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What we've been doing

• Berkshire Guild

  We gave an hour's talk on our spindle collection, at a well-attended meeting at Berkshire Guild on Saturday 19 February 2011. After their business meeting, we spent the most hectic two hours of our lives, cramming in spindle spinning and plying. In all, thirty (yes, 30!) people took part, including half a dozen or so complete beginners. It was hugely enjoyable but nice to spend a quiet few days in Cornwall afterwards to recover! We would normally have taken some photos during the workshop, but there simply wasn't time.

• Eden Valley Guild

  We taught a one-day Knitting with Energised Singles workshop at Eden Valley Guild on Saturday 19 March. Click for pictures and more details.

• Alston Hall weekend

  We hosted a weekend Spindling Retreat at Alston Hall College, near Longridge in Lancashire, from 25 to 27 March. Click for even more pictures and details.

• Bradford Guild

  Carol taught a one-day Spinning with Novel Fibres workshop at Bradford and District Guild on Saturday 16 April. Click for pictures and more details.

• Texere Yarns

  Pete taught two half-day spindle spinning workshops at Texere Yarns in Bradford on Saturday 4 June. Click for pictures and more details.

• Woolfest

  We had a stall at Woolfest 2011 on Friday and Saturday 24 and 25 June. Click for pictures and more details.

• Hardcastle Crags

  We taught a half-day Introduction to Spindle Spinning workshop at the National Trust's Gibson Mill property, in Hardcastle Crags, near Hebden Bridge, on Friday 8 July. Click for pictures and more details.

• Knit Nation

  We taught a half-day Introduction to Top Whorl Spindling workshop and a one-day Take Your Spindle Spinning Further workshop at Knit Nation 2011, in Imperial College, London, on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 July. Click for pictures and more details.

• Summer School

  We taught a week-long Comprehensive Spindle Spinning course at the Association of Guilds of Weavers Spinners, & Dyers Summer School, from Sunday 7 to Sunday 14 August. Click for pictures and more details.

• Hardcastle Crags

  We spent an afternoon demonstrating cotton spinning at the National Trust's Gibson Mill property, in Hardcastle Crags, near Hebden Bridge, on Saturday 10 September. This formed part of their Heritage Weekend; Gibson Mill was originally a cotton mill, despite being in Yorkshire, not Lancashire.

• Surrey Guild

  Pete taught a one-day Working with Top Whorl Spindles workshop at East Surrey (Creative Fibres) Guild on Saturday 17 September. I didn't have time to take any photos, but still hope that I may receive some from the Guild's members.

• Hallamshire Guild

  Pete taught a one-day Spinning workshop at Hallamshire Guild on Saturday 22 October. Click for pictures and more details.