Upcoming Hook-ins, Picnics and Fibre Festivals

This is a photo from the Google Arts site, featuring Life Magazine photos from a 1950's "rug hooking bee".

Events are updated in our calendar now.  Here's the list of items, snaffled from the OHCG Facebook page, and a couple of other sources (click on the links where available):

• March 17 - Fibre Festival - Peterborough 
• March 24 - Oshawa Burlap Loopers' Annual Spring Fling Hook-in
• April 7 - Oxwood Hooking Artisans Hook-in (Woodstock)
• April 14 - Moira Mat Makers' Hook-in
• April 14 - The Gathering, A Yarn & Fibre Fest, Port Hope
• April 21 - Burlington Hook-in
• April 23 - Northumberland Rug Hookers monthly meeting - NOTE THE CHANGE OF USUAL DATE!
• April 24 - Display and talk by Alice Williams of her aboriginal-themed quilts, Ruth Clarke Activity Centre, 7 pm
• May 4-6 - Hooked on Waterways - Annual Conference, Ottawa.  Open House May 6
• May 26 - Prince Edward County Fibre Festival
• June 27 - Y2K Rug Bugs Picnic (Goodrich)
• July 3 - Westport Hook in (apparently sold out?)
• July 19 - Karen Kaiser's Hook-in (Belleville) 9:30-3:00
• July 26 - Martina Lesar's picnic (apparently sold out?)
• October 13 - Woodstock Fleece Festival

Note that this is not an exhaustive list - there are likely lots more events to be added, but this should keep us going for now!  If you know of an event not listed here, please let us know.