Events

Fleece Sale: Wychwood Spinners Sarah and Chris will be supplying hand picked fleece for Sale. Plus: All About the Angora Rabbit Talk on the Angora Rabbit and its wool.  Information and samples of Angora products, spinning and carding...

Guild Day Out at Diana’s farm with Allan Brown Allan Brown will be joining us to talk about Nettles for Spinning.  He has many examples of how nettles are used and will show us how nettles are harvested...

Speaker: An ‘Introduction’ to natural dye with Judy Hardman Judy is a long draw spinner and has been spinning, weaving and dyeing for over thirty years. She’s an expert on Natural Dyeing creating a good range of colours using...

Natural Dyeing Workshop with Judy Hardman. Judy’s Workshop day will include the use of mordants, dyes, equipment with an aim to produce a range of samples by the end of the workshop. She is aiming to teach those attending...

Have-a-Go Day: Fair Isle, Steeking and Cable Knitting with Linda Whiter and Chris Maclean.

Talk: The History and Development of Sewing Machines with Paul Verney. With 10 or 15 machines set up so that members can try sewing on them. Plus a circular sock knitting machine - a "Golden Fleece" - from the...

Tablet Weaving Workshop with Anne Hughes. This workshop will cover basic tablet weaving techniques using both threaded-in and woven patterns. Learn how to warp up and how to decipher written patterns.  Also discover a bit about the history...

Christmas Meeting Shared Lunch and Chairman's Challenge.

Talk: Textile Conservation with Alison Lister. Alison Lister is a fully accredited Textile Conservator with over 15 years experience of professional practice. www.textileconservation.co.uk

Have-a-Go Day: Rigid Heddles – not just plain weave.  With Guild members Liz Mitchell and Angela Pawlyn. Liz will show you how to add string heddles to convert a rigid heddle loom to three or four shafts. Angela will...