Stratford-upon-Avon Guild of Weavers Spinners and Dyers

  CC BY: Robson# Flickr (with apologies for the mis-attribution of the previous photo here) COLOUR BLENDING  The November meeting is on Saturday 16th in our usual venue, the New Room in the Methodist Church, Stratford. Doors open at 10.00 and from 10.30 onwards we shall be exploring different effects of colour blending. Lunch will be around 12.30/l.00 and in the afternoon we can continue with experiments if we wish (and supplies of colours last) during our usual general meeting. We all know what happens when the three primary colours are mixed – blue and yellow make green etc. But what sort of yellow ? What sort of blue ? We shall have two of each primary colour to experiment with - and then there are variations on quantities. If we all make rolags of different blends we should achieve a good range of colours. So bring your hand carders and combs and some means of labelling and keeping records ; we might find just the perfect colour for a future projec...

Just a quick reminder the our meeting this Saturday 19th October. fringes, twining, hemstitching and the odd tassel  

This session is in the best tradition of GBA sessions - we are all learning together!  Bring along questions, examples and an open mind.  Chris Pegler, Clare Howard and Ann Howells will show you some finishes they have achieved (fringes, twining, hemstitching and the odd tassel). There will be an opportunity to get hands on with a manual finge twister (the guild owns one) as well as a battery powered one (Chris') - having first learnt how to make a twisted fringe by hand.  Let's explore and examine some options for finishing warp and weft securely so that our woven objects look ... finished.  Doors open at 10.00 am at the New Room at the Methodist Hall, so please use the side door. GBA session is 90 mins - starting 10.30 am. The afternoon is for your own projects, perhaps finishing off a few with what you learn in the morning? Also catching up with members activities over the summer.

We have now just published, in our members section, our first listing of equipment that is available to hire. This includes: Spinning Wheels Hansen E-Spinner Fringe Twister Scarf loom Woollee Winder Ashford Sampleit Loom Further equipment will shortly be added including: Drummer carder Spindles Maradai