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Next meeting 13th December 2025 - Shawford Village Hall 10am-4pm
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Our speaker will be Libby Ashdown talking about the fascinating world of Passementerie with lots of beautiful examples.
At the Christmas guild meeting we invite you to bring food to share around the Christmas table and in the afternoon there's an informal 'have a go at Passementerie workshop!'
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WINTER WEAVING and ACTIVITY DAYS
Our next winter weaving day will be on Saturday 24th January 2026, 10am-4pm at Shawford Parish Hall.
As usual it's open to any members who wish to come along with their looms, share what they are doing and get some hints and tips.
The sales table
The guild sales table is a treasure trove of very reasonable items for sale.
If selling an item the sales rules apply: please see Nadine or committee member before leaving any fibre related items you wish to put up for sale. Guild will deduct 10% of all sales for Guild funds. Any items not sold must be collected & taken home with you, as we have no room for storage.
Show and tell
Bring your lovely items and share with us as we are always pleased to see what you have been up to. It's always inspiring to see your creative items, with or without mistakes, things gone wrong, happy accidents - whatever! Share it with us…. and that includes you!! - the new weavers.
Library will be open
For browsing, loans & returns…. thank you Maya/ Bev
Equipment hire
If anyone wants to hire equipment please email Guild Secretary in advance. So we can be sure equipment required is on site.
House keeping
Please bring your own lunch. Free coffee & tea will be available during the day.
Always an important notice
Our guild days are so special, we look, we learn, we listen and we eat cake!
All contributions are gratefully received and a big thank you for last month’s delights.
There will be announcements and information from Adam.
Next meeting
The next meeting at Shawford will be on January the 17th with Nicky Grant
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Forthcoming meetings
2025
​​Dec 14 Alex McArdle The making of a Medieval Style Garment
18 Jan - Jenny Lang Shetland Wool Week morning talk - Please bring anything Shetland related
25 Jan - Winter Weaving Main Hall All day Main Hall £10 pp
15 Feb - Carey Fleiner - Sprang Talk and Workshop
21 Feb - Winter Weaving All day Main Hall £10 pp
15 March - SKILLS SHARE All day
21 March - Spring Spin All day Compton Room £10 pp
19 April - Harriet Riddell
26 April - Spring Spin All day Compton Room £10 pp
17 May - TBC
24 May - Spring Spin All day Compton Room £10 pp
21 June - Jen Best - The Wandering Thread - Wellbeing All day
28 June - Summer Spin All day Compton Room £10 pp
19 July - TBC including AGM
26 July - Summer Spin All day Compton Room £10 pp
August - no meeting
20 Sept OPEN DAY All day
27 Sept - Winter Weaving All day Main Hall £10 pp
18 Oct - FIBRE DAY Teresinha Roberts All day
25 Oct - Winter Weaving All day Main Hall £10 pp
15 Nov - Jude Gilchrist – From Warminster to Wales – Loomin’ Marvellous
22 Nov - Winter Weaving All day Main Hall £10 pp
13 Dec - Libby Ashdown - Passementerie
Forthcoming workshops 2025​
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Forthcoming meetings
2025
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13 Dec - Libby Ashdown - Passementerie
Forthcoming meetings
2026
17 Jan Nicky Grant - Solomon Alpacas
21 Feb Deborah Wheeler - William Morris dyer
21 Mar Guild skill share day
18 Apr Jude Gilchrist, - Loomin’ Marvellous – from Warminster to Wales
16 May Adam Batting - textile printing
20 Jun Jen Best – a fascination of trees exhibition
18 Jul AGM and Lynsey Nowik – Danelaw
August - no meeting
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19 Sep Guild Open Day: free - all welcome
17 Oct Fibre day with Fiona Morris on eco yarns and alternative fibres and suppliers tbc
21 Nov Coral Newton – hand built looms
12 Dec Christmas bring and share lunch. Joyce Meader - knitting 1950 onwards
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​​Note that the programme may be subject to change please check the Guild website or Facebook page
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Forthcoming workshops
2025
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​22 Nov - Winter Weaving All day Main Hall £5 pp
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Forthcoming weaving and spinning workshops
2026
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24 Jan - Winter Weaving All day Main Hall £5 pp
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28 Feb - Winter Weaving All day Main Hall £5 pp
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28 Mar - Spring and Summer Spinning day Main Hall £5 pp
25 Apr - Spring and Summer Spinning day Main Hall £5 pp
23 May - Spring and Summer Spinning day Main Hall £5 pp
27 Jun - Spring and Summer Spinning day Main Hall £5 pp
25 Jul - Spring and Summer Spinning day Main Hall £5 pp
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26 Sep - Winter Weaving All day Main Hall £5 pp
24 Oct - Winter Weaving All day Main Hall £5 pp
28 Nov - Winter Weaving All day Main Hall £5 pp
Pre-booking is required for all workshop days
