Stratford-upon-Avon Guild of Weavers Spinners and Dyers

  CHILDREN IN NEED ACTIVITY     Last year, the Stratford-upon-Avon Guild was approached by the BBC's Countryfile team to help with fundraising for Children in Need. We jumped at the opportunity! Countryfile ran a competition to design this year's Bobble Hat for BBC Children in Need. We were asked to turn a fleece from Countryfile's Adam Henson's sheep into some hats and a scarf, inspired by the winning design, to be auctioned off to raise money for the charity. Jane Lucas, one of our members, collected the fleece from Adam last November, and was filmed demonstrating some of the skills we would be using to process the fleece. This subsequently appeared on the Countryfile show launching the hat competition, which can still be found on the BBC iPlayer at  https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0012vxq/countryfile-countryfile-at-christmas?page=2        In the last few months, the fleece has been washed, dyed, carded (brushed smooth), and spun int...

 SEPTEMBER GUILD MEETING  - SATURDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER Just a reminder that our next Guild meeting is this coming Saturday, starting as usual at 10.30 am through till 3 pm at the Methodist Hall. This is our first meeting back after the summer break so a social meeting to catch up with fellow members and a chance to Show and Tell on all you have been doing since we last met. Don't forget you lunch and drinks will be available as usual.   As separate zoom meeting will take place for those who cannot attend in person, meeting with everyone for a quick show and tell but then separating off.   See you there