Date: Saturday, January 4th from 10:30am to 3:30pm

We are going to celebrate the passing of the holidays and looking forward to Spring. During this time of year the days are short, but soon will become longer. We want to invite everyone to come to the store for a day of fellowship and good cheer.

Celebrate in the Store

We invite you to knit and crochet with us!!

Terry is working on games for all to enjoy, and we will have areas for those who knit and crochet to come, sit, and stay a while.

We are working on snacks and welcome those who have tons of leftover holiday snacks to unload so that all can partake.

The games we play will have fun prizes.

Celebrate in the Studio

Angela is getting the studio spruced up for Distaff Day Celebration. Bring your wheels or drop spindles and join them for a day of fellowship.

You can come and go, relax, craft, and socialize.

Scroll down to learn more about Distaff Day.

Celebrating Distaff Day

A long time ago European cultural traditions, women would resume their household work after the twelve day after Christmas. Women would spin on their wheels during the evenings and carry a drop spindle to use during the day. The men had to get back to work, which was Plough Monday. They would play pranks on each other during this celebration, which is described in a poem by Robert Herrick (1648)(this poem was set to music in the 20th century):

“St. Distaff’s Day”

St-Distaff-3Partly worke and partly play

Ye must on S. Distaffs day:

From the Plough soone free your teame;

Then come home and fother them.

If the Maides a spinning goe,

Burne the flax, and fire the tow:

Scorch their plackets, but beware

That ye singe no maiden-haire.

Bring in pailes of water then,

Let the Maides bewash the men.

Give S. Distaffe all the right,

Then bid Christmas sport good-night;