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.

President: Val Evans
ANWG representative: Joyce Fauchon

updated 17 January 2025