Crawl, March 13-22, 2026
- Hidden Villa sheep shearing and sheep and fiber arts festival, May 2, 2026, Los Altos; fill out this form to register; for more information, contact Christina Emmett
- CNCH, May 14-17, 2026, Asilomar, California
- Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, first weekend of May, West Friendship, Maryland
- Spinning at the San Mateo County Fair, TBD
- Estes Park Wool Market, TBD, Estes Park, Colorado
- Fiber Frolic, TBD
- Black Sheep Gathering, June 26-28, 2026, Albany, Oregon
- HGA Convergence, second weekend of July, even years only
- Spinning and sheep-to-shawl demonstration at the Santa Clara County Fair, TBD
- Flock Fiber Festival, TBD, Seattle, Washington
- Monterey County Fair wool show and auction, last week of August, auction on Labor Day
- Spinning at Cars in the Park, San Jose History Park, TBD
- Lambtown, October 1-4, 2026, Dixon, California
- Fall Festival, Martial Cottle Park, TBD, contact MartialCottlePark@prk.sccgov.org
- New York Sheep and Wool Festival, third weekend of October, Rhinebeck, New York
- Rancho Day at the Los Altos History Museum, contact Christina Zhao, czhao@losaltoshistory.org
- Sacred Sheep, first weekend of November, Portland, Oregon
- SoCal Fiber Fair, fourth weekend of November, Pomona, California
- Bethlehem Santa Clara, TBD; contact Carol Lewis, carolhorkaylewis@gmail.com
