Guild Meetings

Aviva Leigh is an expert dyer with natural dyestuffs.  She ran a workshop at the Association exhibition in Norwich, which was inspiring for those fortunate to attend.  She teaches dyeing and weaving at her studio in Norfolk and was one...
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One of our members, Diane Ashley Smith, will talk about twined knitting.  This is a traditional Scandinavian technique which dates back to the 17th century or earlier.  Diane learned it on her travels and is enthusiastic to tell us all...
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Jenny and Robert Dunster will give workshops on inkle weaving and Robert is an expert on mending looms too.  He will also bring some of his handmade wooden weaving accessories.  My Fine Yarns with Helen Brotherton will have a stall.

Lynn Scott is a local keeper of Alpacas.  She will tell us how she initially became involved with them and how they are now a major part of her life.  She will let us know some of her secrets in...
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Daniel Harris has kindly invited us to his mill just off the M11 to see his cloth production.  Since starting by putting an industrial loom together and trying to see how it worked, Daniel has become a maker of very...
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One of our members, Anna Crutchley, who is a wonderful weaver and maker of passementerie, will tell us all about her work, which she makes for many famous names in the UK and beyond.

Martin Weatherhead has run workshops at the Association of Guilds Summer School for a number of years and is an expert on warp and weft ikat.  We are delighted he is coming all the way from West Wales to join...
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Katie Owens is an expert on Tudor costumes and how they were produced.  She has made many of these hersefl and will demonstrate spinning and knitting techniques used by the Tudors.  She has talked recently at the Welsh National History...
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