Useful Info
This page contains links to other sites and information which you might be interested in ...
- from the Association website you can find other guilds in this area and nationally/internationally as well as learn more about the AGWSD national initiatives
The Journal
- the AGWSD has its own Journal to which members and non-members can subscribe.
Stratford Guild Facebook page
Association of Guilds of Weavers Spinners and Dyers Facebook page
WSD Ravelry group
Ravelry is an international discussion forum with over 7 million members, and a number of UK based forums. The above group is the AGWSD Ravelry discussion group. Read description of Ravelry below if you are unfamiliar with this. You need to register to read or post to forums but this is free of charge.
Online guild of weavers, spinners and dyers
It is common to find that many members of 'land-based guilds such as Stratford also belong to the AGWSD online guild. This offers short online courses through the year led by expert tutors using Yahoo groups as its platform. The online guild, with over 400 members, is the largest and most international guild in the Association.
Arabesque Braids (Freda Robinson)
Griffiths Mill
Hilltop Cloud (Katie Weston)
Pickwick Flock on Ravlery (Rob Harvey Long)
Rare Breeds Survival Trust (Tom Blunt)
Sheldon Tapestry Maps of Warwickshire (Maggie Wood)
Shuttle Tatting and not a lot else (Jane Eborall)
Sue Christian Handweaver
Threshing Barn (Janet Phillips)
Wild Fibres (Teresinha Roberts)
Wrigglefingers' shop (Jill Shepherd)
Wooltribulations blog (Fran Rushworth)
This is a US-based site but offers some exceedingly helpful video based courses in spinning weaving and dyeing (viewable only online). There are frequent sales of their courses so it may be worth subscribing to their site and also they offer several courses which are free-of-charge. Deborah Robson's Know your Wool is one of these free classes. Deborah is one of the authors of the Fleece and Fibre Sourcebook, on which this class is based.
Ravelry
Ravelry is an international online repository based on posts by a community of over 7 million fibre enthusiasts. Initially (and primarily) designed for knitters to exchange patterns, advice on knitting these, trade stash and share pictures of projects etc. there are also many weaving and spinning related fibre related discussion groups including the UK Spinners, Lovers of Ashford UK, UK Weavers, UK Fibre and Yarn events. You need to register to read or post to forums but this is free of charge. Many Ravelry members use a pseudonym (for example Wrigglefingers) called their 'Rav Name'.
Guild-related sites
Association of Weavers, Spinners and Dyeing (AGWSD)- from the Association website you can find other guilds in this area and nationally/internationally as well as learn more about the AGWSD national initiatives
The Journal
- the AGWSD has its own Journal to which members and non-members can subscribe.
Stratford Guild Facebook page
Association of Guilds of Weavers Spinners and Dyers Facebook page
WSD Ravelry group
Ravelry is an international discussion forum with over 7 million members, and a number of UK based forums. The above group is the AGWSD Ravelry discussion group. Read description of Ravelry below if you are unfamiliar with this. You need to register to read or post to forums but this is free of charge.
Online guild of weavers, spinners and dyers
It is common to find that many members of 'land-based guilds such as Stratford also belong to the AGWSD online guild. This offers short online courses through the year led by expert tutors using Yahoo groups as its platform. The online guild, with over 400 members, is the largest and most international guild in the Association.
Websites connected to recent speakers/workshop leaders
Alain RouveureArabesque Braids (Freda Robinson)
Griffiths Mill
Hilltop Cloud (Katie Weston)
Pickwick Flock on Ravlery (Rob Harvey Long)
Rare Breeds Survival Trust (Tom Blunt)
Sheldon Tapestry Maps of Warwickshire (Maggie Wood)
Shuttle Tatting and not a lot else (Jane Eborall)
Sue Christian Handweaver
Threshing Barn (Janet Phillips)
Wild Fibres (Teresinha Roberts)
Wrigglefingers' shop (Jill Shepherd)
Wooltribulations blog (Fran Rushworth)
Some useful online resources which members use
CraftsyThis is a US-based site but offers some exceedingly helpful video based courses in spinning weaving and dyeing (viewable only online). There are frequent sales of their courses so it may be worth subscribing to their site and also they offer several courses which are free-of-charge. Deborah Robson's Know your Wool is one of these free classes. Deborah is one of the authors of the Fleece and Fibre Sourcebook, on which this class is based.
Ravelry
Ravelry is an international online repository based on posts by a community of over 7 million fibre enthusiasts. Initially (and primarily) designed for knitters to exchange patterns, advice on knitting these, trade stash and share pictures of projects etc. there are also many weaving and spinning related fibre related discussion groups including the UK Spinners, Lovers of Ashford UK, UK Weavers, UK Fibre and Yarn events. You need to register to read or post to forums but this is free of charge. Many Ravelry members use a pseudonym (for example Wrigglefingers) called their 'Rav Name'.