Last week-end I was asked to tutor a workshop for Kent Guild of Spinners, Dyers and Weavers.  I usually run my workshops from 10am to 4pm, but once a year Kent Guild have a free members workshop which runs from 11.15am to 3.30p, so it was remarkable that such beautiful yarns were produced!

Here are a some images of a few of the yarns that they were inspired to produce:

 

 

 

These lovely yarns were colour blended using the garden pots as inspiration.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This lovely "tuft" and "spiral" yarn was inspired by an image in a gardening magazine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another magazine image that was the inspiration for these blended and "tuft" yarns.

 

 

 

 

 

This lovely yarn was inspired by the picture on a greetings card.

 

 

 

These yarns were produced in less than 3 1/2 hours, just think what could be produced in 2 or 5 days!  Why not take a look at our spinning courses to see what we can offer you!

Alison

 

 

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Hi All

I've not managed to blog recently as I've been quite busy.  I usually blog at the week-end, but for the last 3 week-ends I've been working!

The last week-end of the  Half-Term Holiday I was invited to Coberhill, just north of Scarborough, by the York and District Guild.  I ran a Back Strap Workshop for them.  They were a lovely crowd, very enthusiastic and really friendly.  I've been "back-strapping" for many years, but this time I decided I'd do it as it would have been done, so to speak!, as I wanted to show that something successful that's been practised for centuries doesn't need to be "improved" for modern life.  It's a great way to introduce weaving with minimal equipment.  I will post some images, but that will have to be in a few days time.

The following week-end I was invited down to Amersham, by the Berkshire Guild to give a Creative Spinning talk.  What a lovely lot, you weaver, spinners and dyers are!  I had a lovely time talking about our book and how to spin with more passion!

This last week-end was the Derbyshire Guild Open Day.  Our Guild has a reputation for making everyone welcome and we had a wonderful time.  Two of the "husbands" served the food we had all brought with us which meant we could really enjoy the day meeting other weaver, spinners and dyers.  A lot of money changed hands, particularly at Janet Phillips Threashing Barn stand and Michael Woods wooden equipment.  I'll say again, you can't beat his wonderful drop spindles.

 Next week-end I'm at the Oxford Guild, Creative Spinning again, I'm looking forward to that and then it's Woolfest and I'll be taking my dyes.

Please take a look at some of our Weaving, Spinning and Dyeing courses and if there's something we haven't advertised that  you would like and think others would too, give us a call and either Paul or I will chat about including it in our programme.

Bye for now.

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