Each event is an online workshop or discussion led by an experienced tutor. Members participate by email, sharing work, ideas and encouragement throughout the event.
Annual Challenge: One Challenge, Two Colours
Every year the Online Guild Members receive a challenge which allows them to work on an individual project. At least one of our core skills should be used - weaving, spinning or dyeing. All submissions received before the dealine in September, are included in an eBook which is shared in the files area of Groups.io. This year’s annual challenge focusses on using 2 colours of your choice with the option of adding black and/or white. Varying shades of the 2 colours are acceptable. The challenge is to interpret the theme in a personal way and to submit inages of the finished project with a submission form. Photos of ideas, work in progress and finished items are shared in a Photos Album.
UnFinished Objects
Welcome 2026! As usual we begin the new year with the popular UFO workshop. The workshop encourages members to look at any unfinished project they may have in their cupboards or on the shelves of their work areas and — with the help and encouragement of Guild members — take a new look at those items. Who knows, they may be able to complete one or two, or more, in January 2026!
Exploring Ideas for Projects
This 4-week workshop is an opportunity to think and plan projects: to play, explore and make choices about colours, textures, yarns, techniques — in fact all aspects of making a project. Members are encouraged to share ideas, samples and inspiration throughout the month.
Free discussion & sharing projects
An opportunity for Online Guild Members to talk amongst thrmselves, share what they are doing, get advice and pool ideas.
Textile Conservation - a talk
This talk provides a brief overview of the objectives and aims of textile conservation and the factors that lead to the deterioration of textiles. Following this overview, the speaker would like to discuss if the conservation of textiles should influence the creative process of textile design and its techniques used during dyeing, spinning and weaving. How will the knowledge of what causes deterioration of textiles influence your creative processes? And should these factors be taken into account at all?
Spinning - One Fleece; Three Yarns
If you are interested in getting away from spinning a standard 2 ply knitting yarn to design yarns with different characteristics, then this workshop is for you. Often when we want to spin a different yarn, we change the fibre we are spinning. In this workshop, we will explore the design possibilities and limitations of one type of wool. You choose one fleece, or one type of pre-prepared wool to be the basis of your investigations. Firstly, we examine the characteristics of your chosen fleece, then consider what happens when we change an element of the process . What is needed: Participants should be able to produce a fairly consistent and continuous thread so this is a course for improvers not complete beginners. Each participant will need a spinning wheel, a Lazy Kate or two, at least three bobbins and a sense of adventure. Where appropriate, earlier workshops will be referenced for more detailed discussions for example, of particular breeds or technique.
Annual General Meeting and Discussion Week
Our annual 'get-together'.
Tiny Dye Studio
In this workshop we will be exploring a variety of methods for dyeing fibre and yarn, all suitable for use in your home kitchen. The focus is on no-fuss and no-mess, using easy to find equipment. We will use techniques to: create solid colour dyed yarns and fibre, techniques for creating ‘hand-painted’ multi coloured fibre and yarn, blending colours, over-dyeing for rich and dynamic colour, and my unique ’tie-dye’ technique for yarn. I will be providing both written materials and recorded video content.
Off Loom Weaving with Found Objects
At this workshop we will explore the creative possibilities of incorporating found objects from our surroundings into our artwork. Creating with our hands seems to be an intrinsic part of who we are as human beings, manipulating fibres, gathering materials from our natural surroundings, and using these materials to craft bags, baskets, or just art pieces is a universal activity that has been documented in many different societies. We will learn to make cordage with natural fibres sourced from common plants, and for those with more limited access to natural settings, creative alternatives will be suggested. Using different knots and simple weaving techniques, we will work on different practical and decorative projects, incorporating rocks, branches, shells, and any other natural material that inspires our creativity. Hopefully, through this workshop, we will explore a different way of looking at the natural world in the places we live.
Festive Exchange
An opportunity for members to upload Fes ve Gree ngs, created by any means, to a dedicated photo album.