Buckinghamshire Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers
Bucks WSD – Promoting and preserving craftsmanship in hand-weaving, spinning and dyeing in the Buckinghamshire area.
Events run by the Bucks Guild
At this meeting Fiona introduced us to the island of Harris in the Outer Hebrides – a landscape of contrasting colours and textures. Via an extensive set of slides Fiona explained … Continue reading
For our October meeting we welcomed Debbie Tomkies who ran a dyeing workshop using extracts of natural dyes, and she also brought a shop of dyes, yarns, books and tools. Twelve members of the guild took part and everyone had … Continue reading
Village festival-goers had a chance to see what we do, and have a go at spinning, weaving and braiding when they visited the Bucks WSD guild stand at Shelswell History Festival in July 2022. The colourful display of samples attracted … Continue reading
There was egg-citement in the air during our March meeting, when members took part in egg-related activities and brought their competition entries for judging (details further down page). There was a choice of natural dyeing eggs using onion skins and … Continue reading
Guild meeting 20th of February 2022
This meeting incorporated our AGM which was quickly dealt with. The reports are available on the website in the members area.
Alison Jolley gave a really interesting talk on the history of leisure knitting, told through her collection of knitting paraphernalia. Some of this collection has come to her through generations of knitters from her family, so there was a real … Continue reading
A message from our Chair, Freya Barcock-Jones, January 2019
My what a year we’ve had, The Bucks Guild started 2018 facing a bleak outlook but with the hard work and passion from the members both past and present we have … Continue reading
As part of the meeting on 20 Jan when we welcome Alison Ellen we will be holding our AGM.
Would Members please complete nomination forms for the Committee to be voted in at the AGM on 20th January 2019 at 11AM) … Continue reading