Category: General Meeting

Please join us for our Annual General Meeting and Potluck

Please join us either in Person or on Zoom so we can get our Quorum for the meeting

Date: June 2,2026
Time: 5:30 – 6:00 Set up
6:00 – 7:00 Potluck Dinner
7:00 – 9:00 Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting is a great way for us to get together, share some food and find out what we did over the last year, and what is planned for next year.

To try to be environmentally friendly we suggest you bring your own plate, cutlery etc, but there will be some disposable plates and cutlery available.

We will be having door prizes ( one for weavers and one for spinners) – you get a ticket for being at the meeting and a ticket for bringing a show and tell item.

There will also be a 50/50 draw so bring some cash for that

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After the enjoying the wonderful food we’ll proceed with the business portion of the meeting

We hope you can attend. We do need to ensure we have enough members to form a quorum for the voting (35).

Below is the link to the Agenda. The Financial report can be found in the Monday Muse

Date: May 5, 2026
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm (arrive at 6:30 for social time)

The Fashion Show!!!

Bring your handmade items for our Fashion show in May!! Anything qualifies, it doesn’t have to be something which would normally be worn. Last year we had rugs, tea towels as well as scarves, shawls and hats.

Click on link below to open file to print to document your piece for the Fashion Show. Printed copied will also be available at the meeting.

The Fashion show is always a fun night to get together and see what we’ve all been making over the last year.

The annual Guild Fashion Show is looming (ha!) on the horizon:

This is your reminder to finish up your spinning from the Hand-Me-Down’s Tale fibre swap so you have time to fashion (ha, ha) something that speaks to what community means to you; and remember there is a prize waiting for at the end of the runway!

Date: April 7, 2026

Speaker: Cat Haggart

Topic: From Flax to Linen

Cat will join us at ELCC for her presentation on Flax to Linen

Cat Haggert is in demand as a presenter and demonstrator who unravels the magic of creating a fine linen thread from a blue flowered grain that will grow in your back garden. In her presentation she will provide an overview of the process of growing, harvesting, processing, and spinning flax.

Date: March 3, 2026

Speaker: Florencia Campos

Topic: Pin Loom Weaving

Date: February 3, 2026

Speaker: Amanda Rataj
Amanda will be joining us on Zoom from Hamilton

Topic: Pattern Design in Weaving – Amanda will talk a little about both her design practice and some of the interesting trips she has been on in her career as a weaver, like Denmark, Iceland, and Japan.

Date: January 6 @ 7:00 pm (on zoom)

The meeting was recorded and is available HERE – You will need to be signed into the LDWS website to access that page. Alternately click on Documents & Zoom Room, then Meeting Presentations/Handouts. The recording will be available until the February meeting

Speaker: Felicia Lo – Sweet Georgia Yarns and School of Sweet Georgia

Topic: Multicraftual crafting

There will not be a business portion on January 6th. Just a bonus presentation.

Felicia Lo

Stash & Side Hustle Sale!

Date: Saturday December 6th – 10:00-2:00 –
In large meeting room

We’re shaking things up for our December meeting with something a little different — a Stash and Side Hustle Sale!
The guild will be selling some surplus equipment to help tidy up our storage area, and members are invited to bring along their own stash or handmade items that don’t qualify for the Fibre Art Festival and Sale. It’s a great opportunity to clear out your craft space, share your creations, and maybe pick up a few treasures from others!

We’re also hoping to welcome a few outside vendors (details still being finalized), and to make the day even better, we’ll be including a potluck lunch — so bring something tasty to share.

There will be a short business meeting as part of the event.

Topics: The Care and Feeding of Spinning wheels and Looms

Date: November 4, 2025 @ 7:00

Speakers:
Ken and Lorraine Hyatt – Spinning Wheel Maintenance
Dan Lajoie – Loom Maintenance

These 2 presentations will occur concurrently. Both presentations will be live at ELCC. We will attempt to capture each of the presentations on video so the members who are both weavers and spinners, and those unable to attend will be able to watch the presentations after the meeting

Ken Hyatt

        While growing up, I took advantage of the opportunity to learn all I could about both wood and metal working.  As a teen, working with my father and brother, we built our bedroom furniture, toys and 2 boats.  This lead to a career in maintenance that included keeping everything in a one million sq. ft. warehouse running smoothly.  The variety of work at times was a huge challenge.

        Retirement in 2002, brought new twists!  The “Better Half”, learning to spin, announced a spinning wheel would soon be needed.  The first wheel, after some research and lots of trial and error, worked good enough.  “But, lets make it better!”  Now after 90  wheels, they are greatly improved and my skills have adapted to the needs of building new wheels, repairing old wheels, looms and other textile related equipment.  Most wheels have been sold through Wellington Fibres in Elora.  After 20 years of building wheels, the pleasure and satisfaction of spinning on each new and repaired wheel is hard to put into words.

Dan LaJoie

Textura Vitae:
I bought my first loom around 2005 and played alone on simple projects. With a puffed chest, I would say, “Oh yes, I’ve been a weaver now for x number of years. When I joined the guild in 2013, I was thinking that I could parasitize them for maybe a year, get a bunch of information, and continue on without them. Well, they showed me! They made “THEM” into “US” and “WE”. In 2014, after Pat Zanier’s Beginning Weaving workshop,  I would humbly acknowledge,  “Oh, I had been weaving for several years.”. More than a decade later, …still here, and in the presence of such an illustrious harmony of artisans, I give a wide-eted head shake and say,  “Oh, I’m just still learning.”.

Zen and the Art of Loom Maintenance
In this 45-minute presentation, you will learn to C.A.R.E. for your loom:

Cleaning
Adjusting
Repairing
Expanding

Date: October 7

Recording Click HERE (You will need to be signed into the website to access the link

Speaker: Lyndsey Weber

Topic: Ontario Fibreshed –

Ontario Fibreshed

The Ontario Fibreshed fosters a thriving network of producers, artisans, mills, and manufacturers, united by a passion for choosing local, natural fibres and sustainable practices. Our mission is to support and promote the cultivation, production, and use of natural fibres in Ontario. Building upon our agricultural and manufacturing heritage, we work to build economically robust, fibre-based industries.

We are driven by collaboration and continuous learning. We invite everyone to learn more about our Fibreshed.

The Ontario Fibreshed a not-for-profit affiliate within the international Fibershed community.