Louet S15 spinning wheel £180
Ashford Traveller spinning wheel £250
Ashford spinning chair £150
Ashford hand carders (used) £40
Ashford hand carders (new) £60
She may well be prepared to negotiate on price, especially if someone wanted to buy multiple items, please contact helen @ tinnisburn.co.uk
Dryad Floor Loom for Sale – Maggie is selling her floor loom (pictures below). The only thing that will need replacing is the reed. The one she has is very old and a little bit rusty. If interested, please contact Maggie on 01557 330524 and the price can be negotiated.
Fleeces for Sale – Margaret Vaughan has some Blue Faced Leicester fleeces from a friend in Moffat. They are pets so may well be young sheep. If you’re interested, please contact her on 0772 532 6635.
Resources
Our Guild is affiliated to the National Association of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers. The objectives of the Association are the preservation and improvement of the craftsmanship in hand weaving, spinning and dyeing for the benefit of the public and the promotion of public education in such craftsmanship. Through the Association any member can work towards a Certificate of Achievement, in any of the Guild disciplines. Other local Guilds which we commune with include:
- Wigtownshire – www.wgswd.btck.co.uk
- Eden Valley Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers – www.edenvalleyguild.btck.co.uk
- Tweed
- Tynedale
- Edinburgh – www.ewsd.org.uk
- West of Scotland – www.weave-spin-dye-glasgow.org.uk
Below is a list of our members who supply materials / supplies etc associated for the various disciplines:
- Create with Fibre – createwithfibre.co.uk/
- Solway Woolscapes – www.solwaywoolscapes.co.uk/
- Wheeldale Woolcrafts – www.wheeldalewoolcrafts.co.uk/
- The Wheel Ewe – www.thewheelewe.co.uk
Following is a list of other suppliers for materials / equipment and supplies, e.g. fibres, drop spindles, spinning wheels, looms, carders, drum carders, dyes etc:
- Wingham Wool Work – www.winghamwoolwork.co.uk
- World of Wool – www.worldofwool.co.uk
- The Threshing Barn – threshingbarn.com
- The Wool Clip www.woolclip.com
- George Weil – www.georgeweil.com
- PM Woolcraft – www.pmwoolcraft.co.uk
- The Fibre Hut – www.fibrehut.co.uk
- Weft Blown – www.weftblown.com
- Adelaide Walker – www.adelaidewalker.co.uk
- Handweavers Studio – www.handweavers.co.uk/
- Loom Exchange – www.theloomexchange.co.uk
- Weavers Bazaar – www.weaversbazaar.com
- Twist Fibre Craft Studio www.twistfibrecraft.co.uk
- Fibre Scour for cleaning fleece – stores.ebay.co.uk/Aussie-Know-How
- Acid mill dyes – www.corkwood-knittingandcraftsupplies.com/ or stores.ebay.co.uk/Corkwood-knitting-and-crafts
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As well as material for natural dyeing, botanical inks and felts – www.fieryfelts.co.uk
Yarns
- Yearns to Yearn For – www.yarnstoyearnfor.com
- Fairfield Yarns – www.fairfieldyarns.co.uk/
- Yarn on a Cone – www.yarnoncone.co.uk/
- Uppingham Yarns www.wools.co.uk
- William Hall www.williamhallyarns.com
- www.wools.co.uk
- www.myfineweavingyarn.co.uk
Tapestry Weaving Information: Inspiration: Resources
- www.wsd.org.uk
- www.thebritishtapestrygroup.co.uk
- www.dovecotstudios.com
- www.visualartsscotland.org
- www.americantapestryalliance.org
- www.austapestry.com.au
- www.tapestry.dk
Tapestry teachers / weavers
- www.louisemartintapestry.com
- www.dyeingtoweave.co.uk
- www.fionahutchison.co.uk
- www.rebeccamezoff.com
- www.scanlintapestry.com
- www.annejackson.co.uk
- www.janefreear-wyld.com
- www.martarogoyska.com
- www.ctw-tapestry.com
- www.mire.ro
- www.janebrunning.co.uk
Newsletters
- Handspinning News – www.hand-spinning-news.com
- Weavers Bazaar – www.weaversbazaar.com
- Farfield Mill – www.farfieldmill.org
Retreats/Craft Holidays
- Higham Hall – highamhall.com
- Craft holidays in the Highlands – www.wildrose-escapes.co.uk
- The Loom Room in France – www.theloomroom.co.uk