Highland Guild of Weavers Spinners & Dyers

Category: spinning reports

  • Ann Artis – Daft Batts

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    Stephanie Hoyle
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    ‘Daft Batts’, a workshop tutored by Anne Artis. (pictures below) Anne Artis, an ever popular tutor from Callander, was joined by twenty-one Highland Guild members for her workshop entitled ‘Daft Batts’. We were invited to come prepared with a variety of fibre preparation tools but, in fact, only needed access to a drum carder after…

  • Feb 2019 Open Day and Challenge

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    Stephanie Hoyle
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    Another good day, with 30 plus people attending, and a shared lunch. Most people were spinning; Sheila had brought along a book charka to spin cotton. Click on the pictures to see more detail. [envira-gallery id=”3196″] The focus of the day though was the Guild challenge. This started at the September meeting, when those participating…

  • Long Draw Successes

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    Alison Roddham
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    Serena sent in these pics of the Long Draw Spinning workshop. She writes “Great workshop today with Odet Beauvoisin showing us how to do long draw for woollen and worsted yarn. I think most of us got it some of the time. Interesting that Odet is such a proficient spinner that she had to add…