Our May meeting was a busy afternoon, Susan having prepared a quiz on different fleeces and fibres. The idea being that members had to work out what type of fleece or fibre it was. There was much scratching of heads, feeling the fibres and looking at books while rapidly filling in the quiz sheet before the results were called out. Our thanks to Susan for preparing such a comprehensive range of fleece and fibre and a wonderfully exciting quiz.

Maureen bought along her weavings for show and tell. These were weft faced weaves she had woven based on Cretan weaves and patterns she saw on her last visit to Crete. 

June saw members volunteering to support the RBST at the Norfolk Show. Diss Guild members joined forces with members from other Norfolk Guilds to demonstrate spinning, weaving and needle felting. Despite the rain on the second day it was great fun and, as always, talking to visitors about spinning, weaving and using wool from native and rare breeds sheep was very rewarding.

Our summer social was held in June, kindly hosted by Pam our Guild secretary. A wonderfully relaxed lunch and afternoon was spent in Pam’s garden, which was enjoyed by those members who could make it. Our thanks to Pam for hosting this enjoyable afternoon.