Sharing skills – an article on lock spinning by Marie Johnson

Sharing skills – an article on lock spinning by Marie Johnson

7 March, 2016

Lock Spinning This story begins many moons ago while practicing that well known yoga pose ‘bargain hunter’. Yes I think you do know the one, it’s where upon seeing a box labelled ‘show offers’ (which for some reason are usually tucked in some corner of the stand) you...

Guild Challenge

28 December, 2015

2015 Guild Challenge Time for Tea We were asked to design and make an item that can either be used on a tea table or that represents an aspect of taking tea. The item must use one or more of the Guild skills: spinning, weaving or dyeing. The submission for entry was...
A Continuing Thread – Exhibition 2014

A Continuing Thread – Exhibition 2014

28 April, 2015

Following our successful 50th anniversary exhibition in 2011, Hallamshire Guild members were keen to work towards another major exhibition in 2014. ‘A Continuing Thread’ was to show a snapshot of the Guild now; a vibrant, active and steadily growing group of people of...
A Continuing Thread – Exhibition 2014

From ‘Ewe to You’ – a Guild Challenge

16 May, 2013

From ‘Ewe to You’ – a Guild Challenge Gallery As part of their celebrations of National Week, The Hallamshire and District Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers set their members the challenge of taking a fleece and turning it, through the processes...

National Week of Weaving, Spinning and Dyeing 2013

9 May, 2013

Demonstrating at the Winter Gardens A YouTube video of an interview of one of our members demonstrating at the Winter Garden in Sheffield in May 2013 as part of the National Week of Weaving, Spinning and Dyeing. Edit: The above video was missing, but I found something...
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