Welcome

Since 1973, we’ve been sharing ideas and enthusiasm as we show one another how we spin and weave. Our purpose is to:

1. Encourage and promote spinning, weaving and associated fibre arts as a medium of self-expression, fulfillment and satisfaction.
2. Encourage closer fraternal relationship with people having these interests in the Duncan and surrounding areas.

Activities
The guild hosts a day in January, bringing together spinners from Vancouver Island and the surrounding islands. We are very active in both the Cowichan Fleece & Fibre Fair (in the fall), and the Cowichan Exhibition (in September). We offer classes in beginning spinning twice a year.

Why not drop by for a visit?
Our general meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month (except for July, August, and December) at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Indian Road (off of Maple Bay Road), in Duncan, BC, Canada. Meetings start at 10:00 a.m. and finish before 2:00 p.m., so do bring a lunch. We have a business meeting, sometimes a guild program, and show and tell.

We also have two informal gatherings (”Textile Days”) a month – one on the fourth Tuesday and one on the last Saturday of the month. Our Textile Days are held in members’ homes. This is a time for sharing ideas and projects as well as spinning, weaving, or knitting. We also have weave study groups once or twice a year.

Membership
The $25 annual membership fee allows members to attend all guild activities, use the library and guild equipment, give first opportunity for signing up at guild-sponsored workshops, and to sell articles at guild sales events.

For more information, send us an e-mail at TSWGuild@gmail.com .

Tzouhalem Spinners & Weavers SALE!

“Hey look, a loom in The Loft!  Have you seen the spinning wheels there too?”

You’re going to hear those words frequently this fall as the Tzouhalem Spinners and Weavers Guild takes over The Loft Gallery in the Mill Bay Centre for its annual Weavers Sale.  From October 31 to December 3, the Duncan-based group will be selling handwoven scarves, blankets, tea towels, table runners, bags, handknit toques and slippers, Kumihimo braiding kits, and other original pieces in the gallery space above Valley Vines to Wines in the Mill Bay Centre.  Shoppers wanting that extra special Christmas gift should definitely add this Weavers Sale, with its many ‘one-of’ creations, to their ‘must do’ list!  The official opening takes place on Saturday, October 31, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Members of the Guild, as artists-in-residence at The Loft Gallery during the Weavers Sale, will take turns being in attendance so any visitors keen to try the on-site loom can be sure of a helping hand.

More than looms will be in action in the Gallery on the four Saturdays in November.  Spinners, braiders, basket makers and felters will be sharing tips during demonstrations of these crafts on November 7, 14, 21 and 28.

To promote the Weavers Sale, coordinators Alison Irwin and Els van Dam will present two events in the Mill Bay Library.  On Wednesday, October 21, at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Alison will lead youngsters through a design exercise that uses words as inspiration for woven patterns.  What will be her ‘weaving with words’ muse?  The children’s story Amos’s Sweater!  A week later, Els will set up her silk reeling equipment.  If you’ve ever wondered how you’d unwind the cocoon of a silk moth in order to collect the fine thread it’s made of, circle October 28 on your calendar!  The show runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Another date to note is Saturday, November 14.  Florence Feldman-Wood from Andover, Maine, editor/publisher of The Spinning Wheel Sleuth, (http://spwhsl.com/), will be on the island to deliver her lecture ‘Clues to Researching Textile Tools’.  It will take place in Toad Hall at Pine Lodge Farm, 3191 Mutter Road, Mill Bay.  Doors open at 10:00 a.m.  The two-hour lecture starts at 10:30.  Admission is $15.  Net proceeds will benefit the Cowichan Valley Museum & Archives and the Shawnigan Lake Museum.

The Weavers Sale in The Loft Gallery will be open during the business hours of Valley Vines to Wines: Monday 9:30 to 5, Tuesday and Wednesday 9:30 to 6, Thursday 9:30 to 7, Friday 9:30 to 6, and Saturday 9:30 to 5.

For more details, contact Alison Irwin at (250) 746-6330 or Els van Dam at (250) 743-0851.

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