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Avon Guild Committee
 

Chair                 Paulette Bjergfelt

Secretary            Sheila Liddle

Treasurer            Claire Cryer

Program Secr      Frances Fletcher/Paulette

Library               Jenni Wilcox

Raffle                 Kathryn Kirk

Refreshments       Linda Geary

Sales                  Norma Chandler Patterson

Website              Sheila Liddle

Committee           Helen Tripp

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Avon Guild Programme 2023

14th January

Membership renewal

Member’s skills day – demos tbc

 

11th February

Locker hooking workshop with Paulette Bjergfelt

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11th March

11.30  AGM

Workshop - weaving outside the box with Paulette and Frances

 

8th April

13:30 Jan Hunter, Fernhill Farm is giving a talk, about her

Imaginative Eco Farm

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13th May

13:30 Talk by Sarah Harris from Spinning Weal on the

history of knitting

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10th  June

11.30 Workshop - Felting a miniature teddy bear with

Linda Geary

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8th July 

11.30 Workshop - Solar dyeing - Paulette Bjergfelt

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August

 

No meeting

 

9th September

11:30 Workshop on carding and long draw spinning - CLaire Cryer

 

14th  October

Guild Open Day, Sales and Exhibition

(11:00 – 15:30)

 

12th November

13:30 Talk from Clare Hadley - a Dorset Guilder on how she makes her amazing felt hats

 

 

 

10th December

Christmas Party - Food, fun and games

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Annual Competition - to be decided

The Avon Guild will be 50 years old in November 2025 - we are planning an exhibition.

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Christmas competition entry

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Peru market selling dyes.

 

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Preparing New Zealand Flax (Phormium) for grass skirts and weaving, using nothing but a large seashell!

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