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Victoria Handweavers & Spinners Guild
Victoria Handweavers & Spinners Guild

Victoria Handweavers & Spinners Guild

Weaving and spinning in Victoria, BC, Canada since 1934.

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General News

Upcoming workshop and webinar series

The Chattahoochee Handweavers Guild of Atlanta, GA is offering a workshop by Linda Hartshorn titled Weaving in a Parallel Universe April 17-19, 2021 (this is a 2-1/2 day workshop) exploring “(p)arallel threadings … used to weave a variety of structures

Laura Proctor February 27, 2021March 7, 2021 Activity, General News, Online Workshops, virtualentertainments, Workshop Notice Read more

March Guild Meeting – March 18, 7pm

Start taking your photos – finished or ongoing projects welcome! Don’t forget to SEND AN EMAIL to programs@vhwsg.ca no later than March 13 (Saturday) to let us know you want to show your work. Business meeting begins at 7 pm.

Laura Proctor February 25, 2021March 7, 2021 Activity, Frontpage, General News, Meeting Notice Read more

Drop-In Evening – February 23, 7pm

Come one, come all!  The last Tuesday of every month has long been an evening when guild members would gather together to work (spin, knit, weave, ….) and chat. It is time to do it again – this time virtually

Laura Proctor February 23, 2021February 25, 2021 Activity, Drop-in, General News Read more

New videos online – Sanjo Silk, The Silk Weaving Studio, HGA Textiles & Tea

New videos online – while we isolate, many places are providing online videos. Here are a a couple of links that may be of interest to everyone. Sanjo Silk  and The Silk Weaving Studio have launched a YouTube channel. If

Laura Proctor February 13, 2021February 23, 2021 Activity, General News, noticeboard, virtualentertainments Read more

February Guild Meeting – Feb 18, 7pm

—- The video is now online for all! See www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLOPCAJKeLE. Flax to Linen: The Movie Growing flaxseed and transforming into linen cloth in Victoria —- On February 18th the Guild presentation will be by the “Flax to Linen Victoria” group.

Laura Proctor January 25, 2021March 2, 2021 Activity, Frontpage, General News, Meeting Notice Read more

Drop-In Evening – January 26, 7pm

Come one, come all!  The last Tuesday of every month has long been an evening when guild members would gather together to work (spin, knit, weave, ….) and chat. It is time to do it again – this time virtually

Laura Proctor January 25, 2021February 13, 2021 Activity, Drop-in, General News, publicoutreach Read more

Online workshops/seminars

We have started a listing of online workshops/seminars to let members know of these opportunities. Please visit the Workshops page to see the listing. AND if you are aware of upcoming online workshops, please send us the contact information (web

Laura Proctor November 23, 2020February 27, 2021 Activity, General News, noticeboard Read more

Drop-In Evening – Tuesday Nov 24, 7pm

Come one, come all!  The last Tuesday of every month except December has long been an evening guild members would gather together to work (spin, knit, weave, ….) and chat. It is time to do it again – this time

Laura Proctor November 23, 2020November 25, 2020 Activity, Drop-in, General News, publicoutreach, Uncategorized Read more

December Guild Get Together/Show & Tell – Dec 3, 7pm

Usually the Guild has a Holiday Potluck the first Thursday of December. Since this cannot occur in 2020, we still want an opportunity for Guild members to virtually get together and enjoy some seasonal festivities. Many members have been using

Laura Proctor November 23, 2020December 29, 2020 Activity, General News, Meeting Notice Read more

November Guild Meeting (Zoom) Nov 19, 12:00 NOON

UPDATE Nov18:  The start time for our meeting has been changed to begin at 12:00 Noon. Our speaker will join us at 12:30 pm. All members should now have an invitation to the online meeting in their email. November’s virtual

Laura Proctor October 26, 2020November 23, 2020 Activity, General News, Meeting Notice, Uncategorized Read more
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Monthly Guild Meeting

We have traditionally had a monthly business meeting on the 3rd Thursday of the month, however, we are currently not meeting in compliance with the current requirement to limit all public gatherings larger than 50 people.

Please watch our website and Facebook presence for updates.

Visit the Guild on Facebook and Join our Private Group to ask/answer questions, arrange rides and share information.

Upcoming Events

  • March 13, 2021, 11:45 pm – Submission Deadline for March Show & Tell
  • March 18, 2021, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – March Guild Meeting - Show & Tell
  • March 23, 2021, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – Guild Drop-In Evening - by Zoom
  • April 7, 2021, 11:00 am – Wax Printing by Aiwan Obinyan (virtual screening)
  • April 15, 2021, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm – April Guild Meeting - Jon Hetts from Ula and Lia

What’s Happening

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Recent Posts

  • Upcoming workshop and webinar series
  • March Guild Meeting – March 18, 7pm
  • Drop-In Evening – February 23, 7pm
  • New videos online – Sanjo Silk, The Silk Weaving Studio, HGA Textiles & Tea
  • February Guild Meeting – Feb 18, 7pm
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