Author: NCSWD
Weaving at Frodsham
A group of our talented weavers enjoyed the opportunity of attending a Double Weave course tutored by the renowned weaver Riitta Sinkkonen Davies who had travelled from her home in Pembrokeshire. You may remember Riitta being the guest speaker when we held an Open Day in September 2014. Her description of her work with linen was […]
Journeying by the Sea
At our March meeting we were delighted to welcome the textile artist Patricia Greaves, who is now predominantly a feltmaker. Patricia takes much of her inspiration from the sea and coast, particularly enjoying her ‘local’ beach at Ainsdale. Patricia has developed her ideas into exhibition installations and displays including a ‘walk-through’ installation. Initially a painter, […]
February 2019 Freestyle and Wavy Weaving
Delighted to welcome former Guild member Bee (Beryl) Weir who delivered her talk ‘Freestyle Weaving’ and a ‘Wavy Weaving’ workshop. Bee cleverly involved her audience by dressing them in a wrap or providing a piece of weaving to be displayed and then presenting a ‘fashion parade’. A very varied selection of her woven wraps, […]
November 2018
Our programme sec, Ann, had used her networking skills to organise a visit by Amanda Hannaford. Amanda’s travel expenses from Cornwall may be prohibitive for smaller Guilds so Leek, Stratford and North Cheshire had shared the cost and Amanda had made visiting the different Guilds part of her holiday. We were able to hire […]
‘In House’ Dyeing October 2018
This was a re-run of the dyeing day in June run by Mandy and Janet with the mysterious addition of ‘Quick Dyeing in the Slow Cooker’ by Ann M. My Method of Quick Dyeing with a Slow Cooker (Thanks to Chris Pegler from Stratford Guild) 1. Take a small loose skein of animal fibre yarn […]
June 23rd 2018 Getting Better at…Dyeing
Today’s meeting turned into an exciting ‘dabbling’ day with the opportunity to try something new or be experimental with more familiar techniques. Ann’s flower pounding was a striking success (pun intended). She had prepared cotton fabric mordanted with alum and participants taped on their chosen flowers or leaves and hammered away. Linda Rudkin’s book ‘Flower […]
April 28th 2018 ‘Getting Better At’ day
Ann had organised a day for sampling various weaving methods. Members brought a wide variety of gadgets and examples of their skill. From tapestry, to toy and tablet there was a wide range of looms and techniques to try. When you attempt to list the different methods that may be classified as ‘weaving’ they are […]
The Silk Road to Birmingham from China
March 2018 We were delighted to welcome Teresinha Roberts from Wildfibres who delivered one of her new talks in the morning and tutored a workshop in the afternoon. Teresinha explained the uniqueness of silk in the fibre world with its prismatic shape reflecting light and the structure (lacking cells) lending itself to the drape of […]
Saori Weaving
We were delighted to welcome Rosie Green from SaoriMor in Bangor, North Wales who introduced us to the concept and technique of Saori Weaving. The ‘sa’ syllable means the same as the zen word ‘sai’ meaning everything has its own dignity and ‘ori’ is the Japanese word for weaving. It was developed almost fifty years ago in […]
Getting Better At
January 2018 The first of our ‘Getting Better At’ sessions, designed to enhance members’ days, the topic for this month was spinning. A number of members had indicated they would like some instruction on the differences between woollen, long draw and worsted, short draw spinning. Ann demonstrates long draw […]