A Special Presentation for Braid Society Members

With Arshia Bawa

Accounts of Ply Split Braiding from the Desert

Saturday September 12^th, 2026

CDT/CST, Central Daylight Time (US)        9:00 am 

LONDON, United Kingdom, England          3:00 pm

IST, India Standard Time                             7:30 pm

KYOTO, Japan                                            11:00 pm          

MELBOURNE, Australia                             12:00 a m Sun, Sep 13 

Scheduled with www.worldtimebuddy.com

The Presentation will be recorded and available on the Braid Society website for 2-3 weeks after the presentation.

More information to follow.

The 20th Anniversary of Wonderwool Wales takes place on 25-26th April 2026.   It will be held at Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells

Saturday 10am - 5:30pm, Sunday 10am - 4:30pm

https://wonderwoolwales.co.uk/

The Braid Society will be there so stop by and say hello

Braid Society Council Member

Required: Membership in Braid Society

Note: This is a volunteer position. 

We need an individual that enjoys using a computer for email, documents and the Internet. Experience with entering information into a data base is necessary.

·       Receive, record and deposit cheques. 

·       Receive and input data from paper applications. 

·       Work with Membership Secretary in keeping records up to date.

Time commitment: Generally about 1-2 hours a month other than October/November when renewals are processed.

Interested in applying for this volunteer position or have any questions? Please contact Sandy Allison at membership@braidsociety.com or council@braidsociety.com.

Just a reminder that our social chat, Braids and Banter will be on Saturday 3 January at 10 am EST, 3pm UK time and 4pm in Europe.    For anyone who has not joined before, you can join us at any time between 3 and 5pm (UK time) - we know it is early on the west coast of the USA but several people join us for breakfast!  It is an informal chat about what people are doing, questions they may have, how to use equipment so do join us on Saturday.

The meeting id is the same as previously used.    If you are a member of the Braid Society, you can find the meeting information if you log into the Members Area on www.braidsociety.com

If you would like to join us but you don't have the details, please email  Debbie admin@braidsociety.com

Wishing all our members and friends a very  Happy New Year and a very healthy and crafty 2026

Haptic & Hue is a wonderful podcast. Helping us better understand the world of textiles.

https://hapticandhue.com/tales-of-textiles-series-7/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c62lnkvmn12o

The theme has now been announced for the Travelling show for 2026.

'Beside the Sea' - so has anything inspired you from your holiday by the sea?

Deadline date is end of January 2026 so you have a bit of time to create!

Just a reminder about the deadline for submission for the 2025 SWAPS - Chords to Cords.

These need to be submitted to Bridget Paish by 30th September 2025, delivery address is detailed in the latest newsletter.

The Braid Society will be attending some shows in September and October 

Sat 6th September - World Textile day at Llanidloes

Sat 27th and Sunday 28th September - Yarndale, Skipton

Sat 18th and Sunday 19th October - Stafford Wool Gathering.   

Go to Events page for more information