Pattern Cutting for Hand Woven Fabrics with Wendy Usher You will be shown examples of jackets and other matching items and accessories made by tutor Wendy Usher as she takes you through the do's and don'ts of sewing...

This is a members only meeting.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Have-a-Go Day: Weaving Textures with a Rigid Heddle Loom Unfortunately, our scheduled talk by Claire Shovelton from Studio EVIG natural dye company has been postponed to a later date. Fortunately, Guild member Angela has stepped in to run...

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...

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...

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.