Learn to Weave Autumn 2023
Weave! 2023: Open to members and non-members of the Cambridgeshire Guild, this two-weekend course in September will introduce you to weaving or help you to improve your weaving skills.
Weave! 2023: Open to members and non-members of the Cambridgeshire Guild, this two-weekend course in September will introduce you to weaving or help you to improve your weaving skills.
Our Guild Day on Saturday 25th March at Arbury Community Centre from 10am is open to members, their guests, and members of Sister Guilds across East Anglia. Entry is free! Come and have a go at weaving like a Viking…
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A picture of samples taken off the looms at the end of the Weave! 2022 course for new weavers.
We’re delighted to share our programme of speaker meetings and workshops, special interest groups and courses for 2023. Huge thanks to our Programme Secretary, Camilla, for arranging such a varied and stimulating range of activities. Download a flyer here.
The Guild organised two summer trips this summer. The first, to the Nature’s Rainbow dye garden, brought forth lots of very useful information for the small group attending. This included a showing of the colour differences between a number of…
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The Guild has received the most beautiful gift from Pamela, a lady in California who discovered us online. She has sent us a backstrap loom bought from a 17-year-old weaver in Chichicastenango, Guatemala in the early 1970s. It has a…
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This year’s exhibition, at Grantchester Village Hall in May, was a great success. From the expertlymade cakes and teas, to a wide variety of well displayed exhibits (some for sale) and a groaningsales table, the volunteers from the Cambridgeshire Guild…
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Our very popular course for beginners – weaving on a 4-shaft table loom – will run again over two weekends in September and October 2022. Booking is now open. Email secretary@cambsguildwsd.org.uk to find out more.
David Whitaker, a recent member of the Cambridgeshire Guild moved to Cumbria this year and has hit the headlines as the first man to join his local weaving co-operative. Read more on the Cumbria 24 website
Paula writes: On 19th February 2022 the Textile Traditions Study Group met at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology for a session with the basket maker Catherine Tregaskes. Her absolute passion is making baskets with the twining technique. She brought…
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