JUNE MEETING - INSIDE THE MEDIEVAL WOOLHOUSE

UPDATE:  Due to ill health Penelope is unable to join us now on Saturday.  We wish her all the best for a speedy recovery.  We hope Penelope will join us at a future meeting.

Fortunately, Jill Shepherd has stepped in and offered to talk to us on

The Domestication of Craft.  The talk explores How and Why Domestic Handcraft Flourished in Our Homes over the Last 500 Years? It explores a wide-ranging view of handcraft as a marker of status and the cult of the hobby, and why the pursuit of handcrafting in the home was so important for women and children.

.  Timings are as below.

The June Guild meeting on Saturday, 19th June at 10.30 am, will be a Zoom talk by Penelope Hemmingway “Inside the Mediaeval Woolhouse, Spinning and Weaving in Mediaeval Monasteries.” 

Screens open at 10.20, Anna will do notices at 10.30 and will introduce Penelope to give her talk at 10.50. After the talk there will be a short break for coffee etc. and we shall then have some time for Show and Tell, reminders of what is on the Sales Table and a general catch-up. Sara will send out invitations during the week leading up to the meeting.

Invites to the meeting will be sent to members shortly but guests are welcome at the usual meeting fee.  Contact wsdstratford@gmail.com if you would like to join us.