Buckinghamshire Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers
Learn to weave, learn to hand-spin fibre, enjoy knitting, crochet and dyeing fabric and fibre in Buckinghamshire.
AGM and post-Christmas catch-up.
Celebrate the new year with your guild buddies. Along with the business of the Annual General Meeting there will be time to socialise and show off your fibre related presents from December or your new … Continue reading
During the pandemic Alison expanded her sock knitting passion to spinning her own and dyeing her own sock yarn. She experimented with a number of techniques for dyeing self-striping yarns, … Continue reading
AGM and post-Christmas catch-up.
Celebrate the new year with your guild buddies. Along with the business of the Annual General Meeting there will be time to socialise and show off your fibre related presents from December or your new … Continue reading
Christmas activities – TBA. Bring and share lunch.
Join your guild friends for social crafting in the morning our session in the afternoon. Bring along your latest spinning, weaving or dyeing project to show off or to ask advice. Watch … Continue reading
Art yarns, inspiration and how to spin them. Talk and experiment. Session led by guild members Lucy Whittaker and Fi Cumming.
Join your guild friends for social crafting in the morning, then our experimental session in the afternoon. Bring along … Continue reading
Weaver, Helen Munday, is returning with her sketchbooks and weavings to talk about designing from an inspirational source.
In 2019, former-member Helen Munday talked to us about her sketchbooks and the journey from inspiration to finished item. She brought material … Continue reading
Weaver, Helen Munday, is returning with her sketchbooks and weavings to talk about designing from an inspirational source.
In 2019, former-member Helen Munday talked to us about her sketchbooks and the journey from inspiration to finished item. She brought material … Continue reading
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
Join in with #mendMarch and learn different methods of mending textiles. Find out how to make a feature with visible mending using weaving, Sashiko and Kantha stitching. If you prefer not to to draw attention to a fix, pick up … Continue reading
Design your own socks or try filet crochet in this month’s member-led activities.
There’s a last minute change to this month’s programme, but don’t worry we are rescheduling the wet felting workshop with felt artist Marjorie Brown, as there … Continue reading