Oxford Guild of Weavers Spinners and Dyers
Next Meeting Saturday 19th May - Dabble Day
10am – 4.00pm Our annual Dabble Day with mini workshops run by Guild members.
This year's mini workshops include:
Making felt flowers - felt sheets will be available but do bring your own, plus tops etc
Knitting socks on a circular needle - you'll need to bring your needle (80/100cm)
Continental knitting - bring your own straight needles and yarn
Fleece sorting - how to assess and sort a fleece
A small charge may be made for any materials you use.
Saturday June 16th
Fleece Day becomes Festival of Fibre
Festival of Fibre is the new name for our
June open day. As usual there will be rare
breed fleeces and exotic fibres for sale, an
exhibition and demonstrations of our skills.
It's at Stanton St John village hall and it's
free.
The latest Newsletter is ready to
download - a packed edition with some
great photographs in full colour.
Library Catalogue
Sharon has now catalogued the Guild's
library. You can search by author, title or category and the books can be borrowed by members. Download catalogues
Equipment for hire
The Guild, and some members, own a few spinning wheels, looms and other pieces of
useful equipment for members to hire. To find out whats available see the Equipment request form.
A Panel for All Seasons - 50 years of the Oxford Guild
The Guild's panel of 84 squares to celebrate our 50th anniversary is nearing completion.
At the April meeting the four panels were hung on their wooden frame for the first time. Watch this space for
information about when its launch.
The Oxford Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers is all about textiles.
We love working with fibres and textiles, and thoroughly enjoy sharing our interest – and learning something new! Members also get chances to exhibit our work in public.
Whether you’ve been spinning and weaving for years or it suddenly takes your fancy to learn we are always delighted to welcome new members.
We meet monthly on the 3rd Saturday of the month, except in August, at the Village Hall, Stanton St John, Oxfordshire where parking is easy and visitors are welcome.
Meetings normally run from 10,00am to 4.00pm (bring a packed lunch).
The morning is usually for working on any textile project you may have on the go followed by a talk in the afternoon.
Occasionally we run a full day workshop instead.
Saturday 19th May
Weavers Bazaar visit
The team from Weavers Bazaar will be at
Dabble Day with their dyed tapestry weaving fibres for sale. You can pre order. See their website
Latest News
Featured video...
Maximo Laura was the subject of April's
talk at our Guild meeting. Della and Peter Stor,
who represent him in UK,brought along some
of his fabulous tapestries. Video doesn't do them j
ustice but give you a flavour. More information is at the
woven colour website
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