East Grinstead Spinners

Over the past two months Madeline has taught us to weave Baltic band weaving. Day One was taken up with warping the looms, and starting to weave: Day two progressed to the weaving of the patterns: A couple of people had done some homework: The last image is of an inkle loom band where the weft was passed through from the same side at each pass:

Carol Carey gave us a demonstration of how she has used plants from her garden to make mats and baskets. The plant material has been dried. It is then re-wetted and kept moist in a towel to make it soft enough to weave.

Carol T started our 2026 workshops with a workshop exploring heat transfer printing. Everyone enjoyed themselves hugely. These are some of the results:

The time has just flown by. We have been out and about at our regular venues, the National Trust's Standen House, the Ashdown Forest Visitor Centre, the Edenbridge and Oxted Show, and the Tonbridge Lace and Threads Fair. We were blessed with perfect weather for our annual Dyeing Day in August, topped off with a batch with Madeline's rock cakes. And to top it all off this September we have celebrated our 30th Anniversary. Directly after the AGM we had a Pot Luck (and were we lucky, yum yum) Lunch to which we invited past and founder members.  Liz had made us a cake to celebrate!   And Linda and her husband made us a sheep, to which we all contributed 30g skeins of wool Shaun the Sheep showed off his woolly skeins in East Grinstead Library, together with a small exhibition of work - organized by Phyllis and Anne. We further celebrated with a Spin in Public Day with our new friend Shaun the Sheep, by the East Grinstead Bookshop in the High Street where we were able to keep an eye...

The Japanese art of Boro is 'on trend', We had fun playing with this decorative art at one of our 2023 workshops Repairing a rip Disguising a hole                              Covering a stain Making a feature of the mend Extending the life of a sock Choosing the yarn          Using any odds and ends you have to hand. Perfect up-cycling solutions