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Guild Groups


All Guild members are welcome to attend any of the Guild Groups listed at the right.


This invitation includes country members and members of affiliated groups.


The groups meet in the Guild Hall weekly or at the rate as indicated.  


The charge for using the Guild Hall is $1.50 per day as of July 1, 2010 (or $3.00 for members of Affiliated Groups), which helps to cover the cost of electricity, water, etc.


Groups Using the Guild Dyeroom:

The charge to use the Guild's dyeroom is double the usual charge per day (i.e. $3 or $6 per day).  


We have a good number of gas burners, so this is an excellent way to get all your dyeing done in an efficient manner.


NEW GROUPS IN 2011
  • Kumihimo Group: First Saturday, 10:30 - 12, monthly from Feb.  All skill levels welcome! 
  • Class Act - Friday Textile Group: **This group is now full!  Please contact us to go on the waiting list!** Meets 1st and 3rd Friday in the month.  This group's newsletter is available as a download from the Group Newsletters page.
GUILD GROUPS:
  • Spinning Get Together: Tuesdays, 9.30 am - 1.00 pm.  Spinning taught; new spinners please arrive by 10.00 am.
  • Weaver Birds 1 (mainly tapestry weaving):  Wednesdays, 10.30 am - 2.30 pm.  Spinners, weavers and others are all welcome.
  • Weaver Birds 2 (Spinning & Weaving):  Thursdays, 10.30 am - 2.30 pm.  Bring your table looms or work on one of Guild's floor looms.
  • Night Owls:  1st & 3rd Wednesdays, 6.45 - 9.30 pm.  Spinning skills shared; or bring whatever you are doing.
  • Felt Making Group:  Third Sunday of each month, 9:45 am start, bring your own fibre & equipment.  We work from an annual program.  Basic skills are required of participants in this group.
  • Wednesday Felters: 1st Wednesday in the month, 10 am - 3 pm  There will be an opportunity for people without felting skills to learn from other members during the first two meetings.  After that basic skills will be required for this group. Please contact the Guild if you are intersted in joining this group.  Wed Felters program for 2011 is: 

    Feb: 

     

    Felt and nuno felt demonstration and making of pieces, March: dyeing fleece, April: Carding the fleece, May: Using resist to make a bag or purse, June: Flower making, July: art work using felt, Aug: Make a jacket, Sept: Vessels & bowls, Oct: Jewellery, Nov: Embellishments & decorative pieces, Dec: Christmas lunch.

  • Papermaking Group:  Meets irregularly.  Contact the Guild for more information.

Affiliated Groups:


There are a number of groups of spinners and weavers who are affiliated with the Handspinners and Weavers Guild of SA.  Many of these groups organise activities for all of us to enjoy.

  • Groups meet in suburbs of Adelaide, including Seaford, Warradale and Elizabeth.
  • Groups also meet in the Adelaide Hills (at Belair, Gumeracha, Littlehampton, and Mt Pleasant), Kingscote (Kangaroo Island), Mount Gambier, Murray Bridge, Victor Harbor, and Whyalla.  The group meeting at Littlehampton will be holding an OPEN DAY on 29 May, at the Peace Memorial Hall.  All invited!
  • The Sunraysia Spinners and Weavers meet at Mildura in Victoria.

  • Basketry SA is an affiliated group.  They meet at the Guild Hall twice a month (2nd Wednesdays and 4th Sundays) from 10:30 am.

Please contact the Guild for more information about these groups.