Richard was delighted to attend the opening of the Canterbury Area of the NZ Spinning, Weaving and Woolcraft Society's selected exhibition at the Canterbury Museum.
Fibre Creations Exhibition, Christchurch, September 16-25, 2016
Experience the joy and pleasure of creating your own unique yarns, fabric, garments and home ware using Ashford spinning wheels, weaving looms, fibres and yarns. In 1934 Walter Ashford founded Ashford Handicrafts in New Zealand, a company that has become a world leader in the manufacture of quality wooden textile equipment. Weaving and spinning are easy and enjoyable crafts that are sustainable, renewable and environmentally friendly.
We invite you to join our family of textile artists around the world.
Elizabeth and Richard Ashford
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Spinnvilt, Lillehammer and Oslo, Norway
Professional textile artists Tove Skolseg and Eirik Bruvik, and their daughter Marta are our distributors for Norway.
Gudruns Ullbod, Enkoping, Sweden
Suzanne Mellgren is our distributor for Sweden and she welcomed Kate to her home, business and summer house to see her wonderful examples of spun, woven and felted samples.
Dalin Praha, Prague, Czech Republic
Kate visited Daniela and Paul Linhartova and their daughter “little” Daniela who are our representatives in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Wolboerderij, The Netherlands
Kate worked with Janny Winji, our distributor for Holland, at her fabulous Spinners Open day and Dealer day, August 26th-28th.
Skytten, Denmark
Linda and Henrik Larsen have been our distributors for Denmark for many years and they enjoyed a visit from Kate to talk about new products and plan the next year.
TWIST Fibre Festival Quebec, Canada, August 20-21, 2016
The Twist Festival was fantastic!
Working with local dealer Wabi Sabi, of Ottawa, Kate and our distributor for Canada Marc Peloquin had a fabulous weekend.
Convergence
August 3-6, 2016 Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Convergence, the Handweavers Guild of America's biennial conference, was a great success.