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October 09 - October 15
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  • 09
    09.October.Monday
    No events
  • 10
    10.October.Tuesday
    No events
  • 11
    11.October.Wednesday

    October Meeting

    19:30 -21:30
    2017/10/11
    TGSW
    The Meeting House, Riverdale Farm
    201 Winchester Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1B8
    201 Winchester Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1B8

    This month we welcome local fashion designer and fibreshed hero Peggy Sue Deaven Smiltnieks, creative director of The Peggy Sue Collection. After winning the Toronto Fashion Incubator in 2016, Peggy Sue has been growing her brand while still remaining true to her core values: that fashion should be connected, conscious and regenerative. The collection is fully traceable, designed to accentuate the best of the North American Fiber Industry and built to sustain lifetimes of wear.

    For more information: www.peggysuecollection.com

  • 12
    12.October.Thursday

    Spinning Drop-in

    13:00 -15:00
    2017/10/12
    The Meeting House, Riverdale Farm
    201 Winchester Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1B8
    201 Winchester Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1B8

    More information to come!

  • 13
    13.October.Friday
    No events
  • 14
    14.October.Saturday
    Woodstock Fleece Festival Yarn Weaving Spinning Farms Fleece Knitting

    Woodstock Fleece Festival

    09:00 -17:00
    2017/10/14
    875 Nellis St, Woodstock, N4S 4C6
    875 Nellis St, Woodstock, N4S 4C6
    875 Nellis St, Woodstock, N4S 4C6

    The Woodstock Fleece Festival is an annual fibre event that brings together fibre enthusiasts and others in an atmosphere of appreciation, learning and camaraderie. Things to look forward to: workshops and demonstrations from top instructors, as well as  vendors selling fibre, fleece and finished goods. There are also some fantastic local food vendors to try!

    Cost: $8 cash entry fee

    For more information: www.fleecefestival.com

  • 15
    15.October.Sunday
    No events

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.