Kennet Valley Guild
Weavers, Spinners
and Dyers
MEETINGS & DIARY
MEETINGS
Kennet Valley Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers
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DATE
First Saturday of each month
TIME
10.00 to 16.30 hours
VENUE
St Mary the Virgin Church Hall
New Road
Greenham
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TIMETABLE
10.00 - 13.00 - Social time
13.00-13.30 - Guild business meeting
13:30-14:00 - Show & Tell
14:00-15.00 - Talk by an invited speaker
If we don't have a speaker then this slot converts to social time.
15.00-16:30 - Social time
Put away chairs and tables, clear kitchen - leave by 17:00
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WEAVERS CHATS
The Guild weavers normally meet at Speen Parish Hall, Newbury, RG14 1RJ on the last Saturday of the month from 09.30 – 13.30.
The next meeting will be 25th January 2025.
Other dates for 2025 are 22nd February 29th March, no meeting in April, 31st May, 28th June,
26th July, 23rd August, 27th September, and 25th October. All these meetings from 9.30 a.m.
until 1.30 p.m. The final meeting for 2025 will be 22nd November from 9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m.
£4.00 to cover the cost of the hall.
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
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FEBRUARY 2025​
Sat 1st February
Guild Meeting 10.00 -16.30
Simon Cooper of Flaxlands will be giving a talk at 10.30am followed by a workshop at 2pm which will cover preparing fibres for spinning on a wheel or drop spindle. Simon is a master of his craft and has many years experience growing and using flax fibres in many different ways.
MARCH 2025​
Sat 1st March
Guild Meeting 10.00 -16.30
Deby from Dyelution will be giving a talk on the history of silk followed by an afternoon workshop painting skeins of silk yarn.
https://www.dyelution.co.uk/pages/about-us
More info to follow.
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APRIL 2025​​
Sat 5th April
Guild Meeting 10.00 -16.30
AGM and shared lunch.
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Sun 6th April
Rebecca Connolly will run two, three-hour workshops at Speen Memorial Hall using a body tensioned loom.
These workshops will start at 10am and 2pm, with a maximum of six people for each session.
Timings are subject to change.
https://rebeccaconnollydesign.com/about/
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MAY 2025
Sat 3rd May
Guild Meeting 10.00 -16.30
A social day with the exhibition in mind.
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More information TBC, but in the meantime
please take a look at the Exhibition page.
JUNE 2025​​
Sat 7th June
Guild Meeting 10.00 -16.30
Marie-Claude Cousin will be talking about her lifetime passion for colour, aspects of colour theory and how renowned artists have applied colour in their work. This will be followed by an afternoon workshop on card winding with all materials provided.
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Find out more about the talk in this pdf overview.
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JULY 2025​
Sat 5th July
Guild Meeting 10.00 -16.30
Jen Heath will be giving a talk on the textiles of the Vikings.
Find out more about Jen via her Instagram and Facebook vi the link below.
https://www.armarket.uk/drakos-dottir/
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Sun 6th July
Nalbinding workshop with Jen Heath at Speen.
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AUGUST 2025​
Sat 2nd August
Guild Meeting 10.00 -16.30
Skills Day.
More information to come.
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SEPTEMBER 2025​
Sat 6th September
Guild Meeting 10.00 -16.30
A Social Day.
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OCTOBER 2025​
Sat 4th October
​ Guild Meeting 10.00 -16.30
A talk by guild member, Jennifer Thompson:
A Textile Journey:
How my City and Guild’s’ Textile course and HNC at GLOSCAT, twenty years ago, influence my craft today.
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NOVEMBER 2025​
Sat 1st November
​ Guild Meeting 10.00 -16.30
Daniel Harris of the London Cloth Company has been booked to give a talk about his weaving career and how he came to buy the derelict Elvet mill in South Wales which he is now in the process of restoring to functioning weaving mill. He has met many challenges along the way and no doubt has many more to come.
His talk is highly entertaining and informative and his enthusiasm infectious.
Daniel can be found on Instagram under London Cloth Co where he posts regular updates.
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DECEMBER 2025​
Sat 6th December
​ Guild Meeting 10.00 -16.30
Christmas meeting with a bring and share lunch, secret Santa, fashion show and much more!
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