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EXHIBITION 2009
     
Exhibition poster


We are pleased to welcome the following traders into our Sales Hall:


DeHavilland Embroidery,
DT Craft & Design,
Felt Good Felt Fine,
House of Hemp, Jim Laycock, Kangaroo, Limegreen Jelly,
P & M Woolcraft,
Sheep to Shawl CIC Project,
The Threshing Barn,
Transrural Trust,
Textile Garden (buttons),
Uppingham Yarns,
Willow Close Studio,
Woolcraft with Wensleydale
 		  We have made a start on the silk scarves which will be raffled at our Exhibition.  The white silk roving has been dyed in several vibrant colours using acid dyes.

This has now been distributed to the Guild members for spinning.

       
Silk Roving
Silk Roving		 Dyed Silk
Dyed Silk


A wonderful array of hanks and balls of spun silks have been collected up together and divided into “scarf sets” each approximately 120 grammes. These have been given to weavers in the Guild to use for the warp. Fine commercial silk of an appropriate colour will be used for the weft in the weave.
Hand-spun silk

Hand spun silk
Hanks and balls of hand-spun silk

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Scarf being hand-woven Hand-woven silk scarfHand-woven silk scarf

Weaving is under way and the first few scarves are finished. The transformation of each pack of yarns into a unique and beautiful scarf is quite unpredictable and a lovely surprise.

To date seven scarves are finished and are ready to be raffled at our Exhibition, and there are a few more to come. Make a note of 30th and 31st October and try your luck at winning a beautiful and unique silk scarf for only £1.  		 Silk scarf

A new feature at our 2009 exhibition will be a notice board on which we invite tutors to display brochures of their courses or tuition for 2010, free of charge. Please send a few brochures by mid October for display to:- Stella Wiles (Exhibition Committee Member), High Heathers, Beacon Gardens, Crowborough, E. Sussex
TN6 1BG  
During the exhibition it is proposed to give a number of demonstrations and talks in a dedicated Demonstration Area
Date 11:00am 12:30pm 2:30pm
Friday October 30th Sheep to Shawl Project Flax Preparation Nuno Felting
Saturday October 31st Cotton Unusual Spinning Silk Paper