Monthly meetings include a program and social time, followed by a business portion. Meetings are held at Guelph Unitarian Fellowship, 122 Harris Street, Guelph (corner of Harris and York Rd) and start at 7.30pm, with the exception of the December and June potluck dinners that start at 6.30pm.

September 8, 2010 / Joint Meeting
Spinning & Weaving as Art Forms
Bring examples of decor items (1 or 2) made to enhance your home or as public building installations or entered in exhibitions. Items purchased from another weaver, basket maker or spinner. The June challenge: "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" Project will be announced at this meeting. Visual presentation: Convergence 2010 art exhibition slides 1. Eye Dazzlers, 2. Small Expressions.

The theme of this year's weaving program is A YEAR OF INTROSPECTION. Reflect - and be inspired!

October 13 / Weaving
Woven Images
There are many techniques for creating images in your work: tapestry, boundweave, rosepath, Theo-Moorman technique, warp painting, and ikat, to name a few. We hope to line up a guest presenter for this meeting, so just sit back and enjoy.

October 27 / Spinning
Spinning Silk, Part 1
Reeling silk, making and spinning mawata (handkerchief) with Hazel Alexander and Norma Goring. Bring your spinning wheel, carders and a dark apron.

November 10 / Weaving
Woodstock Years Revisited (in preparation for April 2011 OHS conference theme)
Do you have photos or even examples of work from earlier eras, or even the very first item you made? Look in old weaving and spinning magazines and come with a description for all to enjoy. Things have changed! Visual presentation: Fashion show, presented decades ago in Aberfoyle by GHS and the Guelph Embroiderers' Guild, and recorded on slides from our library.

November 24 / Spinning
Spinning Silk, Part 2
Hazel Alexander and Norma Goring will lead us in spinning tussah and cultivated silk. Bring your spinning wheel carders and a dark apron.

December 8 / Joint Meeting
Potluck
The evening will include a business meeting and fundraising auction of handmade gift items. Bring an item for the sale, and don't forget your potluck dish, plate, cup and cutlery.

January 12, 2011 / Weaving
Using our Work
Consider the utilitarian items you have woven, felted, or made with handspun yarns. Which of your handmade items do you find you use most - towels, placemats, blankets, baskets etc.? Surprise us with fresh ideas. Visual presentation: YouTube tutorial and podcast examples.

January 26 / Spinning
Spin-in
Bring your spinning wheel, spindles, carders and some fibre of your choice. It will be a time to ask advice, share ideas and experiences with other spinners. An idea: Start a small project for show and tell in June.

February 9 / Weaving
Education
Share with us the educational opportunities you have found most useful personally, for example, our guild's workshops, OHS conferences, weaving certificate programs, HGA Convergences. Visual presentation: a selection of guild-member Marion Smith's study slides.

February 23 / Spinning
Spinning Tints and Shades
Barbara Scott will teach us how to create enhanced colour in the spun yarn for our projects. Bring your spinning wheel, carders and an apron.

March 9 / Weaving
Reference Sources
Books, magazines, workshop sheets, guild handouts, charts etc. that members have found useful as resources. U.S. Marguerite Davison's "A Handweaver's Pattern Book," Canadian Mary Black's "Key to Weaving," and Brit Anne Dixon's "The Handweaver's Pattern Directory" will be reviewed first by our librarians. Bring one or two of your favourites and tell us why you chose them to display. Visual presentation: a sample of Interweave's electronic books.

March 23 / Spinning
Highlands to the Hebrides
Margaret Stalker will talk about her experiences as well as her research on historic tartans and the natural dyes in these tartans.

April 13 / Weaving
Wearing Our Work
Members are asked to bring 1 or 2 clothing items that were woven, felted, or knit with handspun.They can either be purchased from another craftsman or created by the member. Visual presentation: CONVERGENCE 2010 fashion show images, "Walk in Beauty."

April 27 / Spinning
Spinning Using Nature
We'll use tea leaves, cochineal, berries, tree leaves, flower blossoms etc. to embellish a silk scarf. Bring rubber gloves, a plastic bag, string or dental floss, and an apron.

May 11 / Weaving
Gifts Given or Received
What is your favourite handmade item you have been given? What handmade item of yours was well received? Tell (or show) us! Les Reynolds will talk about how he makes the twice-woven rugs so many of you have admired. Visual presentation: members' photos of gift items no longer in their possession (maximum 2 per member); Convergence 2010 yardage slides.

May 25 / Spinning
Needle Felting
Helle Torm-Newland will work with us on a needle felting project. Felting needles will be available for purchase at the meeting.

June 8 / Joint meeting
Potluck
This is our annual budget meeting. Bring your "I Never Saw Another Butterfly" challenge item along with your potluck dish, plate, cup and cutlery.