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    15.September.Saturday

    10:00 -16:00
    2018/09/15
    Neilson Park Creative Centre
    56 Neilson Drive, Etobicoke, ON, M9C 1V7

    ​This year the Ontario Handweavers and Spinners Central Region Seminar will be hosted by the Etobicoke Handweavers and Spinners Guild in the Toronto suburbs. The event will include a spinning circle, maker spaces, vendors selling fibre, yarn and equipment, demos and opportunities to try weaving in the Guild’s fibre studio. Beverages will be available at the Networking Cafe, but please bring your own lunch.

    Come and play all day!

    For more information check out the website or drop an email to the Etobicoke Handweavers & Spinners Guild

    Cost: $7 admission

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.