Norfolk Fibre Arts Guild

05/23/2026

Our guild is participating in this show and sale on Saturday, June 13, 2026. Mark your calendars and plan to attend.

05/21/2026

05/11/2026

On a very cool morning, Murray bundled up and planted flax for our guild. It is next to a small plot of wheat. After sowing, he covered it with some black earth and raked it with the back of a fan rake. Now we wait!
Be sure to mark your calendars for Saturday, August 1 when you can come to Backus Conservation Area to enjoy Field to Fabric and Field to Flour events. You will be able to see the wheat being processed and made into bread. Our flax will not be ready to harvest until mid August, but you can see guild members processing flax into linen yarn and using the yarn to make many different items.

04/16/2026

We're back at Backus for the season. We meet each Wednesday from about 10:30 to 2:30. We love to welcome visitors to our Weaving Shop. If you have questions about membership please contact us via Facebook or an email to [email protected]

Flax seed has been ordered for planting in a couple of weeks. This will be our second year growing flax. Flax and linen will be featured this year at Field to Fabric on August 1.

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11/01/2025

Shop the Shore is coming to the Villages of Long Point Bay in Port Rowan on Saturday, November 8. We will be at the Clubhouse from 10 am until 4 pm. We hope you can stop by to see the high quality, hand-crafted items we produce and sell. It's a perfect opportunity to start your Christmas shopping for all those special people on your list.

10/11/2025

If you're at the Norfolk County Fair in Simcoe today, Saturday, October 11, please come to the Homecraft Building where our guild members will be demonstrating spinning, weaving, rug hooking and much more. See projects in progress including knitting, rug braiding and needle felting. Try your hand at using a drop spindle or weaving a few rows on a table loom. We're happy to talk about what we do and provide information about joining our guild.

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09/18/2025

Some photos from our Indigo Dye Day, September 17. The weather was perfect and we had a great time turning lots of stuff various shaded of blue. We dyed yarn, fabric, over-dyed shawls and a purse. Dyeing hands and feet was just a bonus. We're eager to do some more next week. This is an example of how much fun you can have when you belong to a fibre arts guild.

08/31/2025

Everyone's heading to the War of 1812 reenactment at Backus Heritage Conservation Area on September 6th and 7th, 2025. Our guild members will be there to demonstrate spinning, weaving, rug hooking, rug braiding, felting and other fibre related crafts. Our members will be there both days, on Saturday from 10 until 4 and on Sunday from 10 until 3. Please stop by and see us. We are happy to explain what we are doing and you are also welcome to browse through our shop where we sell our hand made items.

08/06/2025

Today was harvest day for our flax crop. Murray was pleasantly surprised that he had so many helpers. It didn't take long to get bundles tied and then laid out in the sun for several hours to start the drying process. Later in the day, the bundles were taken to the barn to complete drying before the rippling to remove the seeds. It was a good day. Flax will be our featured fibre at Field to Fabric in 2026. Stay tuned for updates as we continue to explore the process of turning flax into linen.

07/11/2025

There was some fun with flax at our guild on Wednesday. The weather was perfect. It was raining but we were on a covered porch. Our flax is in bloom and we discussed harvesting and processing and then five ladies dressed distaffs, and did some spinning. They also tried spinning the flax from towels. I’m not sure I converted everyone to the “I love flax” camp, but I tried. We will do some more next week as we look forward to flax being our featured fibre at Field to Fabric in 2026