- 2323.October.MondayNo events
- 2424.October.TuesdayNo events
- 2525.October.WednesdayNo events
- 2626.October.Thursday
Spinning Drop-in at Riverdale Farm
201 Winchester Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1B8https://toronto-guild-of-spinners-and-weavers.com/event/spinning-drop-in-at-riverdale-farm-3/201 Winchester Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1B8More information to come!
- 2727.October.FridayNo events
- 2828.October.Saturday
Collapse Weaving Workshop with Denise Kovnat
56 Neilson Drive, Etobicoke, ON, M9C 1V7https://toronto-guild-of-spinners-and-weavers.com/event/collapse-weaving-workshop-with-denise-kovnat/56 Neilson Drive, Etobicoke, ON, M9C 1V7The Etobicoke Handweavers and Spinners are hosting a workshop by Denise Kovnat. This two-day workshop focuses on weave structures, choices and finishing techniques that work independently and/or together to create fabric with dimension and personality. What appears flat and grid-like on the loom will crinkle, puff, and bloom almost immediately in the water, taking on an entirely different character. In a round robin format, participants will complete a notebook of samples that illustrate different shrinkage techniques for wool and cotton; “cram and space” techniques using silk warp and overtwisted weft; deflected double weave in wool that creates horizontal ribs; deflected double weave that “poufs” after washing; plain weave and twill using stainless-steel yarns that bend and crinkle; waffle weave alternating with plain weave with seersucker bumps; and other 4-harness techniques.
There are still one or two spaces left in For more information or to register, contact dorothy.thomson@gmail.com
- 2929.October.Sunday
Yuma Taru at the ROM
Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6https://toronto-guild-of-spinners-and-weavers.com/event/yuma-taru-at-the-rom/Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C6For a week, the Royal Ontario Museum Textile Department is hosting Yuma Taru, a National Treasure of Taiwan who has been for the past decade reviving dyeing/spinning/weaving amongst aboriginal Taiwanese women (whose culture has been suppressed since Japanese occupation in early 1900s).Yuma Taru is an amazing fibre artist. She and her 10 year old daughter, who is apprenticing, will be demonstrating in the Africa, Americas and Asia-Pacific gallery of the ROM this Sunday, October 29th from 2-4pm. Please pass this information on to anyone you know who may be interested.
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.