The Wiltshire Guild of
Spinners, Weavers & Dyers
Guild Programe
2024 - 2025
The Guild Programme is held on the third Saturday of the month (other than August). This is free to full members. Online members and visitors are required to purchase a ticket for talks at the cost of £10. When booking a workshop or wanting further information please use the contact details for the session which can be found below.
If booking a paid workshop please read our Workshop Cancellation Policy here.
Skills Day
Date: 19th April 2025
Time: Morning and afternoon sessions (details to follow).
This day is dedicated to sharing our skills with others, and so several mini-workshops will be offered in morning and afternoon sessions, to do just that. The topics will be decided depending on members’ interests and skill sets.
If you have any ideas, requests or you can offer a skill, please contact Kathy Davis to discuss.
Contact: Kathy Davis at Kathy-d@hotmail.co.uk.
Members only
Talk: Shetland Sheep by Trish Gray
Date: 17th May 2025
Time: 2pm – Free to members.
Trish breeds Shetland sheep to produce quality fleeces in a variety of colours, as well as correct breed conformation and temperament. Trish is a member of the Shetland Sheep Society and regularly shows her sheep across the south and southwest. She is also a longstanding member of the Wiltshire Guild of SWDs.
Trish will be presenting a talk on raising, keeping and working with her award-winning Shetland sheep and fleeces.
Talk: Free to members, £10 for non-members (limited places). Non-members please contact Kathy Davis to book – Kathy-d@hotmail.co.uk.
‘Sheep to Finish’
Date: 21st June 2025
Time: TBC (will be all day)
‘Sheep to Finish’ is where we start with a washed fleece and prepare, spin and knit it all in one day, ending with a finished garment. We thought it about time we planned another “fleece to finish” event, given it has been 8 years since the last one!!
It’s a group activity and we will need people to card, spin and knit, and to make tea and lend moral support, so plenty of volunteers needed on the day. It should be a lot of fun! If anyone has any suggestions for what we could make, please speak to Liz McCarron Heal.
Fleece Sale
Date:19th July 2025
Time: Sale 10.30am-1pm Regular guild day ends 4pm.
With a good variety of fleece types represented, and their owners who breed and care for them, there’ll be plenty of opportunity to learn about, explore and purchase a fleece of your choice.
This date is a regular guild day, so please do still come along, even if you do not intend to buy fleece. Guild remains open until the normal end of daytime for you to participate in your craft of choice.
If you have fleece to sell or are offered fleece to sell at the sale, please contact the organisersbefore agreeing to take it.
Organiser: TBC
Talk: Janet Phillips, Weaver & Author
Date: 20th September 2025*
Time: 2pm
With over 40 years of designing and weaving and teaching experience, as well as the author of ‘Designing Woven Fabrics,’ 2009, and ‘Exploring Woven Fabrics,’ 2020, we are delighted to welcome Janet to guild to share her wealth of knowledge and understanding of this beautiful craft.
Talk: Free to members, £10 for non-members (limited places). Non-members please contact Kathy Davis to book – Kathy-d@hotmail.co.uk.
*This date is also Subscription renewal day.