Well, as is often the case, I realised I’d never written up our fantastic Christmas party – you might spot a certain pattern emerging of blog posts written long after the event. As is often the case, December well and truly ran away with us all and in the run up to the festive period… Read More Christmas in January
At our November meeting Dee Sayce from Kinder Yarn, gave us a thoroughly fascinating introduction to the history and practicality of weaving straps and bands. From neolithic mans first interlacement of threads and string, through backstrap and bandweaving to the relatively more recent development of the inkel loom; she gave us a thorough tour and… Read More Inkel Loom Weaving demonstration
Due to the ongoing situation with coronavirus we will not be holding face to face meetings for the forseeable future. In April we did a trial meeting by Zoom, which was very successful and we intend to continue to do so until we can meet again. To keep the meetings managable, we are limiting this… Read More Virtual Meetings by Zoom
We had a great time at our April meeting – it was an open session and we had a great mix of different activities going on, from crochet to tapestry weaving. Annie was leaning to warp a loom with some spectacular yarn she had dyed inspired by the colours of the canal. We also had… Read More April Meeting
Last weekend our fledgling Guild had it’s first AGM; held in the Chapel at Whaley Hall. The Chapel has an exquisite stained glass window and the sun streamed through, in and between the snow flurries. A good number of hardy members managed to battle through the weather which, quite frankly, was atrocious; a note to… Read More The First AGM
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
