Canadian Guilds

Lethbridge, AB
Rep: Mary-Ann McTrowe
President: Lyn Paterson
Website

Meetings are held at CASA, 230 8 Street S, Lethbridge, Alberta

Last updated: January 2026

Rep: Diana Pederson
President: Pennie Ivanco

Meetings held at 3112 11th St. NE #210, Calgary, Alberta, and are accessible via Zoom.

Last updated: January 2026

Abbotsford, BC
Rep: Kathy Bandurka
President: Karin Rennert
Click here to email the guild directly.

Last updated: January, 2026

Chilliwack, BC
Rep: Marlene Randall
President: Marjorie Brown
Website

Meetings are accessible via Zoom.

Last updated: January 2026

Courtenay, BC
Rep: Sheila Carey
President: Norma Dean
Facebook
Meets at the Merville Hall, Merville

The Comox Valley Woolgatherers are comprised of spinners, weavers, knitters, felters, and other fibre artists.  We are mostly from Courtenay and Comox, but have members from as far away as Fanny Bay and Campbell River.

We meet every Monday 12:00-3:00 PM at the Merville Community Hall, 1245 Fenwick Road, Merville, BC.  It is beside Hwy 19A about half way between Courtenay and Campbell River.  Knitters also meet weekly on Wednesdays at 2 PM at members homes. Spinners meet the third Thursday of each month and weavers the second Thursday.

We do not have a web site but you can find us on Facebook under “The Woolgatherers, Comox Valley, Vancouver Island, BC”.

Last Updated: January 2026

Port Moody, BC
Rep: Janice Griffiths
President: Rosie Kerschbaumer

The Coquitlam Weavers and Spinners Guild has been in operation since 1973 in the Coquitlam area east of Vancouver BC.

Members come mainly from Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam, Port Moody and New Westminster.

We usually have 20 – 30 members attending monthly meetings. The meetings take place at Place des Arts in Coquitlam http://www.placedesarts.ca where many of our members learned to weave or spin. Beginning weavers and spinners are always welcome – there is a small membership fee. Place des Arts is close to the main freeway and the Braid Skytrain station and is located on a bus route.

Some of the benefits of being a member of the Coquitlam Weavers and Spinners:
– Hands-on programs or presentations at monthly meetings Sept – June. The program often revolves around an annual topic of focus. There is lots of sharing and Show and Tell.
– A monthly electronic newsletter.
– Books and magazines that can be borrowed from the library.
– Trying out different techniques on the two “round robin” looms that members pass along to each other.
– Opportunities for exhibiting work.
– Art shows and exhibits at Place des Arts to view before the meeting

Meetings are held at the Place des Arts, Coquitlam, BC, and are accessible via Zoom.

Last updated: January 2026

Denman Island, BC
Rep: Isabelle Fusey

The Denman Island Spinners and Weavers group was started in the mid-nineties by six weavers. Today, the group counts about 25 members. 

We meet and weave in a lovely repurposed classroom in the Old School. The bright space is filled with floor looms acquired over the years. We have a small library, a well stocked equipment room, and the most amazing reed collection. Our studio is available 24/7, with Monday being the official drop-in day where you’ll hear the click clack of a dozen looms. 

We mentor new weavers, run study groups, and engage in community outreach activities. You’ll find our handwoven goods in artist studios, the local craft shop, and the island’s famous Christmas Faire. New members welcome – there is a loom waiting for you.

For more information, contact ANWG Rep Isabelle Fusey.

Last updated: October 2025

Oliver, BC
Rep: Marg Harkness
Website: http://desertsageguild.ca/

The Desert Sage Spinners and Weavers have changed their name to the Desert Sage Fibre Arts Guild. The decision was made at the June meeting of the Guild and reflects some of the changes in the Guild since it began almost 50 years ago. The new name embraces the wide variety of fibre arts and crafts practiced by members. Though the majority still spin and weave, many members also hook, felt, dye, crochet, knit and engage in a wide range of highly creative and skilled fibre arts. 

But that’s not all that’s new at the Desert Sage Guild. A new website, filled with photos and information about the Guild’s activities, has been launched at https//desertsageguild.ca. The new website reflects the Guild’s creative aims, objectives and activities including a History section on the Guild’s almost 50 years of being involved in the fibre arts and crafts.  

Working with fibre such as wool, silk, cotton, linen, bamboo and a host of others both natural and synthetic, the Guild’s current membership includes over 65 artists and crafters from the South Okanagan and Similkameen.

The Guild has a new name, a new website but also a new email address. Here’s the Guild’s new info:

Desert Sage Fibre Arts Guild
desertsageguild.ca
desertsagefibrearts@gmail.com

The postal address remains the same: P.O. Box 1473, Oliver, BC,  V0H 1T0

Meetings are held at the Oliver Community Centre.

Last updated: January 2026

Fernie, BC
Rep: Gayle Vallance
Website

Gabriola Island, BC
Rep: Donna Townsend

Vancouver, BC
Rep: Janice Griffiths
President: Reena Meijer-Drees
Website

Meetings are held at the Kanata Co-operative Housing Assoc. Community Hall, 7155 Blake Street, Vancouver (email first to confirm), and are accessible via Zoom.

Last updated: January 2026

Kalamalka Weavers and Spinners
2704A Hwy 6
Vernon, BC, V1T 5G5
Rep: Caryll Dyck
President: Morgan Nahanee

The Kalamalka Weavers and Spinners Guild, Vernon, BC was formed in 1972 and has gone through many changes in both membership and leadership during the ensuing  years. Our goal is to promote weaving and spinning and encourage and mentor new members. We have an extensive library and a good selection of equipment for rent at very reasonable rates for our members.

Meetings: Our meetings have been the evening of the third Thursday of the month – September to June; however, as we are in a time of transition, the time may vary. The time and location of the current meeting will be posted on our Facebook page or on ACNO (Arts Centre of the North Okanagan) site. We will try to maintain the meetings being during the third week of the month.

Our annual fee is $30.00 due at our AGM in May but can be adjusted for anyone joining midterm.

Contact Information for Kalamalka Weavers and Spinners Guild: kalamalkaweaversandspinners@gmail.com
Mailing address: Kalamalka Weavers and Spinners, 2704A Hwy 6, Vernon, BC, V1T 5G5

Meetings are held at the Okanagan Regional Library, Vernon, BC.

Last Updated: January 2026

Kamloops, BC
Rep: Dawn Benwell
President: Alessandra Labbe
Website

The Kamloops Arts and Crafts Club is not just a weaving, spinning and fibre arts group. In our large group from the Kamloops, BC area, we have in addition potters and painters. Members can drift from one discipline to the other and frequently do. We add other arts and crafts as the need arises. Of the 140 members of the Club, there are 30 fiber artists. We choose and do group projects on the seven looms our group owns. Some of our group projects have gone on for years, they are so popular, such as a double width blanket.
The original club began in the mid thirties meeting in homes, but in 1967 the city of Kamloops in a Centennial project gave us a home base called Heritage House which is in beautiful Riverside Park.  We have two large rooms, one a pottery studio and the other a meeting and workshop area where the weavers and spinners have their weekly meetings.  We meet on Tuesday mornings from 9:00 to 1:00. Looms are available for use 24/7.

We have two sales, demonstrations and displays each year where we sell our wares and show the public what we do. At these gatherings we generally add new members. We keep a photo and narrative scrapbook with all activities and projects displayed. All members are sent a monthly newsletter. We are a friendly group and welcome newcomers.

For membership information, contact us via Email.

Meetings are held at the Heritage House, Kamloops, BC, and are accessible via Zoom.

Last updated: January 2026

Kimberley, BC

Rep: Marie Wright

Langley, BC
Rep: Pat Wrigley
Website

The Langley Weavers’ & Spinners’ Guild was formed in 1971 to foster the development of weaving and spinning in the Langley area. The guild presently has over 90 members who come from Langley and the surrounding areas in the Lower Mainland.

Statement of Purpose: Objectives of the Guild

• Under the auspices of the Langley Arts Council, to promote, encourage and improve the art and craft of weaving, spinning, and dyeing, and to offer classes and demonstrations of these crafts to the community.
• To provide an opportunity for the sharing of knowledge, skill and ideas among the members.
• To emphasize the importance of achieving and maintaining the highest possible standards of excellence in all work.
• To collect current literature and other material relating to the art and craft of weaving, spinning and dyeing and to make these available to all members of the Guild through the Guild library.
• To strive to be self-sustaining.

Membership is open to any interested person on payment of membership fee of $30.00 annually or $25.00 for a student membership.

Meetings: The Langley Guild holds its meetings on the third Tuesday of the month, for the months of September – November, and January – June. The Guild meets at The Langley Arts Council Building, 26770 – 29 Ave., Aldergrove, BC, at 7:30 p.m. The business meeting is always followed by an educational program.

In addition to the monthly meeting, there are a number of study groups open to all members of the Guild:

• Day Spin-in – held on the 1st Thursday of each month at the City of Langley Library, 20399 – Douglas Crescent, 10:30 am-1:30 pm.
• Evening Spin-in – held on the 2nd Tuesday of each month, at members’ homes, 7:00 – 9:00 pm.
• Crazy Clackers – knitting group, held on the 4 th Tuesday of each month, at members’ homes, 7:00 – 9:00 pm.
• The Guild holds an annual Artisans’ Sale at West Langley Community Hall, 9400 – 208th Street, Langley, BC on the first Saturday and Sunday in November. Guild members join with other local artisans to display and sell their work.

Mail to:
Langley Weavers’ & Spinners’ Guild
P.O. Box 349
STN Milner, Langley BC V2Y 0W9
CANADA

Meetings are held at the Langley Arts Council, 26770 29 Ave, Aldergrove, BC, and are accessible via Zoom for the Jan/Feb meetings.

Last Updated: January 2026

Nanaimo, BC
Rep: Kathy McDonald

Campbell River, BC
President: Val Evans
Rep: Joyce Fauchon
Website

The Midnight Shuttles Spinners and Weavers Guild is a small group of dedicated people who came together in 1979 with a common interest of weaving and spinning. They called themselves Midnight Shuttles because they could weave and spin uninterruptedly after their children were in bed.

Our membership has generally been between twenty and twenty five members. In the early years the guild held annual community sales and fashion shows of our creations. These included demonstrations of weaving and spinning as well as information about the guild.

New members are welcomed with an information package containing the guild history and a copy of our constitution and policies. Mentoring is done by a number of experienced members for beginning weavers and spinners.

A lending library and equipment for loan is available for all members. Our library contains numerous books and magazines.

Meetings are held on the first and third Wednesdays from September through June. The business meeting is held on the first Wednesday, usually including a guest speaker or demonstration. Our other gathering is less formal. Show and tell is an important part of every get together.

In the past few years our guild members have spun and woven a blanket for a local care facility and donated a lap blanket to our local hospice society. These provided a way for everyone from experienced members to novices to take part.

We have also had mutual visits with other guilds and we hope to do more of this in the future. This spring we started a natural dye garden in collaboration with the local museum. Members tended the garden through the summer and after harvest used many of the plants for instructional dye days.

We have had hands-on demonstrations for children and found adults were just as involved. These were held at fall fairs, the museum and the library.

Pictures from these events have been popular on our Facebook pages.

Meetings are held at a local church hall.

Last updated: January 2026

Lumby, BC
Rep: Louise Smith

Nanoose Bay, BC
Rep: Christine Rivers

The Nanoose Bay Weavers and Spinners Guild presently has 9 members.  We meet monthly at the Bradley Centre in Coombs, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.  

The guild began with a small group of weavers in 1975.  Elaine Duncan began teaching weaving in Nanoose in 1976 and the guild was formed then.  Most of the members lived in Nanoose Bay to begin with but we have moved but still live close to Nanoose Bay.  Only one member still lives in Nanoose Bay.  Our group grew to 20 members in our more active years and has shrunk now to 9 members.  We are all old friends who talk about everything in life and weaving and spinning.  We show and tell anything to do with fibre.  Knitting, spinning, weaving, tapestry.  We are always happy that we made the time to get together.  

In the past, we participated in ANWG conferences and often had a booth in the conference guild displays.  We have never had an executive, money, books and equipment.  We don’t have a website or newsletter.  We get together to share our love of weaving and fibres and after this long time of friendship, we celebrate our friendships.  

For more information, please contact:
Christine Rivers
634 Forsyth Ave.
Parksville, BC V9P 1G9
250-248-2023

Meetings are held at the Bradley Centre, Coombs, BC.

Last Updated: January 2026

Hudson Hope & Fort St. John, BC
Rep: Kathy Boyd
Website

The 24 members of the North Peace guild come from the Fort St. John, Hudson’s Hope and North Peace area of British Columbia.

The purposes of this Society are:
To promote communication, education and stimulation in the fibre arts; specifically spinning, weaving, and associated handicrafts, in the North Peace Area of British Columbia.
To cooperate with all properly constituted bodies, both elected and appointed, in the North Peace Areas and elsewhere, in these cultural activities.
Membership policy, fees, benefits, etc.

Each individual member of the North Peace Area who subscribes to the Constitution and By-Laws shall be eligible for membership and shall have one(1) vote upon payment of the annual membership dues.

The Annual Membership dues shall be determined from time to time by a majority vote of the Society members at any General or Special Meeting of the Society.

A member shall be deemed to be in good standing when the person has paid their current annual membership dues.

We hold monthly meetings on the third Saturday of each month except during the summer months.

Although we are a small group, we manage to keep the creative juices flowing. Each month, we usually conduct a small workshop involving the fibre arts, gearing them to different experience levels. On occasion, we do demonstrations at fall fairs and schools. In some years we host a regional conference. We have no formal written history, but we have been in existence for 35 years, and the first recorded minutes are dated September, 1985. We are currently in search of a permanent home for our guild.

Meetings are held at 10320 94 Ave, Fort St John, BC V1J4X3.

Last Updated: January 2026

Surrey, BC
Rep: Janice Griffiths
President: Mary Ellenton
Website

Meetings are held at 17671 – 56 Avenue, Surrey, BC.

Last Updated: January 2026

Kelowna, BC
Rep: Loraine Farrow
President: Denise Oyelese
Website

The Ponderosa Fibre Arts Guild (formerly the Ponderosa Spinners, Weavers, & Fibre Arts Guild) serves Kelowna, and the Central Okanagan BC. We have about 45 – 50 members representing a diverse range of fibre arts.  Our general meetings alternate between the last Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. and the last Friday at 9:30 AM in our studio at the Rotary Centre for the Arts. There are also open studio times on Tuesday mornings 10:00 a.m. to 12:00p.m., Wednesday afternoons, which focuses on rug hooking, from 1-3 pm. Spinners meet on the second and fourth Thursdays of the month from12-3pm while an informal knitting group meets on all other Thursday afternoons at the same time. Information on weaving, spinning, & felting classes is available through the Rotary Centre for the Arts website.

Meetings held at Rotary Centre for the Arts (Guild Room), Kelowna, and are accessible via Zoom.

Last Updated: January 2026

Prince George, BC
Rep: Serena Black
Website

Parksville, BC
Rep: Pat Collins
President: Pat Collins
Blogspot, Facebook
Website

The Qualicum Weavers and Spinners Guild has been part of the Oceanside artisan community on Vancouver Island since 1991. In recent years the guild has grown to approximately 50 members. Our members interests include spinning, weaving, knitting, felting and dyeing.

The guild supports personal growth in the fibre arts through study groups, workshops, mentoring and sharing of experience. We also promote the fibre arts in the larger community through, exhibitions and public demonstrations and by creating learning opportunities.

We have a well-equipped studio and resource centre in the town of Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island where we hold workshops and work together on group projects.

The guild holds regular meetings at 10:30 am on the fourth Monday of the month at Qualicum Commons, 744 Primrose Street in Qualicum Beach. Visitors are welcome to attend our monthly meetings.

See our blog http://qualicumweaversandspinners.blogspot.ca/ for more details about us or visit us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/qualicumweaversandspinners/

Meetings are held at 744 Primrose Street, Qualicum Beach, BC.

Last updated: January 2026

Salt Spring Island, BC
Rep: Valerie Short
Website

Robson, BC
Rep: Diane Cushing
President: Karen Grieves
Website, Facebook

Meetings are held at Castlegar.

Last updated: January 2026

Salmon Arm, BC
Rep: Karol Hume
President: Lynne Anderson
Website

Meetings are held at SASCU Recreation Centre, Salmon Arm, BC.

Last updated: January 2026

100 Mile House, BC
Rep: Linda Peterson
President: Linda Peterson
Website

Meetings are held at Parkside Art Gallery, 395 Dogwood Ave., 100 Mile House, BC.

Last updated: January 2026

Gibsons, BC
Rep: Kim Fenton
President: Joan Marshall
Website

Meetings are held at the Sunshine Coast Arts Centre, and are occasionally accessible via Zoom.

Last updated: January 2026

Kamloops, BC
Rep: Elaine Woods

Powell River, BC, Canada
Website

Victoria, BC
Rep: Christine Purse
President: Joan Bobyn
Website

Meetings are held at St. Luke’s Anglican Church, 3821 Cedar Hill Cross Road, Victoria, BC, and are accessible via Zoom.

Last Updated: January 2026

Maple Ridge, BC
Rep: Irene Weisner
President: Aimee Sto
Website, Facebook

Whonnock Weavers and Spinners Guild was formed in 1974 by a group of people interested in keeping alive the age-old crafts of weaving and spinning and who wished to share their experiences with others. Demonstrations, visual presentations, slideshows, workshops, sales and community displays are included in our activities. An annual exhibition and sale is held at Whonnock Lake Centre, displaying handcrafted items made by guild members. All funds generated by the sale help subsidize guild workshops and projects throughout the year. We do demonstrations and participate in many community events in Maple Ridge.

The 37 members of Whonnock Weavers and Spinners come from the Fraser Valley / Lower Mainland area of B.C. The purpose of the Whonnock Weavers and Spinners is to encourage active interest in the fibre arts, both of its members and the community. We welcome anyone, from beginner to advanced, with interests in the fibre arts. We have a great diversity of skill levels and interests as well as willingness to share information and techniques.

We meet every second and fourth Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. at Whonnock Lake Centre, September to June. Annual membership fees of $25.

Find us on the internet at www.wwsg.ca and on Facebook.

For more information, please contact: 
Marie Slessor
PO Box 4  Stn Whonnock
Maple Ridge, BCV2W 1V9
604-462-9059

Meetings are held at St. John the Divine church, 21299 River Rd, Maple Ridge, BC V2X 2B1, Canada.

Last updated: January 2026

Saskatoon, SK
Rep: Malcolm Benson-Dyke