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.
Our group encourages the art and craft of spinning and weaving in the A.C.T. and surrounding region.
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Bookings for Greenhills now open:
Friday 8 November - Monday 11 November Greenhills Fibre Getaway will take place again in 2019. Book online, its quicker than by post! Printed forms however are still available here and in the August edition of the Canberra Draft. |
Snuggle up for winter!
Don'f forget to check out our members works 'Snuggle' in Textile Works from 3 August to 1 September.
Don'f forget to check out our members works 'Snuggle' in Textile Works from 3 August to 1 September.
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Sorry - the talk by Charis Tyrrel has been postponed.
We will reschedule Charis' talk for a later date. Next members meeting: Saturday 21 September Speaker: Maggie Whyte Our guest speaker for the next General Meeting on Saturday 21st September will be Maggie Whyte, well known to those of you who meet with the Friday Rag Ruggers Group. Maggie is also a member of the Felters, so she spreads her talents across both wings of the Chifley Textile Group. In 2018, Maggie attended the Triennial Conference of the International Guild of Handhooking Rug Makers, which was held in the UK in Reeth, in North Yorkshire. She will be sharing with us some of her impressions of the conference as well as an insight into the history of the IGHR. We look forward to learning more about the Guild which draws members from across the globe, and about the myriad ways in which members express their creativity. |
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Funky Hottie Covers exhibition has finished, but enjoy the photos for a little while longer ... |
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2019 Workshops at Canberra Spinners and Weavers
More information and online bookings for our exciting range of workshops are here.
More information and online bookings for our exciting range of workshops are here.
Vale Kay Faulkner
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It was with great sadness that we learned of the recent death of Kay Faulkner. Kay was a weaver of great skill. She experimented with and researched many different aspects of weaving. Internationally she is known for her work in woven shibori which she developed in parallel with American weaver, Catharine Ellis. When Kay and Catherine discovered they were independently working on the same technique, albeit in slightly different ways, they decided to share ideas and share the technique with others. The two women have just held a joint exhibition, aptly called 'Parallel', in Queensland. In recent years, Kay has been Vice-President of the US based Complex Weavers organisation. She has given workshops in the USA and also of course here at home in Australia.
Kay has taught two workshops for the Canberra Spinners and Weavers. She has shown herself to be a very knowledgeable tutor who likes to challenge her students to work through the difficult bits. She was generous with information about how she achieved a particular result in her own work when questioned about some technique. She has left a huge legacy to the weaving world and, had events been otherwise, still had so much to contribute. Pam McDougall 1 July 2019 |
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NEWS FLASH! MEMBERSHIP PAYMENTS NOW ONLINE
Membership registrations and payments can now be made online. Join or renew for 2019 . We still accept printed forms for those who cannot access the web. |
Shop online
We are slowly stocking our online store which will make it even easier to browse and purchase those luscious yarns and fibres that are currently stocked at Chifley.
We are slowly stocking our online store which will make it even easier to browse and purchase those luscious yarns and fibres that are currently stocked at Chifley.