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May Meeting 2025

Beckley Village Hall Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Talk: Krokbragd with Angie Parker Krokbragd is a Norwegian weaving technique that Angie specializes in. Angie is a weaver, designer and colourist based in Bristol. After being taught rug weaving at art college in the 1990’s, she pursued...

June Workshop 2025

Improve Your Spinning Skills with Amanda Hanaford This is a two-day workshop with experienced spinner Amanda Hanaford. Basic spinning and plying skills needed to attend, and is not suitable for complete beginners. Day 1: How to create specific...

June Meeting 2025

Beckley Village Hall Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Have-A-Go Day: Drum Carding Guild member Lyn will give an informal explanation and demonstration of how she uses a drum carder to produce her beautiful colour mixes. Techniques are applicable to hand carding too. With the usual Show...

July Meeting 2025

Beckley Village Hall Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Have-A-Go Day: Sprang Guild member Anne will show members how to make Sprang, an ancient method of manipulating warp threads on a frame to create fabric. Along with the Sales Table, Show and Tell, and afternoon tea and...

September Meeting 2025

Beckley Village Hall Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Talk: Establishing a Dye Garden with Claire Shovelton Claire, from Studio EVIG natural dye company, will be talking about how to establish a dye garden. She will also bring seeds to buy for anyone who is interested. With...

October Meeting 2025

Beckley Village Hall Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Talk: Being Creative With Your Stash with Wendy Usher How many pieces of fabric or balls of spun wool do you stash, sitting there doing nothing but with the tag 'one day I'll do something'? An inspiring and...

November Meeting 2025

Beckley Village Hall Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Talk: All Things Spinning with Cath Snape Cath Snape from Beechwood Crafts will give an ‘all things spinning’ talk based on her book with Alison Daykin ‘Inspired to Spin’. Cath will have lots of samples to hand round...

November Workshop 2025

Colour Blending for Spinning with Cath Snape Cath will be showing how to use hand carders, drum carder, and blending board. The knowledge gained tips over into dyeing and weaving in relation to how colour works together.

December Meeting 2025

Beckley Village Hall Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Christmas lunch and the Chair's Challenge.