Peterborough Handweavers and Spinners Guild 2015 Courses

Beginning Weaving

6 Saturdays – Jan. 17 to Feb. 21, 10:00 am to 2 pm

Maximum of 6 students
By the end of this course, you will have experienced the basics of making cloth on a 4-harness loom. You will make a warp, dress a loom, weave simple patterns, learn about colour and various weaving tricks and techniques. Looms provided.

Beginning Spinning

6 Saturdays – Jan. 17 to Feb. 21, 10:00 am to 12 pm

Maximum of 6 students
This course will introduce you to the basics of spinning on a drop spindle, as well as a wheel. You’ll learn how to prepare raw fleece for spinning, as well as learning drafting and plying techniques and maintenance of a wheel, and how to choose a wheel.

Both courses will be held at the Kawartha Artists Gallery and Studio,
420 O’Connell Rd., Peterborough.
Please visit our website at
www.ptbo-hwsg.com
for a registration form.

Contact person – Lois Watson, 705-748-0758
redrobin@bell.net

The Peterborough Handweavers and Spinners Guild will have a booth at the annual Autumn Treasures Fine Artisan Show.  Our booth will have for sale luxurious handwoven items, fleece and felting of all kinds, and knitted and crocheted hand spun items.

At the Trentwinds Convention Centre, 264 Lansdowne St. East, Peterborough.

Fri.  Nov. 14,     4 p.m. – 9 p.m.

Sat. Nov. 15,  10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Sun. Nov. 16,  11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

ADMISSION  $4.00

Our challenge, this year, was to create “Art Yarn” and use it in a project of our choice.

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