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Wool Road Spinners and Weavers is a social group interested in:
Wool Road Spinners and Weavers Inc. currently meet in the old schoolroom at the Lady Denman Museum at Huskisson each third Thursday of the month, from 9:30am until 1:00pm. New members who have an interest in or wish to learn more about spinning, weaving, dyeing, knitting, crochet, felting or basketry are most welcome.
The crafts of spinning and weaving can extend to many skills and variations of both activities. Besides using the fleece – combed, carded or blended – for spinning, other fibres can also be used. These include mohair, camel, alpaca, silk, angora, cotton, flax or dog hair. Most of these fibres can then be dyed and knitted, crocheted or woven into articles of clothing, hats, napery, toys, stoles, wall hangings, rugs, etc. Baskets and sun hats can also be woven from reeds or rushes. The list is as endless as the craftperson’s inspiration or imagination allows. Practical or decorative, it is all very satisfying and rewarding.
Other activities of our group include felting, tassle and braid making, and silk dyeing and painting. Spinning and weaving and its extensions can become absorbing to the point of becoming a compulsive activity, but they also give great pleasure and a sense of achievement when you stand back and contemplate some finished work is entirely yours.
- spinning
- weaving
- felting
- dyeing
- basketry
- knitting
- crochet
- other handcrafts.
Wool Road Spinners and Weavers Inc. currently meet in the old schoolroom at the Lady Denman Museum at Huskisson each third Thursday of the month, from 9:30am until 1:00pm. New members who have an interest in or wish to learn more about spinning, weaving, dyeing, knitting, crochet, felting or basketry are most welcome.
The crafts of spinning and weaving can extend to many skills and variations of both activities. Besides using the fleece – combed, carded or blended – for spinning, other fibres can also be used. These include mohair, camel, alpaca, silk, angora, cotton, flax or dog hair. Most of these fibres can then be dyed and knitted, crocheted or woven into articles of clothing, hats, napery, toys, stoles, wall hangings, rugs, etc. Baskets and sun hats can also be woven from reeds or rushes. The list is as endless as the craftperson’s inspiration or imagination allows. Practical or decorative, it is all very satisfying and rewarding.
Other activities of our group include felting, tassle and braid making, and silk dyeing and painting. Spinning and weaving and its extensions can become absorbing to the point of becoming a compulsive activity, but they also give great pleasure and a sense of achievement when you stand back and contemplate some finished work is entirely yours.
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