Coat in a Day, New Brewery Arts Centre, Cirencester 20.6.2009

On 20.6.2009 members of the Guild met at New Brewery Arts Centre, Cirencester at 5.20 am when the first sheep were shorn.  After spinning for many hours supplying weavers Tim Parry-Williams and Sarah Beardsmore with yarn  that they used to weave the cloth well into the night.  The pictures here progress you through the day of 20th June 2009.  Also shown is the finished coat made from the cloth woven by Tim and Sarah and spun by the Guild.  
 
         
   1. 5.20 am and ready to start.                                                2.  Sheep being shorn.

     
   3.  Carole Mitchell spinning her first yarn of the day.           4. All the spinners and carders hard at work.

     
    5. All the spinners and carders hard at work.                      6.  The loom ready and waiting for enough yarn to start
                                                                                                        warping up.

     
   7.  Tim and Sarah measuring out the warp.                           8.  Preparing the loom. 

     
   9.  Preparing the loom.                                                          10.  A masseur was on site to help with aching backs.

     
   11. Fleece on the table sorted and ready to be carded.         12.  Bryn Phillips came to sing The Throckmorton Coat.

     
  13. Members of the public were welcome to watch and ask questions.   14. The warp is almost ready.

     
   15. The warp is almost ready.                                               16. The warp is now through the heddles.

     
                                         17. and 18. The weaving begins (and doesn't it look great).

     
   19. Still they spin as now yarn is needed for the warp.         20. Tim and Sarah took it in turns to weave the cloth.

   
                                            
   21. Tim and Sarah took it in turns to weave the cloth.           22. The cloth is wound on.                    
                              
     
   23. Close up of the weave.                                                  24. The end of the day and a welcome meal supplied by
                                                                                                        The New Brewery Arts Centre.

        
    25.  Time to chat and relax as we eat.                                   26.  The finished coat.

                                                                 
                        27. Back detail of the finished coat.                         27. A label was printed and sewn inside with the
                                                                                                                 name of all who participated.