#253 Spring 2015

Can you be sure to have enough fibre for a project, before starting it? Klara Decker explains how.
Amanda Hannaford shows us step-by-step, how to produce space-dyed tops.
Weavers will be intrigued by Merilyn Green’s account of Weaving Damask on a Drawloom. Rita Parniczky tells us about her X-ray fabrics and Jo Atherton explains how and why she weaves art from flotsam.
See how spinners got ‘out and about’ for Worldwide Spin in Public Day.
Hear the fascinating story of a Shrewsbury Flax Mill and the ‘Flax to Fabric’ project it has inspired.
2015 sees the diamond anniversary of the Association of Guild’s for Weavers, Spinners and Dyers; Jill Riley takes us on a journey through its 60 years of challenges and changes.