Saturday 9th November was our Annual Gathering. Here’s a rundown of what went on:
- Busy Mrs B Pottery – Gene’s daughter Sarah brought her beautiful hand crafted pottery
- Crazy Daisy Crafts from Lockerbie with yarn, knitting supplies and general haberdashery
- Fiona Moir – Guild Member – with hand dyed spinning fibre, hand dyed yarns, hand dyed threads and fabric and finished items
- Gene Howe – Guild Member – hand and machine knitted items
- Happy Knitter Yarns from Dumfries with yarns and general haberdashery supplies
- Jane Rutherford – Guild Member – fleeces and needle felted items
- Liz Booth – Guild Member – hand crafted semi precious stone jewellery and felted items
- Low Auldgirth Steading – Ruth brought a selection of lovely fleeces
- Roz Plant – Guild Member – with Guild Member – hand dyed spinning fibre, hand dyed yarns and batik finished items
- Solway Woolscapes – Guild Member – needle felted pictures and cards, needle felting kits and kits for various crafts
- Sue MacNiven – Guild Member – hand crafted buttons, hand spun yarns and finished items
- The Threshing Barn from Reeth, Yorkshire Dales, with spinning, weaving equipment, sinning fibre, yarns,dyes etc.
We also displayed our members’ exhibition with the theme of Ethnicity which, from a textile perspective, provided an exciting creative challenge:
D&G Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers 