Meetings

Our meeting times are every 4th Saturday of the month. We have no meetings in December.

We meet at Thakeham Village Hall, 1 Abingworth Crescent, Pulborough RH20 3GW  from 10.30am - 4.30pm.

Please contact Kathy via the contact form in the side panel if you wish to attend - visitors pay £5 per day.

 

Programme 2026

The workshops are for members only.

24th January 2pm - Medieval Girl Power and Silk Women - a talk by The Silkewoman Sue Lamberton

28th February - 'Spring Clean' tables, and launch of 2026 challenge

28th March - AGM am and Show and Tell

25th April - Social Meeting and Warping Demonstration for  Tablet Weaving with Inge Tombs

23rd May - Tablet Weaving with Inge Tombs 

27th June - Dyeing with Val Conway

25th July - Open Day

22nd August - Mini Skills Day

26th September - Tapestry Weaving with Linda Codd

24th October - Social Meeting

22nd November - members only - Christmas Lunch - Challenge Reveal 

 


 

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