Spinning – Page 2 – D&G Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers

September 1, 2018January 12, 2020 dgguildswd Dyeing, Other woolly crafts, Spinning, Weaving

Triennial Exhibition 2018

The 2018 exhibition at Gracefield was a great success and Ronnie Galloway has kindly given us permission to use his photographs here.

August 11, 2018 dgguildswd Spinning, Weaving

August 2018

We had a wonderful day at the Dumfries Agricultural Show.

June 11, 2018June 11, 2018 dgguildswd Dyeing, Spinning

Phillipa Joad gave a talk in the morning, about colour theory, the different types of dyes and the pros and cons of different equipment. In the afternoon, we were given fibre to blend and spin in a variety of ways.

April 14, 2018July 14, 2019 dgguildswd Dyeing, Other woolly crafts, Spinning, Weaving

14th April 2018

As this was the opening day of the Triennial exhibition, Anne held a “Corners” day at St Theresa’s.

1 Ann Arnold corners

January 13, 2018May 25, 2018 dgguildswd Spinning

13th January 2018

SWD Jan 18 Sue McNiven led a workshop exploring the qualities of cashmere, yak, silk, camel, angora and mohair. We were encouraged to break out of any habitual styles of spinning to experiment with long-draw and the less common version of short draw that allows the twist to travel into the drafting triangle.

Sue brought lots of interesting samples of spun fibre, including yarn made from her cashmere rabbits.

SWD Jan 18 photos

December 10, 2017May 25, 2018 dgguildswd Dyeing, Spinning, Weaving

9th December 2017

D&G Guild of SWD Dec 17 We had a festive and cosy gathering, with lots of lovely homemade food. There was a display of what people have been making all year and there were some beautiful first-shearing Shetland lamb fleeces to buy.

SWD DEC 1 SWD DEC 2 SWD DEC 3

October 14, 2017May 25, 2018 dgguildswd Dyeing, Spinning, Weaving

14th October 2017

Gathering 2017 (2) We were at a different venue in October, to house our annual gathering. There were lots of lovely supplies and goodies to buy from our vendors.

July 28, 2017May 25, 2018 dgguildswd Spinning

9th September 2017

Sue Hiley Harris showed examples of her work and gave an illustrated lecture on all things silk, including: seri-culture, wild silks, silk reeling, silk for hand-spinning and waste silk.

All Things Silk with Sue Hiley Harris

A silk spinning workshop followed in the afternoon, with a second day at Cumberland Street Centre, Dumfries. Participants learned to make, handle and spin mawata, to worsted spin lustrous combed silk tops, to woollen spin knobbly, strong silk noil fibres, to create exciting yarns with waste silk fibres, to blend silk with other fibres and much, much more about silk and hand-spinning.