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  • 12
    12.June.Monday
    No events
  • 13
    13.June.Tuesday
    No events
  • 14
    14.June.Wednesday

    June Meeting

    19:30 -21:30
    2017/06/14
    TGSW
    The Meeting House, Riverdale Farm
    201 Winchester Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1B8
    201 Winchester Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1B8

    This will be our final meeting of the year, and to celebrate we enjoy a dessert pot luck together and have an auction of yarn, fibre and equipment to boost the goodies in your stash as well as raise some money for the Guild.  This year we have a special donation in the auction; the yarn collection of the late Ida Pitman – a longstanding member of our Guild who sadly passed away in July 2016.

    Things to bring:

    • Dessert offering (including list of ingredients please)
    • Any yarn/fibre/equipment that you wish to sell in the auction
    • Cash to make your own purchases!
    • As always we will have some time for show and tell, so do bring any of your recent creations to show the group
  • 15
    15.June.Thursday
    No events
  • 16
    16.June.Friday

    Ontario Handspinning Seminar

    09:00 -16:30
    2017/06/16-2017/06/18
    The Ambassador Hotel & Conference Centre
    1550 Princess St, Kingston, ON, K7M 9E3
    1550 Princess St, Kingston, ON, K7M 9E3

    ​This year is the 53rd Ontario Handspinning Seminar, and will be celebrating Canada’s 150th birthday in Canada’s first capital city with the theme – Our Past Inspiring Our Future: 150 Years of Spinning in Canada. Details are still being finalised, but there will be workshops, speakers and activities that will explore and honour the history of spinning, fibre and tools used through the past 150 years across Canada.  This is event is perfect for beginners and expert spinners alike.

    For more information: www.ontariohandspinningseminar.ca (information will appear on this page in early March – do check back to see!)

  • 17
    17.June.Saturday
    No events
  • 18
    18.June.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.