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, 2024 – ANNUAL 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/Designer –Once 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