NEW CLASSES AT THE GUILD

Janie Gummer from The Handweavers & Spinners Guild Auckland Inc

NEW CLASSES
Go to the website to enrol.
Exploring 4 Shaft weaving

Tutor: Alison Francis
When: Sunday May 14
Time: 10am to 4pm
Where: Textile Art Centre (aka The Guild)
Cost: Guild members $75, Non Guild members $85 (Also includes materials)
Students must be able to warp their loom independently
How it Works: Once you have enrolled, you will received a n already wound warp and an instruction sheet to tell you how to warp up the pattern you have been given.
You will warp your loom before the class and bring it ready to weave.
You will weave a sample on your loom and then you will swap with other members of the class and weave a sample on each of their looms. Everyone will have a different pattern on their loom, so you will have the chance to try them all.
Please Bring: Your warped loom. Scissors, measuring tape, shuttles, scrap yarn, some tie on name tags, pencil and paper, your lunch.
We provide tea and coffee and weft yarns.
Please enrol early enough so you have time to receive your warp and warp up your loom.
Flash Jackets

Tutor: Priscilla Lowry
When: Saturday 6 May
Time: 9am to 3.30pm
Where: Textile Art Centre
Cost: Guild Members $80, Non Guild members $90
What you will Learn: Do you have a favourite jumper with holes in it, or has it shortened and widened, or got smaller?
This is upcycling as an adventure. Let Priscilla help you to unleash your creativity and create a unique wearable jacket out of an old knitted garment. (Hand or commercially knitted)
Please Bring: Any old jumpers or cardigans that you are willing to cut up, sharp scissors, a range of knitting needles including a long fine one, crochet hooks, pins, tapemeasure, large sewing needles, embellishments, any small balls of yarn including some fine yarn to match the garment, and just the usual sewing bits and pieces.
Priscilla will also bring various jumpers, yarns etc and she usually finds that people are willing to share and swap materials as they go.
Nuno Felting Class

Tutor: Christine Roxburgh Time 9.30 am – 3.30 pm
When: Saturday 8 April Where Textile Art Centre
Cost: Guilder Members $75 (includes materials kit) Non Guild Members $85
Fabulous Combinations
This is your opportunity to venture into a new world of felting! Come and learn how to integrate fabric into your felt using nuno techniques. Since its creation in Austria over 20 years ago, nuno’s popularity has grown hugely due to its stunning effects and endless possibilities.
What you will learn. Come and enjoy several techniques which really create a “wow” factor in your work. We will cover wool layout before making a number of small samples to try different methods. You may then choose to make a larger piece to combine the effects or continue to explore the methods we try.
You will leave with new ideas bursting to be tried out.
Suitable for – beginner felters and those wishing to try some new ideas.
Kit Supplied – includes 100gms fine merino, assorted silk and cotton fabrics, different weight of silks, various small inclusions, eco detergent, mosquito netting, thin plastic.
What to bring – Any fine lightweight silks or lightweight loosely woven cotton fabrics you may have already, or op shop scarves. Select loosely woven, fine natural fabrics such as silk chiffon, and georgette, cotton gauze. No polyester or acetate. Patterns and plain fabrics are both useful. I have a selection but you may have some of your own you’d like to try.
- Scissors suitable for cutting fine fabrics
- Bubblewrap (new pieces not with the bubbles burst) 2 pieces about 120cm x 50 cm
- Pastic bottle with lid to sprinkle water. Milk bottle with moulded handle is good (we will make small holes in the lid)
- Small amounts (3-4m) woollen yarn, DK or thicker, any colours
- Bring any fine merino or polworth wool you already have and wish to use for your own project later in the day. 21 micron and less. Coarse wool won’t work! This is optional so only bring it if you have it. (I will have a limited amount available)
- 2-3 old towels and a sponge or microfiber cloth for soaking up extra water. Apron
- Notebook and pen
- 2L icecream container or similar
- Swimming pool noodle or wooden dowel (broom handle diameter) about 50cm long
- Plastic bags to take home wet felt.
- Please bring your own lunch. Tea and coffee is supplied.