Guild groups and meetings
The Handweavers & Spinners Guild runs meetings and special interest groups throughout the year. See the Calendar for dates of meetings and special interest groups. There are also updates on the Guild’s Facebook and Instagram pages.
We encourage people attending events at the Guild rooms to take responsibility for the safety of themselves and others while at the Guild rooms and to stay home if you feel unwell.
General Guild Meeting
Monthly
Chance to socialise and get to know other members
Tuesday Night Textilers
Weekly
Natter over knitting or chat over crochet – or maybe you fancy a bit of felting, weaving, spinning
Guild Weavers
Monthly
Weavers of all levels are welcome. Find willing mentors and help with problem-solving.
Spin & Knit
Monthly
Bring your current spinning or knitting (or other fibre craft) project and join our friendly and lively group
Tapestry Weavers
Monthly
Work on our individual tapestries, learn and share new techniques, and discuss inspirational work.
Creative Sunday
Monthly
Bring your current project to a social crafting Sunday get-together.
Guild Felters
Monthly
Beginner felters are welcome and will find help, encouragement and guidance among group members.
General Guild monthly meeting
General monthly meetings alternate between the third Tuesday and the third Saturday each month, beginning with the February Tuesday meeting.
3rd Tuesday — February, April, June, August, October
3rd Saturday — March, May, July, September, November
These monthly meetings give you a chance to socialise and get to know other members, borrow library books, shop for fibre or yarn and check out show and tell items. The Tuesday meetings include a guest speaker or activity and a shared lunch. The Saturday meetings are primarily for working on projects and activities and include a shared morning tea.
What: Guild monthly meeting
When: Third Tuesday or third Saturday each month 10am-12.30pm (Guild rooms are open from 9.30am)
Where: Textile Arts Centre, Nicholson Park, Mt Eden (see map for location and parking information)
Who: Guild members and non-members all welcome
Cost: Non-Guild members $2 donation
Tuesday Night Textilers (TNT)
Join us on Tuesday evenings as we natter over knitting or chat over crochet – or maybe you fancy a bit of felting, weaving, spinning – it’s all happening.
Forgotten how to read a pattern? What’s the difference between yarn over and double crochet? I’d like to use my mother’s spinning wheel – can you help? How do you weave? What is felting? Where can I get supplies, information, tuition? Can I just sit and knit … or crochet … or bring my needlework? Absolutely!
Bring your current work and join this friendly, sharing group. There’s generally someone who can help answer your questions and find solutions to fibre-related problems.
What: Tuesday Night Textilers (TNT)
When: Every Tuesday 7pm-9pm
Where: Textile Arts Centre, Nicholson Park, Mt Eden (see map for location and parking information)
Who: Guild members and non-members all welcome
Cost: Non-Guild members $2 donation
Spin and Knit
Bring your current spinning or knitting (or other fibre craft) project and join our friendly and lively group that meets on the first Wednesday of each month.
What: Spin and Knit
When: First Wednesday each month 10am-2pm (from February)
Where: Textile Arts Centre, Mt Eden (see map for location and parking information)
Who: Guild members and non-members all welcome
Cost: Non-Guild members $2 donation
Creative Sunday
Bring your current project to a social crafting Sunday get together. Trawl Ravelry on the Guild wifi, peruse the vast Guild library and check out fibre and yarn on the yarn shelves.
What: Creative Sunday
When: Fourth Sunday each month 10am-1pm
Where: Textile Arts Centre, Nicholson Park, Mt Eden (see map for location and parking information)
Who: Guild members and non-members all welcome
Cost: Non-Guild members $2 donation
Guild Weavers
Bring your recent work, your problems and queries and share your experiences with a friendly group. The Guild Weavers group meetings alternate between the third Tuesday and the third Saturday each month from 12.30pm-2.30pm, beginning with the third Tuesday in February.
3rd Tuesday — February, April, June, August, October (after general Guild meeting)
3rd Saturday — March, May, July, September, November (after general Guild meeting)
Weavers of all levels are welcome. New weavers will find willing mentors, encouragement and help with problem-solving.
What: Guild Weavers
When: Third Tuesday or third Saturday each month 12.30pm-2.30pm (see Calendar for dates)
Where: Textile Arts Centre, Nicholson Park, Mt Eden (see map for location and parking information)
Who: Guild members and non-members all welcome
Cost: Non-Guild members $2 donation
Tapestry Weavers
Tapestry weaving goes back hundreds of years to the earliest beginnings of thread interlacing. Traditionally it is a handweaving technique, which produces a flat-surfaced, plain weave, weft-faced fabric in which you construct the cloth at the same time as weaving the design.
Tapestries can be woven on anything that can support a warp (e.g. an old picture frame) and can be any size from miniatures to very large. At our meetings we usually work on our individual tapestries, learn and share new techniques, and discuss other weavers’ inspirational work.
New weavers are welcome and will find help and encouragement at the monthly meetings.
What: Tapestry Weavers Interest Group
When: Third Tuesday or third Saturday each month 12.30pm-2.30pm (see Calendar for dates)
Where: Textile Arts Centre, Nicholson Park, Mt Eden (see map for location and parking information)
Who: Guild members and non-members all welcome
Cost: Non-Guild members $2 donation
Guild Felters
The Felters group meets on the fourth Saturday each month to work on their own projects, taking advantage of the space and large tables in the Guild rooms. Beginner felters are welcome and will find help, encouragement and guidance among group members.
What: Guild Felters Interest Group
When: Fourth Saturday each month 12pm-4pm
Where: Textile Arts Centre, Nicholson Park, Mt Eden (see map for location and parking information)
Who: Guild members and non-members all welcome
Cost: Non-Guild members $2 donation
