While Auckland remains at covid-19 alert level 3, Handweavers & Spinners Guild meetings and activities at the Guild rooms are suspended.
Tuesday Night Textilers (TNT) will not be held on Tuesday 2 March.
Spin & Knit will not be held on Wednesday 3 March.
Open to all ages and abilities
Classes and workshops
A superb textile craft library
Access to yarns, dyes, equipment and expertise
A strong sharing tradition
Welcome to the Handweavers and Spinner Guild Auckland!
We are a friendly community of fibre enthusiasts who love sharing our experiences, knowledge, ideas, successes and challenges in spinning, weaving, knitting, felting, tapestry weaving, crotchet and other fibre crafts.
The Guild is open to all ages and abilities and welcomes new members. Membership of the Guild offers:
- special interest groups in knitting, spinning, weaving, tapestry weaving and felting
- access to a comprehensive textile craft library
- access to yarns and fibre for purchase (especially yarns and fibre not readily accessible in New Zealand)
- equipment to borrow
- discount on classes and workshops
- a community of congenial fibre enthusiasts.
Since it was set up in 1954, the Guild has fostered and encouraged the fibre arts in a welcoming and sharing community.
The Guild is affiliated to Creative Fibre, the New Zealand organisation for all fibre crafts.
To join the Guild, you must also be a member of Creative Fibre.
Annual Guild membership: $45
Annual Creative Fibre membership: $35
See here for information about the location of the Guild premises.
The Handweavers and Spinners Guild runs a number of special interest groups in knitting, spinning, weaving, tapestry weaving and felting. For more information about these groups, see the Guild Groups page.
See here for information about the location of the Guild premises.
Contact us
Email: handweavers@xtra.co.nz