Canadian Guilds

Lethbridge, AB

Rep name: Diana Pederson
President name: Pennie Ivanco

Meetings held at 3112 11th St. NE #210, Calgary, Alberta.
Zoom attendance is available.

Last Updated: October 2025

Abbotsford
Rep: Kathy Bandurka
Click here to email the guild directly.

Last updated: November, 2025

Chilliwack, BC
Rep: Marlene Randall
Website

Courtenay, BC
Rep: Sheila Carey
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: October 2025

Port Moody, BC
Rep: Janice Griffiths
Website

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
President: Wendy Hauk

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

Fernie, BC
Rep: Gayle Vallance
Website

Cranbrook, BC
rep:  Lorraine Schmidt

Gabriola Island, BC
Rep: Donna Townsend

Vancouver, BC
Rep: Janice Griffiths
Website

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

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

Last Updated: November 2025

Kamloops, BC
Rep: Alice Turkenburg
Website

Kimberley, BC

Rep: Marie Wright

Langley, BC
Rep: Pat Wrigley
Website

Meetings are held at the Langley Arts Council, 26770 29 Ave, Aldergrove, BC
Zoom attendance is available for Jan/Feb meetings.

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

Last Updated: October 2025

Nanaimo, BC
Rep: Kathy McDonald

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

Lumby, BC
Rep: Louise Smith

Nanoose Bay, BC
Rep: Christine Rivers

The Nanoose Bay Weavers and Spinners Guild presently has 20 members, with about half being both weavers and spinners. We are welcoming two new members this year. We meet monthly at member residences.

Our purpose is to foster exploration and growth in weaving and spinning, through informative meetings and workshops; encourage show and tell, and to remain a home-meeting guild.

Anyone with an interest in weaving or spinning is welcome to join. Yearly fees are $5.00. We do not have an executive. The hostess conducts the meeting, which is always held in the evening.

The guild began as an off-shoot of the Mid-Island Weavers Guild. A small group of weavers would travel down to Nanaimo for meetings in 1975 – 76. Elaine Duncan began teaching weaving in Nanoose in 1976, and the idea of forming a Nanoose Guild began to form.

We participated in our first ANWG conference with the Mid-Island weavers in 1977. It was held at the University of Victoria. The guild booth was a double one, divided into 4 sections, each depicting a season. Fran Holley painted four pictures of the same scene from a window – each one of course in a different season. The Nanoose group had the autumn season, with Elaine Duncan, Marie Olsen, Jean Chappell, Mary Davenport, Chris Cox and Barbara Steele participating. Of course they had to meet to discuss the booth, and from this our guild was born.

We wanted a guild that did weaving, encouraged lots of show and tell and held informative meetings that would be held in each other’s homes. We did not want an executive, money, books or equipment rentals. We felt that Mid-Island could offer all of that. The Guild has grown and changed over the years, but our goals have always remained consistent.

For more information, please contact:
Elaine Duncan
1505 Errington Rd.
Errington B.C.
V0R 1V0
250-248-1279

Last Updated: November 2025

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

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

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.

Last Updated: October 2025

Surrey, BC
Rep: Janice Griffiths
Website

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

Last Updated: October 2025

Kelowna, BC
Rep: Loraine Farrow
Website

Meetings held at Rotary Centre for the Arts (Guild Room), Kelowna.
Zoom attendance is available.

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.

Last Updated: October 2025

Prince George, BC
Rep: Serena Black
Website

Parksville, BC
Rep: Sheila Carey
Blogspot, Facebook
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Salt Spring Island, BC
Rep: Valerie Short
Website

Robson, BC
Rep: Diane Cushing
Website

Salmon Arm, BC
Rep: Anne Patterson
Website

100 Mile House, BC
Rep: Linda Peterson

Gibsons, BC
Rep: Kim Fenton
Website

Kamloops, BC
Rep: Elaine Woods

Powell River, BC, Canada
Website

Victoria, BC
President: Barbara Williams
Rep: Christine Purse
Website

Zoom attendance of meetings is available.

Last Updated: October 2025

Maple Ridge, BC
Rep: Irene Weisner
Website
www.wwsg.ca
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

Last updated: October 27, 2025

Saskatoon, SK
Rep: Malcolm Benson-Dyke