| Status: | Active, open to new members |
| Group email: | Arts and Crafts group |
| When: | Monthly on Friday mornings 10:00 am-12:00 pm 1st Friday in the month |
| Venue: | South Machars Community Centre |
| Cost: | Share of venue costs |
Page last modified:
Bring along your own textile project and spend a sociable morning with like-minded folk. We have spinners and weavers, knitters and crocheters, those who sew and those who make lace and numerous other textile-related crafts. If this sounds like the group for you or you would like advice in starting a craft do come along. New members are always welcome.
We meet in the Living Room at SMCC. We pay a small hiring charge per person each time but there is coffee, tea, biscuits and friendly encouragement too.
Next meetings
3rd April and 2nd May.
Previous meetings
September meeting
Linda brought the (large!) scarves she made recently on her new Kromsky Rigid-Heddle loom. Influenced as she was after visiting another meeting some time ago. Stephen and Fred then were warping up Stephen's loom. Linda decided to invest in this intriguing other way of working with yarns and these are her first results. 'Not bad', is an understatement!
- September - see report above
- December - Group members brought knitting and weaving and enjoyed the opportunity to talk and browse through some festive biscuits.
- November - the politics of fabric and how clothes reflect the power and powerlessness of different groups in society.
- September - knitting and sewing, spinning and weaving, an experiment in painting using the non-dominant hand and needle felting.
- August - members continued with their own projects, including knitting, weaving, and lace making
- July - visit to the home and studio of local textile artist Wendy Erskine, featuring a tour of her craft making facilities in the newly renovated outbuilding on her croft. We learnt about fleece preparation, combing and carding, dyeing, spinning, weaving and felting, and then had a walk around the area where her sheep are kept.