Tawe Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers

Tawe Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers A vibrant Guild promoting the ancient crafts of spinning, weaving and dyeing

A drive out? To meet like minded souls and see what they do.
10/04/2026

A drive out? To meet like minded souls and see what they do.

23/03/2026

A message from a lady seeking spare bobbins for her ladybug wheel.
Any offers?

The tawe guild meets every Friday morning and 3 Thursday evenings a month at the ARCH near pontadarwe. Please come and...
28/02/2026

The tawe guild meets every Friday morning and 3 Thursday evenings a month at the ARCH near pontadarwe.
Please come and meet us stay for coffee chat and see if our group is your new group. All welcome

Thursday 5th Feb.At the ARCH a skills share a basic look at the difference types of spinning forward draw ,back/rever...
03/02/2026

Thursday 5th Feb.
At the ARCH a skills share a basic look at the difference types of spinning forward draw ,back/reverse draw, long draw, folded . .
All welcome bring your wheel carders too and some clean fleece or roving.
See you🐏🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐪🦙

06/01/2026

Please note:
Due to the risk of snow and ice there will be no Guild meetings this week.
We will recommence meetings on Thursday 15 & Friday 16th January 2026

03/12/2025

CHRISTMAS DATES

Please note, the Guild will not meet over Christmas and the New Year.

Last meeting dates in December:
- Thursday evening 11th December
- Friday 12th December

We will return on:
- Thursday evening 8th January 2026
- Friday 9th January 2026

Saturday 18th October, the Guild held a rigid heddle loom warping class. This class is a perennial favourite and yesterd...
19/10/2025

Saturday 18th October, the Guild held a rigid heddle loom warping class. This class is a perennial favourite and yesterday was no exception. Look at these fab photos!

What a wonderful day at yesterday! It was so busy I only managed to snag a couple of pics of the early set up. Hopeful...
07/09/2025

What a wonderful day at yesterday! It was so busy I only managed to snag a couple of pics of the early set up. Hopefully there are more to come!

We will be at on Saturday! Do come and see us. I am told we shall be next to some sheep (naturally)!We will be demo-in...
04/09/2025

We will be at on Saturday! Do come and see us. I am told we shall be next to some sheep (naturally)!

We will be demo-ing drop spindle and spinning wheel spinning and weaving. Our mascot will be there, but what is her name? Have a guess for £1 . Get lots of others to do so too, because the winner gets half the pot! Here is her portrait, so you can have a think before Saturday

A rather different evening session today! Ros completed her Aran poncho and Anne is near completion of the library shelv...
21/08/2025

A rather different evening session today! Ros completed her Aran poncho and Anne is near completion of the library shelves she is making. We are a multi-talented group

Teach a woman to crochet, and there is no stopping her! Here we have Sue showing her textured blue crochet, Debbie showi...
08/08/2025

Teach a woman to crochet, and there is no stopping her! Here we have Sue showing her textured blue crochet, Debbie showing her handspun crochet with beautiful coloured lines and another Sue demo-ing her handspun shawl.

Just so you don't think it is all woolly fibres here, Ann is making frames and shelves for a cabinet to hold the Guild's extensive library!

Here is a story in woven form from first handspun yarn, through experimentation with colour blending to completed shawl....
07/08/2025

Here is a story in woven form from first handspun yarn, through experimentation with colour blending to completed shawl. All done on a triangular frame loom. Close up shows first handspun.

Address

ARCH Hall Community Centre, Cefnllan Road, Gelligron, Swansea SA8 4 PU
Pontardawe
SA84PU

Telephone

01792 863955

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