2020 Programme
Our monthly meetings are currently suspended until further notice due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Members are invited to join our email group to help us keep in touch.
11 January
Members’ Day
8 February 8
AM: Tapestry Weavers
PM: Ruth Dalton talk. A history of rare breeds (and how you can help by using their wool).
14-15 March
AM: Natural dyeing workshop with Debbie Tomkies (continues on Sunday)
PM: Talk – A History of Dyeing
4 April
AM: Tapestry Weavers
PM: Penelope Hemingway talk. A Handmade Tale, the Women of the Langdale Linen Industry.
(plus an update from the flax project).
9 May
AM: National Exhibition, Members’ submission and selection.
PM: Sue Lawty talk – Weavers’ Trail – Bhutan: spinning, dyeing, weaving
13 June
Chair’s Challenge results
11 July
Friendship Day – we will invite other Guilds to join us in spinning and/or weaving for the day
8 August
Skill Share
10 September
Guild trip to the Association’s national exhibition in Leigh
12 September
AM: Tapestry Weavers
PM: Susan Foulkes talk – Sami Band Weaving
10-11 October
AM: Double weave workshop with Jane Flanagan
PM: Talk tba
14 November
Spinning Day with Janet Phillips from The Threshing Barn. Janet will bring her pop-up shop
5 December
AGM and Show and Tell