Open Day

What a great day we had! We welcomed friends old and new, and lots of visitors too. Altogether we had 63 visitors, maybe a record. There were delicious homemade cakes (how lovely to be back meeting face to face with coffee and cake to share). We taught people how to spin, use a spindle, explained about preparing fleece with combs and carders and asked everyone to look at our competition pieces and vote for their favourites. The theme was The Great Escape. Well done Rachel for winning, Carolyn for being runner up and myself (!) for being 3rd.
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There were weaving demonstrations too and a display of some of our work as well as an exhibition of work including knitted garments and eco printed ones too. We had displays from our workshops with patchwork knitting and 3D ply split braiding samples.

We welcomed Cathy Brain with all her information and amazing locks from her Leicester Longwool prize winning sheep. We also welcomed students and tutors from Birmingham City University (BCU). They had a brilliant display of their work and were all wonderfully enthusiastic as they explained how their textile pieces had been made.

There were all sorts of goodies for sale on our sales table, including hanks of multicoloured sock wool individually dyed by Rachel and lovely little handmade cases for keeping your sets of sock needles tidy and safe, made by Carolyn.
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I'm sure there are all sorts of things I've forgotten to mention, so do have a look at our gallery for lots more photos from our Open Day.  www.flickr.com/groups/birminghamwsd/

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Our next guild meeting is on December 11th . It is the last meeting for 2021 and is our members Christmas Party. See you there!

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