Braiding Group

The Braids Group meets every other month at the Guild rooms on a Sunday between 9.30am and 3.00pm.

The next meeting will be at the Guild rooms.

For further information and to confirm the dates please contact Diana Macauliffe at the Guild.

Experimental Weavers

The Experimental Weavers Group meets once every two months at the Guild rooms on a Sunday between 10.00am and 2.00pm. The next meeting is on September 7.

The Experimental Weavers group welcomes new members who are interested in weaving mainly on 8 shafts or more. It is a forum to exchange ideas and explore the drafts in new and old publications. To each meeting we take our current work, good and bad, our mistakes and our weaving problems, share our knowledge and new websites we have found. It's an enjoyable weaving day, so bring lunch as well!

For further information please contact Liz Calnan at the Guild.

Spinning Study Group

The Spinning Study Group meets once every two months at the Guild rooms on a Sunday between 10.00am and 2.00pm.

Next meeting date is September 28.

Participants are asked that they bring their wheels, carders, any show and tell from previous meetings and their lunch. Fibres are available in Recycle Corner.

For further information please contact Anthea Payne at the Guild.

Japanese Textile Study Group

Needlework (sashiko)

The main theme will be sashiko, unbleached cotton thread on indigo cloth, using a basic running stitch.

Continuing work with temari thread balls also.

When: Friday, 22 August, 6.00pm-9.00pm

Where: Guild rooms

Bring: Your own work or some perle cotton #5 to make a temari flower ball in simple herringbone stitch and $2 facility fee.

Needlework (nambu kogin)

Focus will be on the folk traditions of Nambu kogin, a basic running stitch using coloured wool on counted fabric.

Continuing work with temari thread balls and sashiko also.

When: Friday, 24 October, 6.00pm-9.00pm

Where: Guild rooms

Bring: Your own work or some perle cotton #5 to make a simple Rose Garden temari ball and $2 facility fee.

For further information and to confirm the dates please contact Rod Byatt at the Guild.

Exploring Felt Group

A new group for people interested in the many aspects of felting - wet, Nuno, needle and combinations of all three. The next meeting will explore filigree felt.
When: Saturday, September 6, 10am to 3pm

Where: Guild rooms

Bring: email the Guild for a materials list

Cost: $4 for Guild members, $10 for visitors