Click The Link Below - Take advantage of early bird registration fee https://ldws.ca/2020srg/ Registration opens January 13, 2020 – Closes April 17th, 2020 Early bird registration fee is $60.00 if you register by April 3rd, 2020. Registration fee April 4th to 17th is $65.00
Kitchener Waterloo Weavers & Spinners Exhibition at the Button Factory 25 Regina St. South, Waterloo, Ontario Opening: February 7, 5-7 pm Every life path is unique and intertwined. Each journey is personal and layered. In Fibre Paths memories, traditions and personal narratives are brought to life through fibre art. The threads of our stories lead […]
Taking place at the Button Factory from Feb 7-Feb 29 the KW Weavers and Spinners Guild exhibit- Fibre Paths: Every life path is unique and intertwined. Each journey is personal and layered. In Fibre Paths, memories, traditions and personal narratives are brought to life through fibre art. The threads of our stories lead us through […]
A review of preparing the loom for weavers who have had previous experience with 4-shaft weaving. March 1, 2020, 1-3 pm. Registration closes Feb. 27.
This Tafelmusik concert is centred on the introduction of Indigo dye to 17th century Europe. Alison Mackay's superb multimedia creations, blending music, visuals, narration, dance, and social commentary, are now famous the world over. In this latest offering, she traces the significance of the introduction into 17th-century Europe of indigofera tinctoria, the indigo dye that provided both […]
This Tafelmusik concert is centred on the introduction of Indigo dye to 17th century Europe. Alison Mackay's superb multimedia creations, blending music, visuals, narration, dance, and social commentary, are now famous the world over. In this latest offering, she traces the significance of the introduction into 17th-century Europe of indigofera tinctoria, the indigo dye that provided both […]
Have you always wanted to learn how to spin? Have a spinning wheel that you want to learn to use? Learn the basics of woollen spinning and playing on a wheel. Fibre is included. Rent a wheel for the day, $10 payable to the instructor. Registration information at: http://neilsonparkcreativecentre.com/index.php/en/programs2/adult4/workshops-winter-2020
Designed for children 6 - 12, this fun class will introduce them to tapestry weaving on a small frame loom. Other types of looms will be demonstrated too and weaving terms will become part of their vocabulary. Bring a friend! Maximum 6 students. More weaving to come in the summer Aug. 4-7.
Peterborough Fibre Arts Festival & Sale Saturday, March 14, 2020 10 am - 4 pm, at the Peterborough Sport & Wellness Centre, 775 Brealey Drive, Peterborough, ON. This is our 10th annual festival. Entrance fee: $5.00, (children 12 & under free, if accompanied by an adult). - Demonstrations - Sheep to Shawl Demonstration - Kids […]
This is a new fibre event at the historical Cotton Factory in the heart of Hamilton, Ontario. Fibre farmers, indie dyers, tool and accessory makers, artisans and suppliers of all things for the fibre arts will be on-hand on Mar. 22, 2020. The space is wheelchair accessible, and there is no cost to get in. […]
Listed under Special Interest on our website, this tree is a unique item to gift or keep. All materials provided but you may bring your own rock. March 26, 2020, 1-4 pm. Registration closes March 23. Materials fee $5, paid to instructor.
The Burr house weavers and spinners guild will be holding a one day rug hooking workshop, for beginners with a guest instructor, at their Richmond Hill studio. For more details, please go to the website listed below. Cost $75 plus $35 materials fee
Learn how to create a two-colour wet-felted vessel with reliefs. You will create a piece of felt and then make it into a two-colour vessel. As a bonus, you may felt a piece of soap. Sat., Mar. 28, 2020, 10 am - 3 pm. Bring a bar of soap, 1 large towel and 2 hand […]
Two interactive sessions will give you many ideas and whip up your appetite for more spinning. Geared to all levels of experience, beginners to intermediate. March 29 and April 5, 2020, 1-4 pm.
Update: Vision 2020 Show has been cancelled (effective March 16, 2020) Annual show of items made by EHS guild members in the Parkview Gallery at Neilson Park Creative Centre. Also included are items created for The Colours of NPCC – using wool yarn dyed with plants foraged from our Dye Garden and surrounding park – […]
Update: The Handmade Sale is cancelled effective March, 16, 2020. Handmade Sale at Neilson Park Creative Centre. EHS guild and members will be among the artisans offering fine art and craft items for sale – just in time for spring! Free parking and admission. 10 – 4. Location information at www.neilsonparkcreativecentre.com