Membership benefits

What does membership to the Somerset Spinning Guld include?

  • Access to monthly meetings and a programme of inspiring talks and workshops

  • A quarterly newsletter with information, adverts and reports on meetings and Guild activities

  • We have regular visiting sellers at Guild meetings selling materials and equipment

  • Equipment hire

  • Borrow books and videos from our comprehensive library – borrow books free of charge for a month with a late fee of 25p if they are returned late (which increases with subsequent months).

  • Member Discounts. As Guild members we are fortunate enough to receive discounts on purchases at a number of retailers upon production of a membership card. The list of retailers will be kept on the website for future reference:

    • Frank Herring, Dorchester 10%

    • Yandles, Martock 10% (also need Yandles card available at the Guild)

    • Bredons, Taunton discretionary linked to purchase value

    • We also have Guild membership at Yeovil Scrapstore where lots of unusual items are available – often offcuts of fabric, fibre and card available

We hold exhibitions in our area. The Guild has three trophies awarded on an annual basis: the Quantock Weavers Memorial Trophy for weavers ; the Morfudd Roberts Memorial Trophy for spinners  and the Dyeing Trophy