Highland Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers
Workshops and talks for the autumn and next year
Forthcoming workshop details for 2015
Strathpeffer Community Centre
12th
Sat
September 2015 Traditional Scottish Dyes.
10am – 4pm
Speaker/Tutor: Carole Keepax
am: Talk
BOOK NOW
pm: Workshop
Sat 10th October 2015
10am – 4pm
BOOK NOW
talk only £5
Speed Spinning.
Tutor: Anne Artis
Whole Day
£20/£35
12 spaces
£20
£35
12 spaces
24th
Sat
October
10am – 4pm
AGM
Bring food to share.
Sat 14th November
10am – 12.30pm
Weaving Design.
Speaker: Sam Goates
tbc
tbc
Sat 12th December
10am – 4pm
Spinning Workshop
Details tbc
tbc
tbc
Workshops 2016
January 9th:
February 13th:
March 19th:
April 9th:
May 14th:
Corners Workshop.
Tablet Weaving. Belinda Rose.
Combining Handmade Fabrics. Ruth Black.
Terinsha Roberts.
Tassels & Cord. Anna Crutchley
Saturday 12th September 2015
Carole Keepax: Traditional Scottish Dyes
Strathpeffer Community Centre
10am – 4pm
Carole has been invited to give a talk in the morning. 'Colours of Scotland: Dyeing
Traditions' about the history of natural dyes with a Scottish slant. This will last for an hour.
After an early lunch, Carole will lead a workshop on an aspect of dyeing. One possibility is
the use of natural extract dyes which will enable colour mixing, a bit of space dyeing and
resist printing.
Talk only: £5 members/non-members
Talk and workshop: £20 members/non-members. N.B. Limited to 12 participants.
Any updates to this information will be given in the next newsletter.
Saturday 10th October 2015
Anne Artis: Speed Spinning
Strathpeffer Community Centre
10am – 4pm
Anne’s Dyeing workshop at the Dornoch Fibre Fest was very well received, hence the
invitation to return to the Highlands for this workshop.
Anne’s ‘speed spinning’ involves each person with a bag of 10 to 12 different fibres to spin:
some challenging and some easy. She also talks about different fibres and fleeces.
Anne is a lively and entertaining performer so it should be fun. Come and see for yourself!
Saturday 24th October
AGM to be followed by lunch and a members’ afternoon, including a ‘stash swap’.
Saturday 14th November 2015
Sam Goates: Design Stories
Strathpeffer Community Centre
10am – 12.30pm
Sam met her first loom at Glasgow School of Art in 1985. After graduating, Sam went to
Australia for a holiday and spent 20 years designing interior textiles that were woven in mills
around the world. Now back in Scotland, Sam is launching her new business Woven In The
Bone, weaving woollen cloth on a Victorian-designed foot-treadle loom.
Sam will talk about her design process, with photos, sketchbooks, samples and cloth from 30
years of design for weaving.
www.facebook.com/WovenInTheBone
www.weareonecreative.com
Campaign for Wool:
Wool Week 5th-11th October 2015
The Campaign for Wool is hosting a special event with The Association of Guilds of Weavers,
Spinners & Dyers called TwinSpin.
The idea behind this event is to encourage more people to take up spinning, particular as
there has been a resurgence in knitting. The Campaign for Wool will be designing a special
logo that will sit alongside that of the Association and Campaign for Wool. They will also
produce a poster for the event and promote it heavily through social media, where they have
a huge following, as well as national press & media.
Further information or to join
E-mail:
hgwsdinfo@gmail.com
Phone:
Chair: 01854 633772
Website:
http://www.hgwsd.co.uk