A Celebration of fleece and fibre with the East Central Scotland Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers

11^th October 2025

The East Central Scotland Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers will be putting on quite a show at the Scottish Smallholder Festival on the 18^th October. They will be the central attraction in the Fleece and Fibre Zone which will be upstairs in the Foyer of the Highland Hall.

There will be a fantastic display and information about different British yarns knitted for a “British Breeds” project and visitors will be able to see naturally dyed yarns.

The Guild will have a variety of wool processing equipment so visitors can see fleece from just washed right through the preparation process to being spun.

There will be a number of spinners spinning, and the guild are providing some spinning wheels for visitors to ‘have a go!’

Visitors will also be given the chance to try spinning on Drop Spindles.

Alongside the spinners, there will be weavers demonstrating and again, visitors will be able to ‘have a go’

And finally, one of the members of the guild is going to host a knitting and crochet circle, and we will provide all tools and yarn for those who have never tried it to drop in and have a try, or for more accomplished knitters and crocheters to drop in and have a blether over the needles.

The fleece and fibre zone will be open all day – drop by and give it a try.