MEETINGS

KHWS holds monthly meetings on the second Wednesday of each month, except July and August, in our studio at the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning. Meetings are preceded by a social time at 6:30, followed by the general meeting at 7:00. Members of the general community are very welcome to attend.

Note:  January, February, and March are held virtually via zoom

 

Upcoming Meetings:

Wednesday May 14, 2025 – In Studio – Call to Order at 7:00 pm

2025 Guild Challenge – “Soil to Soil”

Wednesday June 11, 2025 – Potluck Social – Location TBA

 

Previous Meetings:

Wednesday April 9, 2025 – In Studio – Antonia Behan gave an Overview of Ethel Mairet’s work, advocacy and influence on handweaving and spinning

Wednesday March 11, 2025 – Virtual – via ZOOM – Andrea Vollenwyder presented Colour Design with an Art Student – Two or more colours and patterns

Wednesday February 11, 2025 – Virtual – via ZOOM – e-textile researcher Lee Jones introduced attendees to the field of electronic textiles (also known as e-textiles) and discuss insights from her recent publication on hand spinning e-textile yarns.

Wednesday January 8, 2025  – Virtual – via Zoom – Robyn Spady Weave Structures:  Totally Twill – The Basics and Beyond

Wednesday December 11, 2024  – In Studio – Em Harmsen presented her approach to accessible and sustainable clothing – emske design studio

Wednesday November 13, 2024 – In Studio – Study Groups – a panel presentation/discussion

Wednesday October 9, 2024 – In Studio – Barbara Heins – All about our November Sale

Wednesday September 11, 2024ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING – In Studio

Wednesday June 12, 2024 – Potluck Social – Emma Martin Park, Kingston

Wednesday May 8, 2024 – In Studio  – Celebrating our 2024 Guild Challenge entries  “New to Me”

Wednesday April 10, 2024 – In Studio – Barbara Heins – All things tea towel!

Wednesday March 13, 2024 – Virtual – via Zoom – Wave Weir – Wave Fibre Mill – Parry Sound Ontario 
Wave Weir is a clothing designer, wool mill owner and operator in Seguin, Ontario, near Parry Sound on the shores of Georgian Bay. Weir started a fibre processing mill in her small community by purchasing vintage equipment from a retired business, Weir has established a semi-worsted spinning and weaving mill, providing added processing services for area farmers as well as purchasing raw material from regenerative farms to be used in an ever-growing possibility of product. Her presentation ‘The cloth is everything‘ and the designs created to showcase the fabric, are basic with a simple clean line. Repairable, adjustable, meant to last a lifetime, the entire garment will bio-degrade back to the earth, following the age-old ‘soil to soil’ regenerative agricultural model. Working from the basic philosophy, that economies must support a thriving community while doing no harm, we engage a local workforce and area artisans, and look for local, pure, unadulterated, bio-degradable materials to create each garment.

Wednesday February 14, 2024 – Virtual – via Zoom – Denis Kovnat – Weaver/DesignerOnce upon a warp: From the loom to the runway

Wednesday January 10, 2024 – Virtual – via Zoom – Anna Hunter The True Cost of Wool: Transparency and Traceability in the Canadian Wool Industry –  Long Way Homestead