The Handweavers, Spinners and Dyers Guild of Tasmania is delighted to announce that our long-anticipated exhibition, The Tassie Tea Party...

Are your fluffy bits getting in the way of spindle spinning? Hands too sweaty and felting the fibre? Don’t have access to a distaff or...

by Kylie On January 7, the Southern members of the HWSG celebrated Distaff Day 7th January 2025 under a perfect blue-sky day, accompanied...

by Amanda As the weather finally warms, my thoughts are turning to a task more easily completed in the summer – that of washing and/or...

Synopsis by Linda (Linda attended the Majacraft Australia Camp 2024 – YMCA Lake Dewar Discovery Camp in Victoria) This workshop was heaps...

Can you remember 35 years ago? The 1st of June 1989 to be precise. That’s the day “The Spindle Tree” opened its doors for the first time....

Donna Rudd Excerpt from Summer 2018 Spin-Off with thanks Because there are so many variations of alpaca and llama patterns and colours,...

A recent very, very generous donation of some hundreds of cream-coloured cotton cones to the Guild raised the thought of dyeing in the...

Written by Gaye Here are pictures from my recent experiments in making supported spindles from bits and pieces I had lying around. They...

Written by Kylie Photograph taken from...

There had been a solid storm in Hobart one Sunday night recently, with unexpected consequences for the Tuesday Weavers group. We knew...

Written by Lalita Lowe Creative Director and Designer: Lalita Lowe Wool: White Gum Wool - 4ply fingering yarn 70% Merino, 30% Silk...

Written By Karen Overdue to start Xmas gift production and in a desperate attempt to reduce my stash I agreed to a request for dryer...

Written by Christine I learnt there are approximately 800 dance groups each with their own traditional costumes, similar styles but each...

Written by Eric Thank you to Vanessa, Rachael and Bronwyn for the 2023 Bicheno Spinning Retreat on the East Coast of Tasmania. I believe...

Amanda reports: Held annually in mid-July and worth attending at least once. We restricted purchases to processed fibre we can’t normally...

It began with some lovely homespun from Kimbra and a ‘fluffy’ synthetic cardigan from the Kingston opshop. The yarn was dyed with my...

What a great day we had at Ross this year. Between 65 and 70 members (each time we counted we came up with a different number as people...

Due to the unavailability of the rooms at St Georges Church in Battery Point, the meeting for Thursday 10 March will take place in Dru...

The Guild Annual General Meeting is scheduled for Saturday 5 March. The start time has been brought forward slightly, and will now begin...