Canberra Spinners and Weavers brings together people interested in spinning, weaving and related activities.  Our group encourages the art and craft of spinning and weaving in the A.C.T. and surrounding region.
Textile Works is open for CSW Drop-In this Saturday 20 February from 10.00am till 1.00pm.



EASS GRADUATING STUDENTS FLOOR TALK
SATURDAY 20 FEBRUARY AT 1PM

Last December CSW selected three graduating students for the CSW Emerging Artist Support Scheme Award. 
Their exciting and challenging work will be shown in an exhibition at the Textile Works Gallery from 15 Feb.
Millie, Gaynor and Olinda will talk about their artworks and work processes on display in the Textile Works Gallery, which include stitch, dye, painting, weaving, fabric manipulation, and sculpture.
Light refreshments will be served afterwards.
Due to COVID-19 requirements audience numbers will be limited, so bookings are required for this event.
All people attending will need to register upon arrival. We can meet with up to 28 people in the meeting room, if we go over that number we will set up in the courtyard. Gold box members contribution on the day.
Please register for this free event by following the link.




















WORKSHOPS AND CLASSES 2021 - enrolments now open!

We can now accept enrolments for our 2021 workshops.  We have a great range of activities with potentially more to be added during the year. 
MEMBERSHIP PAYMENTS 2021

Membership registrations and payments can now only be made online.
Join or renew for 2021 from 1 November 2020.
For those who cannot access the web, we will ensure that assistance is available at our rooms to enable your membership.   Opening hours when someone is on standby to help are on Tuesdays from 10am to 1.30pm.
SATURDAY DROP IN 20 February
Please drop in between 10 am and 1pm with any project, questions, show and tell, library and equipment borrowing or returns. 
We welcome any textile-making pursuit such as weaving, tapestry, basketry, spinning, braiding, embroidery, basketry and knitting/crochet. 
We welcome new members and new makers.
Invite a friend to try us out!

Weave Study group:
This is also where weavers meet.
When: First Thursday every month starting at 10am at Textile Works

Next Weave Study group meetings:
4 March
1 April
6 May

Weekly Tuesdays Drop In: 
Members are welcome to drop in at Textile Works every Tuesday from 10am.

Next Saturday drop-in:
20 February
20 March
17 April
An inspirational weaving exhibition ...
Works by three CSW members - Pam McDougall, Melanie Olde and Liz Perry - have been selected for the international online exhibition "Pushing the limits", arranged by Olivier Masson (France) and Lala de Dios (Spain) of the European Textile Network.  Visit the exhibition at https://oliviermasson.art/SWE/SWE.html     The exhibition showcases the woven works of fifty three artists from around the world with a particular focus on shaft weaving.
CSW Group Activities and Dates over the Summer Period:
With activities winding down over our summer break, next activity dates are currently as follows
·         Tuesday Drop In: 22 Dec, next 12 Jan
·         Tuesday evening drop in: 26 Jan
·         Wednesday spinning: TBC
·         Thursday Spinning:17 Dec, next 4 Feb
·         Thursday Weave Study Group: 4 Feb
·         Friday Knitting: 29 Jan
·         Friday Rag Ruggers: 11 Dec, next 8 Jan
·         Saturday Drop In: 16 Jan
·         Tapestry Group: 16 Jan
·         Sunday Ruggers: 24 Jan
·         Yass Group: 3rd Feb
Online presentation in lieu of members meeting Saturday 17 October 2pm
Monique van Nieuwland's online presentation on the Rijswijk Contemporary Textile Biennial Exhibition, held in the Netherlands in 2019 is here.
Expected dates of our forthcoming members meetings in 2021:
​​Due to the current health situation our members meetings are on hold until further notice.  Our speakers sessions have been postponed until 2021, when we hope that there may be some degree of normality for us.To be confirmed
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Rags to Riches presentation
Monique van Nieuwland's Zoom presentation of TextileWorks' current exhibition 'Rags to Riches' was held in place of our members meeting on 15 August.  If you missed the presentation, the PDF download is available here.

The powerpoint will take a little while to download. Use your mouse or the arrow keys to scroll up and down through the presentation.
Enjoy!
Shetland Wool Week talk
We could not present the members meeting talk for March so it
is here for you to enjoy on Powerpoint.  Be patient for it to load. Click on each slide to progress.
shetland_wool_week_2019.pptx
File Size: 17119 kb
File Type: pptx
Download File

The CSW Annual General Meeting was held by email on 21 March. A new committee has been appointed for the forthcoming year and members have been notified of the outcome.  Refer to the newsletter for details.
2020 Workshops at Canberra Spinners and Weavers

Please go to the Workshops page for information and online bookings for upcoming workshops. Enrolment is from the drop-down boxes on the Workshops tab at the top of the page.

Upcoming workshop:  Introduction to spinning

Just to get you fired up, here are some great examples from Joy Smith who ran a Tapestry Brooches workshop in March:

Shop
Our shop is open again so you can come and browse and purchase those luscious yarns, fibres and dyes that are currently stocked at Chifley.


Visit us - but not yet, hopefully after lifting of some of our restrictions!

​Our rooms and shop are open to the public on Tuesdays from 10am to 2pm and from 5.30pm to 8.30pm. The library and the shop are also open.

Visitors are also welcome to attend our regular members meeting followed by a guest speaker on the third Saturday of the month (February through November).

Getting here

Directions to Canberra Spinners and Weavers and parking information can be found here.

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