The Journal for Weavers, Spinners and Dyers
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The Journal is the quarterly magazine of the UK Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers. Our high quality issues, in print and digital formats, are published in February, May, August and November and are available by subscription or one-off purchase.
It is produced by a team of volunteers (the Journal Editorial Committee) who commission, write and edit copy, which is set out in each issue by a professional designer. The volunteer editors are ordinary Guild members who serve for 3-5 years in set roles and are elected by the AGM of the Association on a rolling basis, and normally recruited by advertisement in the monthly Association Newsletter. The management of the Journal's finance, advertising and subscriptions is similarly undertaken by volunteer Guild members. Source
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| Country | United Kingdom |
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This article appears in edition #285 of the Journal for Weavers, Spinners and Dyers. The Journal is published on behalf of the Association of Guilds of Spinners Weavers and Dyers. It covers a wide range of textile subjects, including articles on historic textile techniques and cutting edge modern design.
Exhibition Review
Coal, Cotton, Canals The Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers National Exhibition 2022 Leigh Spinners Mill, Leigh, Greater Manchester 3 – 18 September 2022 In 2020, I had never picked up a crochet hook or a knitting needle. I had never considered the stages that yarn goes through before appearing on the shelves of Hobbycraft. I had never considered the methods of dyeing and blending colours, and how the strands are formed and plied to become someone’s favourite colour combination.
Readers' Showcase: Small Weavings
I enjoy making small weavings because there are some very attractive short lengths of yarn which I feel drawn to use. I first began to weave these on to narrow warps wound on to bookmark-sized pieces of card. Choosing a selection of yarns whose colour and appearance look good together and have real appeal, I use one of them to start to weave on to a freshly placed warp on my small hand-held frame. Over, under, over, under… for two or three rows, perhaps… and then it starts to happen.
A Gotland Journey
A Gotland Journey The Flock We started our pedigree breeding flock in Autumn 2017, with five yearlings and three in-lamb ewes. The following March we were presented with jet black lambs Lumi, Noomi, Ebba, Pia and Fisk and today we have a flock of twenty-three spanning over four generations. Each has their own unique characteristics that change as the flock grows, as do their gorgeous, tactile fleeces.
Women's Woven Voices
Women's Woven Voices How can weaving a story be a powerful act of compassion, and a catalyst for connection and change? The Women’s Woven Voices project is an international, collaborative art project that supports women in claiming their personal power by inviting them to write, weave and share their stories.
A Life at the Loom: The Work and Practice of Janet Phillips - Teacher, Weaver, Author, Designer
A Life at the Loom: The Work and Practice of Janet Phillips — Teacher, Weaver, Author, Designer In 1968, a teenager from Edinburgh sat down for the first time at a weaving loom and discovered her calling.
Private View - Old Church Studios
Private View - Old Church Studios My workspace is a long-awaited purpose-built room situated in the corner of our garden within the curtilage of our Grade II listed small village church. Acquiring the planning consents ten years ago to convert a redundant church with subsidence into a modern eco-friendly home was a rollercoaster. Hence the eight year wait before we tentatively applied for planning permission to construct an eco-friendly cedar-clad, glass-fronted garden studio.
From Circus Seamstress to Flax Farmer: A Grow-Your-Own-Clothes Adventure
From Circus Seamstress to Flax Farmer: A Grow-Your-Own-Clothes Adventure At the start of 2020 I had never touched a spinning wheel. They were objects shrouded in folklore, encountered in fairy tales treadled by witches casting sleeping spells or imps spinning straw into gold.
Exploring Primitive Breeds
Exploring Primitive Breeds In late 2018, the Cumbria Support Group of the Rare Breeds Survival Trust1 (RBST) launched their Primitive Produce Project. Two newly weaned wethers (castrated males) from each of the seven British primitive breeds, also known as Northern European or North Atlantic short-tailed sheep, were gathered and raised under identical conditions. The fleece and meat of each would then be compared, having removed influential variable factors such as feed, housing and weather.
Fleece Washing
Fleece Washing Creating a finished item from a fleece is a rewarding experience. The start of this journey is washing the fleece but, with many approaches advocated, which is the best? This article is the result of two days of testing and describes a comparison of seven methods from various sources, referenced at the end of the article. A method of fleece washing based on these test results is proposed.