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    16.April.Monday

    Lace Weaves on 4 Shafts with Jette Vandermeiden

    All day
    2018/04/16-2018/04/22
    Masonic Hall, 310 St. Andrew St. E, Fergus
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    Guelph Guild of Handweavers and Spinners has rescheduled the spring workshop Lace Weaves on 4 Shafts with Jette Vandermeiden, to April 21 and 22 in Fergus, Ontario. So there is still time to take part in what will likely be Jette’s last guild workshop.
     
    Jette Vandermeiden is a widely respected teacher with an in-depth knowledge of weave theory and cloth structure. The Round Robin workshop will explore threading units and weave structures for 4-shaft lace weaves such as Swedish Lace, Huck, Bronson and others, together with examples of how to expand the structures to more shafts for greater versatility in patterning.
     

    The workshop will be held from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday April 21 and Sunday April 22 at the Masonic Hall, 310 St. Andrew Street East in Fergus. The cost of the workshop is $225. A complete list of warping instructions and a materials list will be emailed to participants when you register. A registration/information form is attached to this email (please disregard the dates on the form).

     

    For more information, please contact Beth Showalter.

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.

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.