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Ontario Handweavers and Spinners Conference 2017
1750 Finch Ave E, North York, ON, M2J 2https://toronto-guild-of-spinners-and-weavers.com/event/ontario-handweavers-and-spinners-conference-2017/1750 Finch Ave E, North York, ON, M2J 2Hosted by The Ontario Handweavers and Spinners, this annual conference is a fantastic 3-day event to immerse you in fibre learning and socialising! The conference includes a juried exhibition, silent auction, keynote speakers, fibre vendors and workshops. The keynote speakers this year will be:
Doris Millerson – Assistant Professor in Fibre and Chair of Material Art & Design at OCAD University, and artist making intricate & complex thread sculptures illustrating modern life.
Mary Underwood – Spinner, weaver and historian who has turned her pursuit of weaving education and an unexpected research project into an endless adventure.
Registration is now open!
Cost: $265
For more information: www.ohs.on.ca/events/ohs-conference/
OR check out the Facebook event: www.facebook.com/OHSconference2017
OHS Southwest Regional Seminar, Bridging the Guilds
St Luke's United Church, 350 Indian Rd, Sarnia, ON, N7T 3W8https://toronto-guild-of-spinners-and-weavers.com/event/ontario-handspinning-seminar-2018/St Luke's United Church, 350 Indian Rd, Sarnia, ON, N7T 3W8This year is the 54th Ontario Handspinning Seminar, a event featuring all day workshops, hosted by the Sarnia Handweavers and Spinners Guild. Workshops include basket weaving, inkle weaving, bead weaving, spinning , Dorset buttons and off the loom weaving with found materials. Registration Form will be included in Winter Issue of Fibre Focus. This is event is perfect for beginners and expert spinners alike.
For information please contact Marsha at marshadavidson221@gmail.com or Dorothy at dcarr6@cogeco.ca.
Cost: $30
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.