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Fibre Preparation for the Tour de Fleece
For the duration of the Tour de Fleece, we will be having guest posts from members on everything from spinning wheels and drop spindles to different fibres. Today we are hearing from guild member Helen aka Pretty Funk on Ravelry, who is going to take us through some fibre preparation. A huge thank you to… Read more
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Tour de Fleece 2017
The Irish Guild of Weavers Spinners and Dyers is delighted to be hosting Team WeaveSpinDyeIE in this year’s Tour de Fleece spin-along. What is the Tour de Fleece? Every year spinners around the world take part in a Ravelry driven event that coincides with the Tour de France. This year it starts Saturday 1 July… Read more
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Meet The Committee – Ailbhe
To continue on with our ‘Meet the Committee’ segment, today we are taking a closer look at our rental coordinator Ailbhe Cullen. Ailbhe is relatively new to the Guild, having first joined in 2015. Ailbhe is a long-time knitter, but in recent years has fallen for the spindle. After many YouTube tutorials and little progress,… Read more
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A Yarn as Old as Time
A few people have asked me to share one of my personal posts here with the guild. I really hope you enjoy this piece, it was written from the heart. Nadia Sit down and let me tell you a story. It started long ago, this deep need to express my creative self. As a child… Read more
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Meet The Committee – Diane
As the guild committee changed in April, I thought it might be nice to share an insight to the people that are working so hard behind the scenes for all of you. Once a month we are going to introduce one of us here on the blog. We are going to start with the current… Read more
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Annual General Meeting 2017
The A.G.M. of the Guild was held on April 9th in Dublin. Discussions took place regarding the activity of the Guild and plans for the coming year. It was decided that the theme for the year should be ‘Reach Out’ with the aim of contacting all those practising the crafts of weaving, spinning and dyeing… Read more
