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  • 09
    09.September.Saturday

    09:30 -16:30
    2017/09/09
    400 East Ave, Kitchener, ON, N2H 1Z6
    400 East Ave, Kitchener, ON, N2H 1Z6

    Organised by knitters, for knitters, The Kitchener-Waterloo Knitters’ Fair is one of the largest all-knitting events in Canada. The fair will be presenting a great guest speaker and over 70 vendors offering the latest and greatest of knitting products: yarn and fibre, books, patterns, buttons, tools and accessories. Continuing the tradition from last year, the Micro Market, a space to showcase smaller local designers and knitting-related businesses, will be returning. Other things to look forward to are the knitting fashion show, door prize, local food vendors and a Knitters’ Spa!

    Cost: $7

    For more information: www.kwknittersguild.ca/fair

  • 09
    09.September.Saturday
    Mississippi Valley Fibre Festival vendors sale knitting weaving spinning

    10:00 -17:00
    2017/09/09-2017/09/10
    3 Rosamond St E, Almonte, ON, K0A 1A0
    3 Rosamond St E, Almonte, ON, K0A 1A0

    The Almonte Fibrefest takes place at two locations — the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum and the Almonte Arena. Visitors can discover demonstrations, vendors, and exhibits; local guilds will demonstrate spinning, knitting, weaving, rug hooking, lace making, smocking and quilting. Vendors and fibre artists from all over Ontario will include spinners, weavers, quilt shops, alpaca farms and more. The Ottawa Valley Button Club will also be selling and exhibiting their button collections. Each day of the festival ends with the Lamb Race, where hundreds of lambs will be thrown over the falls in downtown Almonte, and the owners of the first three to reach the finish line will win fabulous prizes.

    Homemade refreshments will be available from The Friends of the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum.

    Cost: $5 entry fee

    For more information: mvtm.ca/fibrefest-2016

  • 13
    13.September.Wednesday

    19:30 -21:30
    2017/09/13
    The Meeting House, Riverdale Farm
    201 Winchester Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1B8

    This month we have Deborah Livingston-Lowe of Upper Canada Weaving presenting us with her collection of  woven fabrics she has reproduced from traditional Ontario patterns. Deborah, who studied woven textiles at OCAD 30 years ago, has been weaving ever since. Working out of her attic studio she brings a unique design aesthetic to her work, drawing form a deep historical knowledge of Canadian textile design from the 19th Century. Her fabrics can be seen in the The Peggy Sue Collection, the fashion label of Peggy Sue Deaven-Smiltnieks – one of Toronto’s up and coming fashion  designers who is a champion of the local fibre industry.

    For more information, check out the Facebook page

     

  • 13
    13.September.Wednesday

    19:30 -21:30
    2017/09/13
    The Meeting House, Riverdale Farm
    201 Winchester Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1B8

    This month we have Deborah Livingston-Lowe of Upper Canada Weaving presenting us with her collection of  woven fabrics she has reproduced from traditional Ontario patterns. Deborah, who studied woven textiles at OCAD 30 years ago, has been weaving ever since. Working out of her attic studio she brings a unique design aesthetic to her work, drawing form a deep historical knowledge of Canadian textile design from the 19th Century. Her fabrics can be seen in the The Peggy Sue Collection, the fashion label of Peggy Sue Deaven-Smiltnieks – one of Toronto’s up and coming fashion  designers who is a champion of the local fibre industry.

    For more information, check out the Facebook page

     

  • 27
    27.September.Wednesday

    13:00 -17:00
    2017/09/27
    The Japanese Paper Place
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    Textile artist and weaver Nieves Carrasco has been dyeing washi with shibori techniques for a number of years. More recently she has been making drawings and prints on washi and reconstructing them as woven notes. Join us this afternoon to see and hear just how she goes about it.

    Call 416-538-9669 for more information.

REGULAR MEETINGS

MONTHLY GUILD MEETINGS Beginning April 2023 we will resume holding  in-person meetings at Riverdale Farm. We will continue to hold some meetings virtually. Our Member’s Meetings are held from September-June, with a break for the summer. Check out the Calendar for up-to-date information.
If you are interested in spinning or weaving, you are welcome to join us as a guest at one of our monthly meetings.
When: 2nd Wednesday of the month, 7:30 – 9:00 pm for in-person meetings; 7:00 – 8:30 pm for virtual meetings
Where: In-person meetings are held in the Meeting House at Riverdale Farm- come in the gate and keep going past the sheep.

TEXTILE/SPINNING DROP-IN 
Guild members join Riverdale Farm staff to host textile drop-ins at the Farm once a week in the afternoons. All are welcome to watch, chat, learn, or bring a project to work on– it’s totally free! Occasionally we have themes, such as a regular Spinning Clinic. At some of the drop-ins, the Farm provides some equipment, including Lendrum spinning wheels, for visitors to use. If you want to take your yarn home, bring a Lendrum bobbin. Equipment is not available to borrow at all drop-ins.
When: Summer 2023: Tuesday afternoons, 1 – 3 pm (through September 2023) at the Simpson House Porch.
Where: Riverdale Farm, 201 Winchester St., Toronto, M4X 1B8

IN THE COMMUNITY

The Guild generally participates in the following Riverdale Farm events , demonstrating fibre processing, spinning, weaving, and other textile skills to the public. After a hiatus during the pandemic, we look forward to resuming these events this Spring.

FAMILY DAY
Riverdale Farm is a great place to spend Family Day, with lots of fun activities taking place, including weaving and spinning demonstrations and activities that the whole family can enjoy.

SHEEP CELEBRATION
Riverdale Farm opens its doors with the farm’s popular Spring Festival at which Guild members use the fleece shorn from the farm sheep to demonstrate the skills needed to wash the wool, prepare it for spinning, make yarn, dye it, and weave it into cloth. Come and watch the process, from sheep shearing on!

FALL FESTIVALS
See the Guild in action on the second weekend in September at the Riverdale Farm Fall Festival, and at the Cabbagetown Festival too!

More information on Riverdale Farm.