Avon Guild Committee
Chair Paulette Bjergfelt
Secretary Sheila Liddle
Treasurer Claire Cryer
Program Secr Helen Tripp/Frances Fletcher
Library Ronan Dorvillers
Raffle Kathryn Kirk
Refreshments
Sales Norma Chandler Patterson
Website Sheila Liddle
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Joint Winners of the Christmas Competition - Freya Smith and Sheila Liddle
Avon Guild Programme 2026
10th January
Membership renewal
Member’s skills day –
Drop in session “Learn to Spin”
Spinning – Long draw and Worsted
14th February
Brioche Knitting with Amanda Jones
14th March
11.30 AGM
13:30 Ria Burns – Talk on Natural Dyeing
11th April
Building on Inkle Loom Skills and Tablet Weaving with Ronan Dorvilles, Claire Cryer and Maggie Robinson
9th May
Members Skills Day – Weaving round a box with Frances Fletcher
Plying – Navajo and cabling
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13th June
Using your rigid heddle, warping up, twill weaving
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11th July
Solar and eco dyeing with Frances Fletcher and Sheila Liddle
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August
No meeting
12th September
Members skills – knitting techniques –
Steeking and colour work with Helen Tripp
Crochet techniques
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10th October
Guild Open Day
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14th November
Designing for weaving – reading/ drafting plans
with Sheila Liddle
13th December
Christmas Party - Food, fun and games
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Needle felting
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Send ideas for workshops to the committee.
News and Articles
January Meeting
February Meeting
The January meeting was a Members Skills Day where members demonstrate their various skills. Frances did circular weaving on a hoola hoop. Maggie and Ronan lead the nålbinding.
It was also Annual Subs Renewal Day. We are delighted to welcome a large number of newcomers, who have recently joined the guild, especially the younger generation - as we want to keep our skills alive.
The February meeting was lead by Paulette who promoted ideas about waht to do with all the oddments you have stashed away in cupboards and under the bed.
All kinds of activities took place including Nalebinding, Tunisian crochet, and needle felting.
April meeting
May meeting
At the April meeting Frances lead the session - showing members how to dye using food colouring and Kool Aid. Some inetersteing colours were achieved.
The May meeting was all about weaving, from how to calculate your warp to putting it on the loom. Members calcualted their warp and some had a go at warping to their loom.
Extra copies of the paperwork are available if people want a copy.
March Meeting
March's meeting started with the Avon Guild's. Annual General Meeting. The committee has stayed almost the same as it was the previous year.
After the AGM - we had a talk given by the Distaff Spinners on how spinners have used distaffs thorugh the ages and the difference between French and English ones.
We will be needing these if we are to have a go at flax spinning.