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Ontario Handspinning Seminar
1550 Princess St, Kingston, ON, K7M 9E3https://toronto-guild-of-spinners-and-weavers.com/event/ontario-handspinning-seminar/1550 Princess St, Kingston, ON, K7M 9E3This 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!)
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.