Oxford Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers

October Meeting 2016
2016-10-15 10:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Stanton St John Village hall, Stanton St John Village Hall, Middle Road, Stanton St John, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX33 1HD, United Kingdom
Have-a-go Day – Weft faced weaving on a rigid heddle loom
A change to our published programme.
Experiment with weft faced weaving on a rigid heddle loom under Angela’s guidance. The warp is set at about 4 threads an inch and so the weft completely covers it. You can either use two or three strands of yarn to weave a simple scene or two thicker yarns in contrasting colours to weave a mat with stripes and/or spots. Angela will focus on weaving scenes in the morning and patterns in the afternoon. She will bring weft yarns but you might like to bring your own. Home dyed yarns which are not dyed evenly give good results for landscapes or seascapes.
Angela will be bringing some looms with her, already warped up, so that members can “have-a-go”!

September Meeting 2016
2016-09-17 10:30 - 16:00 | Stanton St John Village hall, Stanton St John Village Hall, Middle Road, Stanton St John, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX33 1HD, United Kingdom
Have-a-go day.

July Meeting – Summer Meeting “On the Farm” 2016
2016-07-16 10:30 - 16:00 | Diana Bird’s Farm, United Kingdom
Diana Bird has very kindly invited us back to her family farm this year. Weaving is the activity this year and weaving with a difference but more details nearer the time.
The day will be run on similar lines as last year with members bringing packed lunches and tea/coffee provided.

June Meeting - Festival of Fibre 2016
2016-06-18 10:30 - 16:00 | Stanton St John Village hall, Stanton St John Village Hall, Middle Road, Stanton St John, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX33 1HD, United Kingdom
This is the day we open to the public to show them the very reason we are all so excited about our crafts. The plan at this stage is to have our usual sale of fleeces, demonstrations of our skills, an exhibition of our works and sales table, and refreshments on offer all day.

May Meeting 2016
2016-05-21 10:30 - 16:00 | Stanton St John Village hall, Stanton St John Village Hall, Middle Road, Stanton St John, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX33 1HD, United Kingdom
Talk by Alain Rouveure “Tibetan Rugs in Exile”

Alain Rouveure runs a Gallery just outside Moreton in Marsh where he has a treasure trove of handmade crafts from the peoples of the Himalayas. He is coming to the Guild to give a talk on “A Journey through the Himalayas to learn about Rug Making and Organic Dyes as well as Design Origin”
Alain supports these Himalayan people through selling their crafts in the UK and you really have to visit his Gallery it is something to behold.
The morning session will be the usual open house.

April Meeting 2016
2016-04-16 10:30 - 16:00 | Stanton St John Village hall, Stanton St John Village Hall, Middle Road, Stanton St John, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX33 1HD, United Kingdom
STASH SALE followed by talk on Colour by Janet Farnsworth.

AGM 2016
2016-03-19 10:30 - 16:00 | Stanton St John Village hall, Stanton St John Village Hall, Middle Road, Stanton St John, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX33 1HD, United Kingdom
Show of work. Afternoon tea.
