Programme
Our Guild has a number of opportunities for members to get together and share ideas and expertise.
- Main Guild Meeting:each months' main meeting takes place at Charvil Village Hall, Charvil. RG10 9TR from 11:30 am - 5 pm. They vary in focus or theme and full details are shown below. The Guild Library, Trading Table and Notice Board are all available at these meetings which often have expert speakers providing presentations with accompanying slides or actual textile examples.
- The Monday Evening Group: meets at Wokingham Quaker Meeting House, 28, Denton Road, Wokingham RG40 2DX, from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm on the first & third Mondays of every month (except bank holidays) for a general practical session of various crafts during which projects are explored and techniques shared.
- The Spinning Group:meets every Wednesday fortnight from 10:00 am to 13:00 pm in Pearson Hall, Pearson Road, Sonning, RG4 6UL This is an excellent way to learn how to spin as the meetings are very informal and there is plenty of opportunity for one-to-one help and guidance.
- The Weaving Group: meets every Thursday fortnight from 10:00 am - 1:00 pm for "practical" weaving meetings in Pearson Hall, Pearson Road, Sonning, RG4 6UL There will be "discussion" meetings also.
- See details of our previous events>>
Remaining events in this year's programme:
February 2012
6th Feb Monday evening group
9th Feb Weaving group meeting
15th Feb Spinning group meeting
18th Feb Main Guild Meeting
Designing Handwoven Cloth for Garments: a talk by Wendy Morris Many weavers feel daunted by the prospect of weaving fabric to then make into a garment and so all too often fall back on table napkins and scarves...
18th Feb Main Guild meeting
Designing Handwoven Cloth for Garments: a talk by Wendy Morris
20th Feb Monday evening group
23rd Feb Weaving group meeting
29th Feb Spinning group meeting
March 2012
5th Mar Monday evening group
8th Mar Weaving group meeting
Discussion meeting starts at 10am
14th Mar Spinning group meeting
17th Mar Main Guild Meeting
Contemporary Felt: a talk by Sheila Smith - Sheila is an experienced and well qualified teacher of feltmaking. Very experienced feltmaker. Sound understanding of how and why wool felts and the techniques employed in feltmaking...
18th Mar Workshop: Handstitching onto Felt (Decorative)
Shelia Smith will be leading a one-day workshop on 'Hand Stitching onto Felt. She will be drawing on her enormous knowledge and expereince both in what is covered during the workshop but also in how she supports and informs those who take part...
19th Mar Monday evening group
22nd Mar Weaving group meeting
28th Mar Spinning group meeting
April 2012
2nd Apr Monday evening group
5th Apr Weaving group
11th Apr Spinning group meeting
16th Apr Monday evening group
19th Apr Weaving group meeting
21st Apr Main Guild Meeting
This will be an imnfomal meeting
25th Apr Spinning group meeting
28th Apr Guild Workshop (2 day)
Textile Book Making led by Francis Pickering This two day workshop will cost £60. Francis says "Making books and teaching people how to make them has become the main focus of my work...
28th Apr Workshop: Textile Book Making
May 2012
3rd May Weaving group meeting
9th May Spinning group meeting
17th May Weaving group meeting
19th May Main Guild Meeting
Annual General Meeting and Competition Results.
21st May Monday evening group
23rd May Spinning group meeting
31st May Weaving group meeting
June 2012
6th Jun Spinning group meeting
16th Jun Main Guild Meeting
Fleece Day! At this meeting we traditionally look over the new year's shearings and explore the intracacies of choosing, preparing and using fleece.
July 2012
21st Jul Main Guild Meeting
Colour Dyeing Day Another Guild led, practical day of dyeing using both natural and synthetic dyes.