The wonderfully talented Jane came along on Saturday 17th June 2023 to show Guild workshopppers how to create a fantastic Herdwick Sheep picture. Helpfully everyone had an outline taken from a beautiful photo of the Herdy predrawn onto hessian and from the photo each Guild member worked with various fibres and techniques to reproduce the... Continue Reading →
There was a wonderful buzz in the room for this month's meeting at Mungrisdale. We were worried that as we needed to change the day from our usual 3rd Saturday in the month that the workshop would not be able to take place but the utterly marvellous Jan pulled out all the stops in her... Continue Reading →
Saturday 16th June 2018, at Mungrisdale Village Hall was once again a hive of activity as we were shown how to colour-blend on a drum-carder. Visiting tutor Freyalyn Close-Hainsworth travelled from West Yorkshire to demonstrate another of her many fibre skills – this time blending wool and other fibres on a drum-carder to produce colourful,... Continue Reading →
March 2018 Acquiring a new skill in a single day is always a steep learning curve, and a recent workshop at Mungrisdale Village Hall recently, initially seemed every bit as difficult as scaling the steep slopes of Blencathra, close by! Carole Dickens, an active member of Eden Valley Guild of Spinners, Weavers & Dyers, learnt... Continue Reading →
Members of the guild enjoyed an introductory natural dyeing workshop at the annual Garden Party.
Eden Valley Guild 