Spinning and Weaving Garden Party

Went my first meeting at the Meirionnydd Spinners and Weavers Guild today, a member of

 

Meirionnyd Guild meets every second Thursday in the Llanelltyd Village Hall, Dollgellau. Meetings start at 10am and finish at 4pm

Today's meeting was held at one of the member's gardens in Dolgellau itself.

There were about 18 women sitting in the garden and enjoying the sunshine, participating in a variety of crafts including spinning, weaving, rug making, knitting, lace weaving, etc.

Here are  few photos from the day

beautiful beaded tabs - to be made into a pretty ornament

Rag Rugging

Spinning wool

lace making with traditional bobbins

More rag rugging

I'll be going to their meetings regularly from now on, and hope to learn to rag rug and weave.

The rest of the year's programme is as follows:
* September 8  - Do your own thing, spinning, knitting, lace, painting, tapestry, etc
* October 13 - Felting tutorial, Helen Melvin
* November 10 - AGM
* December 8 -  Christmas buffet including show and tell plus paper things

If you are interested in Spinning, Weaving or dyeing you can find out if there is a local guild near you on this page here