Events

Previous Events

• Thursday15October

  Designing for the yarn you may have

  Three of our members, Mim, Tessie and Eleonora, will talk about using limited quantities of yarn, especially handspun, to create unique garments.

• Thursday17September

  Waterloo Park Dye Garden Project

  Rita Kearton and friends will talk about creating a dye garden in a public park in Norwich.

• Thursday20August

  Visit to Burnt Fen Alpacas

  Instead of our usual meeting we will go to meet the alpacas, hear about their care and view the items made from their coats. (Shared car transport arrangements and additional cost.) Burnt Fen Alpacas, Horning, Norfolk, NR12 8LA Booking is now open for this event which starts at 1.15pm on 20th August. Numbers are limited to 15 and members will be given priority. The cost is £10 per person. Attendees are advised to bring their own lunch. Tea, coffee and cake will be provided. The afternoon will be spent talking all things alpaca - spinning, weaving and dyeing, including looking at different types of fleece; yarns - dyed and natural, handspun and mill spun; examples of weaving and felting. To book a space please contact Sue Browne suebrowne500@gmail.com.

• Saturday1August

  August Weave and Spin Open Day

  Spend the day weaving and spinning in friendly company

• Thursday16July

  Polly Plowman, Buttons 1930-1950

  Polly is an entertaining speaker with a passion for and world-beating knowledge of buttons.

• Thursday18June

  Mike Price, celebrating a life of stitching and weaving

  This will be a social gathering to remember Mike and his creativity. Please bring along a project to work on and any items connected to Mike if you have them. There will be light refreshments - strawberries and cream have been mentioned!

• Thursday21May

  Sue Wallis, (Re)creating a 17th Century dress

  Researching and making a historically accurate dress. She will bring the finished dress.

• Saturday9May

  May Saturday Weave and Spin Open Day

  Spend the day weaving and spinning in friendly company

• Thursday16April

  Ruth Holt, weaver

  Ruth will show her weaving following a residency and solo exhibition in Orkney and talk about her design process.

• Thursday19March

  Fay Jones, Dyes on Your Doorstep

  A return visit from Fay focusing on dyeing with plants.

• Thursday19February

  Claire O’Sullivan, Contemporary Hempery

  A historical look at the use of hemp as a fibre.

• Saturday7February

  Saturday Weave and Spin Open Day

  The first of the year. Spend the day weaving and spinning in friendly company.

• Thursday15January

  Members table top sale

  Sale of surplus yarn and equipment. Bring a project to work on.

• 11December2025

  AGM starting at 2.00 p.m.

  Bring along your response to this year’s Chair’s Challenge and vote for your favourite piece

• 20November2025

  Nik Ravenscroft, embroiderer

  The Bayeux Tapestry and the Friends of Norwich Castle’s version

  View Gallery of Norwich Castle version of the Bayeux Tapestry, Nov 25
• 1November2025

  Saturday Weave and Spin Open Day

  Spend the day weaving and spinning in friendly company.

• 16October2025

  Kitty Wilson Brown, co-founder of Contemporary Hempery

  A talk about hemp production in South East Asia.

• 4October2025

  Lizzie Kimbley workshop

  A full day workshop on weaving with natural materials. Please note that taught workshops will be limited in numbers and involve extra costs.

• 18September2025

  Lizzie Kimbley, weaver

  Weaving with natural materials

• 29August2025

  Exhibition. Friday 29th August to Sunday 7th September

  An exhibition of work by members of the Norfolk and Suffolk Guild.

• 2August2025

  Saturday Weave and Spin Open Day.

  Spend the day weaving and spinning in friendly company.

• 17July2025

  Pam McMillan, historian

  A talk about the history of and working with weight warped looms

• 19June2025

  Claire Powell

  One of our members will talk about her herd of Leicester Long Wools and may bring a couple along for us to meet

• 15May2025

  Susan Percival, spinner

  A talk about Andean textiles

• 10May2025

  Saturday Weave and Spin Open Day

  Spend the day weaving and spinning in friendly company.

• 17April2025

  Anna Crutchley, Passementerie

  bands, fringes, cords and tassels for interior decoration and shaft loom weaving

• 29March2025

  June Croll weaving workshop

  A half day workshop using rigid heddle looms to create interesting and colourful weaves. Please note that taught workshops will be limited in numbers and involve extra costs. Further details to follow.

• 20March2025

  Show and Tell

  Bring along a project or work in progress to share your experience with others.

• 1November2024

  4-shaft weaving course

  View Gallery of 4-shaft weaving course - November 2024