December Meeting 2024
2024-12-21 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, United Kingdom
Christmas Lunch and Chair’s Challenge
The theme for the Chair’s Challenge this year is Trash to Treasure – bring in your makes to show, in whatever state of completeness, and share your process. This is not a competition! Full information at Chair’s Challenge 2024.
It’s also our shared Christmas Lunch meeting – bring your party hats!

January Meeting 2025
2025-01-18 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, United Kingdom
Destash Sale
It’s Destash Sale day! Bring in your unwanted craft supplies, tools, and whatever, no matter what the craft. Please make sure each item is marked with your full name and the price. Then buy some more things you didn’t know you needed!
12% commission to the Guild for members’ sales, 20% commission for non-member sales.
With afternoon tea and cake, as usual.

February Meeting 2025
2025-02-15 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, United Kingdom
Spinning Surgery for beginners
Four very experienced Guild members will be on hand for informal help for beginners to get tips with the basic skills of spinning ie. treadling too fast, not putting enough spin in, putting too much spin in, getting the tension wrong, tips on achieving an even yarn, how much spin to add in plying etc.

Also, we’ll have the usual Show and Tell, the Sales Table, and afternoon tea and cake.

March Meeting 2025
2025-03-15 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, United Kingdom
AGM
This is our AGM meeting, with many exciting roles on the committee up for grabs!
With the usual Show and Tell, Sales Table, and afternoon tea and cake.

April Workshop 2025
2025-04-06 10:00 - 16:00 | Oxfordshire
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 hand-woven fabrics.
Make your own simple jacket pattern from paper to take home and use.
Examples will be given of different fastenings and closures to use, and how best to join woven fabric pieces together. Examples will also be shown on how to blend woven fabric with other materials.
The group can share examples of their own weaving and Wendy will guide you through some ideas on how to weave specifically to make a garment.

April Meeting 2025
2025-04-19 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, United Kingdom
This is a members only meeting.

May Meeting 2025
2025-05-17 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, 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 a career in costume for a number of years whilst continuing to weave on small scale collections. During this time she developed the original style for which she has become known since setting up her business.
With a stack of handwoven krokbragd samples and slides Angie will talk you through the processes of her weaving and design and she will explain the technical intricacies of the technique she has been addicted to for over thirty years.
She will be talking about the ups and downs of setting up in business around a young family in a challenging marketplace. She’ll also cover pushing out of your comfort zone and colour confidence, though uplifting colourful woven textiles. There will be a slide show and samples of Angie’s trademark woven textiles on display, plus a Q&A session at the end.

June Workshop 2025
2025-06-07 10:00 - 2025-06-08 16:00 | Oxfordshire
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 weight yarns for specific purposes.
Day 2: Fancy Yarns: super coils, beehives, boucle, crepe , cocoons, cables, thick and thin yarn.
Both days are 10am to 4pm.

June Meeting 2025
2025-06-21 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, 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 and Tell, Sales Table, and afternoon tea and cake.

July Meeting 2025
2025-07-19 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, 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 cake.

Please note: there is no meeting in August.

September Meeting 2025
2025-09-20 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, United Kingdom
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 a have-a-go day for us! Angela will bring in five looms for us to experiment on with warp and weft manipulation to produce textures such as Brookes Bouquet and Leno. You can also bring in your own loom to experiment on – please have a balanced warp on the loom in any colour combination.

The Guild’s four-shaft loom will also be available and setup for Krokbragd.

Also, don’t forget the Sales Table, Show and Tell, and afternoon tea and cake!

October Meeting 2025
2025-10-18 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, 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 fun talk on how to integrate your beautiful work into useful items for yourself, gifts or to sell. A small piece of hand woven fabric can make a beautiful bag, phone or notebook cover or be included into an amazing wall hanging or piece of art. How about jewellery, a basket, pencil case or decorations? Even a tea towel can be cut up and used!
Ideas are endless. Tutor Wendy Usher will bring a wide range of ideas and samples showing simple techniques to create interesting quirky and fun pieces. Guaranteed you will go home inspired to have fun.
Show and Tell, Sales Table, and afternoon tea and cake.

November Meeting 2025
2025-11-15 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, 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 to illustrate all the chapters in the book.
With the usual Show and Tell, Sales Table, and afternoon tea and cake.

November Workshop 2025
2025-11-16 10:00 - 16:00 | Oxfordshire
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
2025-12-20 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, United Kingdom
Christmas lunch and the Chair’s Challenge.

January Meeting 2026
2026-01-17 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, United Kingdom
Stash Sale!
Bring along all those unwanted craft supplies and make a sale, then spend your profit on something new!
Please remember to label all items for sale with your name and price. There is a 12% commission to the Guild for members’ sales, and 20% commission for non-member sales.
With afternoon tea and cake, as usual.

February Meeting 2026
2026-02-21 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, United Kingdom
Talk: Guild members Tamara and Helen will tell us about their trip to Morocco, Berbers, knots and more.
Show and tell, sales table, and afternoon tea and cake!

March Meeting 2026
2026-03-21 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, United Kingdom
AGM Meeting
Show and tell, sales table, and afternoon tea and cake!

April Meeting 2026
2026-04-18 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, United Kingdom
Talk: Bog Fashion – Recreating Bronze and Iron Age Clothes with Nicole DeRushie
Nicole DeRushie will tell us about her book, Bog Fashion – Recreating Bronze and Iron Age Clothes. She is a
historian and fibre artist who has studied textile finds
in bogs in north and western Europe. The talk will
centre on the many skills prehistoric people
developed, and the variation of style and fashion
across the region and period.
With the usual Show & Tell, sales table, and afternoon tea and cake.

May Meeting 2026
2026-05-16 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, United Kingdom
Have-A-Go Day: Alpaca
Guild member Chris Seers will be sharing her knowledge of processing and spinning alpaca fibre.
Show and tell, sales table, and afternoon tea and cake!

June Workshop 2026
2026-06-13 10:00 - 16:00 | Stanton St John Village hall, Stanton St John Village Hall, Middle Road, Stanton St John, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX33 1HD, United Kingdom
Flax workshop: Flaxland will cover the preparation and spinning of flax as well as its history.
Simon and Ann have been growing flax for over 40 years and promoting traditional skills through education and workshops at their base in the Cotswolds for almost 20. They will kick off with a talk about their work and vision restoring flax to its place in UK production, not just as a heritage crop but as a viable future contribution to the economy, then move into a workshop using drop spindles or your own wheel. Flax spinning is not the same as wool spinning so whilst experienced spinners may have a head start, the day is suitable for all including the most novice.
They will demonstrate the processing of flax from straw to fibre with participation available to those who wish it. There are plenty of small tools to learn on, play with and, if stocks allow, buy.
You may bring your own flax if you’ve grown it but there will be lots of samples, and materials such as hackled fibre to use at the workshop and enough drop spindles for all. Tamara will have her Ashford Tradional available on the day if anyone wants a go on a wheel but doesn’t wish to bring one. If you want to spend the whole time on a wheel though, bring one.
Everyone should end up with a wealth of new skills and some finished linen yarn/thread.

June Meeting 2026
2026-06-20 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, United Kingdom
This month we’re having a show & tell about the flax workshop that took place on 13th June.
Guild member Angela will also be bringing some of her rigid heddle looms for members to have a go on.
There’ll also be our usual Show & Tell table, sales table, and afternoon tea and cake!

July Meeting 2026
2026-07-18 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, United Kingdom
Have-A-Go Day: backstrap weaving with guild member Anne Hughes
Have-a-go at weaving a narrow band using a backstrap setup.
Show and tell, sales table, and afternoon tea and cake!

September Meeting 2026
2026-09-19 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, United Kingdom
Have-A-Go Day: Tiny Baskets with Garden Gathered Materials with Guild members Helen and Tamara.
Show and tell, sales table, and afternoon tea and cake!

September Workshop 2026
2026-09-26 10:00 - 16:00 | Stanton St John Village hall, Stanton St John Village Hall, Middle Road, Stanton St John, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX33 1HD, United Kingdom
Workshop: Indigo “Pay and Play” with guild members Helen Allen and Tamara Cartwright-Loebl.
The Indigo workshop is titled Pay and Play, because participants can opt to pay for extra items to dye if they choose as it can be restrictive for some to only have a piece or two to work with, particularly if new to the indigo vat!
We will supply tea towels/tote bags/silk scarves for participants.
Setting up the vats will be first thing in the morning session, we will work together with participants so they can experience this . We will look at simple folds/scrunching or tie techniques to prepare our fabric.
If the vat misbehaves, we will look a little longer at problem solving techniques. Then we dye.
Because we will have limited numbers and copious coverings for surfaces this should be easy enough to supervise… If the weather is kind to us it would be lovely to be able to take our work outside and even set up a washing line to dry, but we shall see.
You may want to bring waterproof gloves and apron, but we shall not be splashing about.
The cost of the workshop includes one bag or towel, plus extras on the day at £3 per item or £6 for a silk scarf.

October Workshop 2026
2026-10-10 10:00 - 16:00 | Stanton St John Village hall, Stanton St John Village Hall, Middle Road, Stanton St John, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX33 1HD, United Kingdom
Introduction to prehistoric textiles with Sally Pointer.
In this workshop, Sally will introduce us to the fibres and techniques employed by Stone Age and bronze age people in the British Isles and northern Europe. The day will include some history and archaeology and at least cordage making and braiding in different fibres, making and using ancient tools from a variety of materials, netting and simple looping, but the day will be tailored to the interest of the participants, so who knows where we’ll end up? If you’ve done this workshop with Sally before, many happily do it again because there’s always something new (ironically for prehistory) each time.
There will be a passing mention of the existence of sprang but that really needs a say all to itself. As usual, Sally will have many examples to display and both books and kits to buy.
You will end up with a lot of knowledge, some finished items and some interesting new skills to practice.

October Meeting 2026
2026-10-17 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, United Kingdom
Show and Tell following our workshop of Prehistoric Textiles with Sally Pointer earlier this month.
Show and tell, sales table, and afternoon tea and cake!

November Meeting 2026
2026-11-21 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, United Kingdom
Talk: by the Outside Dyers
Dr Romilly Swann and Flow Stone will talk about their Shetland x Gotland sheep who graze the biodiverse chalk grassland and community orchard at the Hardwick estate, alongside their journey with natural dyeing, mordanting, botany & more. There will be dyes, dye plant seeds, books and possibly fleeces for sale.
Show and tell, sales table, and afternoon tea and cake.

December Meeting 2026
2026-12-19 10:00 - 16:00 | Beckley Village Hall, Beckley Village Hall, Woodperry Road, Beckley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 9UZ, United Kingdom
Christmas Lunch and Chair’s Challenge!
