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  • DECEMBER MEETING: AGM, FESTIVE CHEER, and KUMIHIMO BRAIDING with PETER LAKIN
    19:00 -21:00
    2020/12/09

     

    The first part of the meeting will be our Annual General Meeting. We will use the Zoom platform that many of us are now familiar with. It has the option of allowing people to join by phone only, like a conference call.
    On December 2 we will send out the Zoom invitation, an agenda, the minutes of the 2019-2020 meeting, and the committee’s reports for you to peruse. If you would like to join the Executive, or to nominate someone else, now would be a great time to let us know!
    At the AGM the Chair will give a brief report and the Treasurer will present a budget for 2020-2021. Questions will be invited. Last-minutes nominations of volunteers to serve on the Executive will be accepted, and a slate of candidates will be proposed.
    The membership will be invited to vote on the following:

    • Approval of 2019-2020 minutes
    • Ratification of the Executive’s actions over the past year
    • Approval of the 2020-2021 budget
    • The Executive for 2020-2021

    If you are unable to attend, you may assign your vote to a proxy: any named member of the Guild who will be in attendance. We’ll send out a proxy form also.
    Any questions about the AGM can be sent to the Chair (Julia) or Secretary (Anne).

    The second half of our meeting involves snacks and working with your hands!
    Please submit recipes for favourite festive treats. It would be great if you could photograph and send old family recipe cards. Then we can all prepare snacks at home to have ready to nibble on or sip during the second part of the meeting.
    Guild member Peter Lakin will present a short video demonstrating the traditional Japanese art of kumihimo (braid weaving) and then lead a hands-on kumihimo workshop. No expensive equipment is required! See photo for what you will need.

     

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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.