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  • 07
    07.September.Saturday

    10:00 -15:00
    2024/09/07-2024/09/08
    TGSW
    Riverdale Farm
    201 Winchester Street, Toronto, ON M4X 1B8

    The TGSW will be at Family Day at Riverdale Farm with weaving and spinning demonstrations and hands-on activities again this year from 10-3 in the Meeting House! We hope to see you there.

     

  • 08
    08.September.Sunday

    10:00 -15:00
    2024/09/08
    TGSW
    Riverdale Farm
    201 Winchester Street, Toronto, ON M4X 1B8

    The TGSW will be at Family Day at Riverdale Farm with weaving and spinning demonstrations and hands-on activities again this year from 10-3 in the Meeting House! We hope to see you there.

     

  • 11
    11.September.Wednesday

    19:30 -21:00
    2024/09/11
    TGSW
    The Meeting House, Riverdale Farm
    201 Winchester Street, Toronto, Ontario, M4X 1B8

    7:30 pm, Wednesday, September 11
    The Meeting House, Riverdale Farm

    Our very own member, Lisa, will take us through an evening of local history. The presentation will begin with a brief history of Toronto’s Guild of All Arts as it pertains to weaving and their invention of the unique Guildcraft Silent Speed Loom. Accompanying articles and photos will be included on screen. These looms were made in two sizes and both will be on display. The talk will be followed by a demonstration of the looms: warping, weaving, features, and limitations. Afterwards members will have the opportunity to try the looms out for themselves. Lisa will also provide some fabric samples that were woven on these looms.

     

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.