Desert Sage Spinners and Weavers Guild

Our roots began in 1977,when a few weavers began meeting in each other's homes to encourage innovation and learning. Member Daphne Malins designed and wove her Okanagan Tartan which she registered with CIPO and as a Scottish Tartan. In 1980 the Guild adopted its current name and the tartan made its first appearance at the annual Arts and Craft Show. For more than 45 years we have been supporting spinners, weavers, knitters, felters and other fibre arts in the beautiful South Okanagan of B.C.

Guild Announcements

Guild Announcements:

The website has been redesigned to make it easier to view on phones and tablets. Here is the 2023/24 Season Schedule.

Visit us on Facebook at Desert Sage Spinners & Weavers.

If you are new to weaving or unfamiliar with some terms, the sites Weave Structures and Plain Weave Variations will help.
I like this article on Mixing Twills for its practical learning.

Posts are published by event date so look for them by visiting the Archives to the right or Older Posts after the last displayed post.
To return to our Home page at any time, just CLICK HERE. Enjoy and thank you for visiting!

“We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Oliver Community Arts Council”
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Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Open House April 25th

We had a busy and successful Open House with lots of samples of the creativity by the guild members and lots of opportunity for our guests to observe all the techniques in action.

This is the finished purse Betty was working on in the April 10th posting. Lovely job!

These are some examples of what was on display at the Open House.

A woven ( 2 different pieces) with bias knitted edge woman's jacket - Gail E.

Rug weaving, inkle loom weaving bag.

Various projects.


Nell's exceptionally complex and sophisticated weaving.

Interesting sideways knitted sweater.

Guild Announcements

Guild Announcements:

The website has been redesigned to make it easier to view on phones and tablets. Here is the 2023/24 Season Schedule.

Visit us on Facebook at Desert Sage Spinners & Weavers.

If you are new to weaving or unfamiliar with some terms, the sites Weave Structures and Plain Weave Variations will help. I like this article on Mixing Twills for its practical learning.

Posts are published by event date so look for them by visiting the Archives to the right or Older Posts after the last displayed post.To return to our Home page at any time, just CLICK HERE. Enjoy and thank you for visiting!

“We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Oliver Community Arts Council” _____________________________________________________________________

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

About Me

If you are new to weaving or unfamiliar with some terms, the sites Weave Structures and Plain Weave Variations will help.
I like this article on Mixing Twills for its practical learning.

Posts are published by event date so look for them by visiting the Archives to the right or Older Posts after the last displayed post.
To return to our Home page at any time, just CLICK HERE. Enjoy and thank you for visiting!

“We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Oliver Community Arts Council”
_____________________________________________________________________