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

The conference registration is open and will remain open until April 2025.   If you have not registered, do take a look because there are plenty of classes with spaces.   Now that the initial registration is complete, you will receive a speedy response on your registration.

For more information, go to braids2025.com and look under Programme.   The details of every workshop are given in Classes by Technique.   If you look at the workshops by day or by number, the classes that are full are shown in Red.

On 12 November 2024, the following classes are full

2D1   Michael Hattori   Ayatakedai

1D3   Jean Leader        Sling braids

1D11 Jean Leader        Cross warp braids

1D26  Claire Cassan     Temari balls design

1D29  Yuko Yoshida    Leaf Design on marudai

1D32  Ikuyo Nishi      Sippo lace and forked

The Braid Society will be at Yarndale on 28-29th September.   This festival of yarn is held in Skipton, North Yorkshire, UK and has hundreds of vendors.    More details at yarndale.co.uk

We are delighted to announce the programme for Braids 2025, Rocking Braids & Bands which will be held in Cleveland, Ohio, USA from June 15-21, 2025.    Please go to Braids2025.com to explore all the wonderful tutors and workshops.     

Braids 2022, World and Nordic Braids and Bands,  is the fifth international conference on Braiding and will be held in Svendborg, Denmark in August 2022.   The programme has been issued and can be found under the menu option Braids 2022.

The Braid Society AGM will be held on 24th October 2020 virtually.    Details of how to join have been sent to members and are also in the September newsletter.

With apologies for the short notice, the Tokyo Come & Try Day will be postponed from 8 March due to health advisories in Japan.  A new date will be arranged for later in the year.