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21st March 2026
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10am - Doors open
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Speaker -
Janet Crowther - previous AGWSD Chair
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‘Interlinked’
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The Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers and all the opportunities it offers, what it is and how it works.
From working for the John Lewis Partnership, followed by teaching for thirty six years, this job gave the pension.
A chance few lines in a guild newsletter lead
to so many doors opening. Involvement with the world of City and Guilds, discovering the magic of dyeing, spinning which took seven years to master, and that weaving must have been in the genes having a three times great grandfather who was a cotton weaver in Scotland on the cusp of industrialization of weaving.
Exhibiting with the AGWSD and other groups, being commissioned to create a textile response to Knole National Trust House, Sevenoaks, using the much overlooked tapestries to comment on their conception through to their deterioration and decay.
To retirement from the GPC with ‘Swansong’, National Exhibition 2024. Indigo and Natural dyes.
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The textile adventures continue.​​​​​​​​​
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4:30pm - Chairs away
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Welcome to the Berkshire Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers
We are a large, friendly, active group of over 50 members who share a passion and enthusiasm for all things fibre and textile related.
The Guild aims to encourage and promote the skills of weaving, spinning and dyeing amongst our members as well as the wider public and we welcome anyone who has an interest in learning more about our core crafts.
We are based at the Charvil Village Hall, The Hawthornes, Charvil, RG10 9TR and meet on the third Saturday of every month to share ideas and chat over coffee and cake.
There is a varied Programme of inspiring speakers, workshops and skill share sessions with additional meetings during the week for specialist groups. You can find details of our next Saturday meeting here.
Our members range from complete beginners through to professionals and we love to share our knowledge so do come come along and see what we do, or contact us if you would like to hear more, we would love to hear from you.
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