A chance to catch up with projects, catch up with guild friends and catch your breath. I.e. a quiet guild meeting for a change. There might be a talk in the afternoon from a couple of members about their recent … Continue reading
Tag: Skill-share
Dyeing Day – July 2025 Meeting
Dyeing Day for Guild members and their guests – Indigo vat, natural dyeing and other dyeing techniques. Held in a guild member’s garden. Please Email if you would like to attend.
Last year’s summer dyeing day in the garden was … Continue reading
Basketry Workshop & November 2025 Meeting
Another chance to learn to make a cane basket. As last year’s event was so popular, Alison has offered to run it again. If you don’t wish to take part, just hang out with your guild friends for social crafting. … Continue reading
Christmas Party – December 2025 meeting
Join your guild friends for social crafting, festive fun and food. Bring a dish to share for the lunch table, your swap entry and the festive projects that you’re working on. There will be some fun activities run by members … Continue reading
Four Corners of Demonstrations – June 2025 meeting
“Four Corners” – mini demonstrations
Informal demonstrations by our members, who don’t proclaim to be experts, but would love to share what they know about:
- Nälbinding
- Drop spindling
- Supported spindling
- Sprang & Twining
If there’s a cost for materials for … Continue reading
Colour! September 2024 Meeting
Learn more about colour and get to grips with blending colours for use in fibre-crafts. Talk and workshop led by guild members.
In the morning there’ll be an informative presentation about colour. Then after lunch we will have hands-on activities, … Continue reading
Basketry Workshop & June 2024 Meeting
Learn to make a cane basket at June’s meeting, or just hang out with your guild friends for social crafting. Bring along your latest spinning, weaving or dyeing project to show off or to ask advice. Watch this space for … Continue reading
Indigo Dyeing and Eco-printing – August 2024 Meeting
Dyeing Day for Guild members and their guests – Indigo vat, natural dyeing and eco-printing activities. Held in a guild member’s garden. Please Email if you would like to attend.
Last year’s summer dyeing workshop was so popular that we … Continue reading
The Riches of Wool and socialising – July Guild Meeting
Join your guild friends for social crafting in the morning and learn about The Riches of Wool in the afternoon, from those that attended the AGWSD Conference. We will be in the smaller hall, the Walter Rose Room this … Continue reading
Idea sharing and Summer School show+tell – November 2023 meeting
Bring along those fibres or yarns that ‘seemed like a good idea at the time’ to get inspiration on how to use them. If you have a piece of equipment you need help to get going with, feel free to … Continue reading