The 2015 Travelling Exhibition will be displayed at the Heritage Centre, Knutsford, Cheshire from 3 March until 12 March.   It is a great opportunity to see the exhibition.

We are currently updating the list of Tutors for 2015.  Any Braid Society Member who offers tuition in any aspect of braids or bands anywhere in the world can ask for their details to be included.  Many Tutors on the 2014 list have already confirmed their new entry.  If you are a Tutor but are not yet included on the list, please contact us before Sunday 1 February with your details via membership@braidsociety.com

Happy New Year to everyone!   If you have not tried it before, or even if you have, why not make the effort this year to go to a braiding event.    We have a braiding event in Adelaide, Australia on Thursday, 15th January and then a number of events around the UK.   

If you live in another country, why not set up your own braiding gathering?   We have lots of information on the site about what to do and one of the Council can always help with any questions that you have.

Looking forward we will be having an online tutorial starting in March.   This is set up on our Yahoo group, Braids and Bands and we are looking to set it up on the website as well. 

The Council would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a very, very Happy New Year.   This year has been a great year for the Braid Society with the Society growing throughout the year, lots of meetings at Come and Try days, Try Braiding and other names that mean a group of us have got together to enjoy braiding and expand our knowledge and demonstrations at lots of shows and other events.   During 2014 we have also migrated our web site to the hosted membership site and this has worked extremely well for us - online registrations and renewals have been great for everyone.   

We celebrated our 20th Anniversary at the end of our 21st year with a great AGM weekend with 3 workshops where we learnt lots, laughed a lot and spent time getting to know other members.   We also hosted a wonderful exhibition - photos will be on the website in due course.

Work is underway for the next International conference in 2016 in Tacoma.   More details to follow next year.  With all this going on, 2015 is going to be an exciting year.

All the best for 2015 - I hope we hear from you

Tomorrow, Sunday 14th Dec is the Christmas Come and Try day at Aldbourne. Europa Dawson will be teaching Chinese Knotting and those not taking the class will be braiding and chatting.   Don't forget to bring a plate of food for the shared lunch.

The December 2014 newsletters have been sent out by post and email.  If you do not receive yours in the next day or two, let me know at treasurer@braidsociety.com.    Many thanks to Janet for another great edition.    

The Braid Society Council are meeting on 5th and 6th December for their regular meeting.    We are also looking at the future plans for the Braid Society - what kind of Society do we want to be?   how do we engage more with all our members, particularly those who live in the far corners of the world (from a UK perspective)?  what else would members like us to do?   If you have any ideas/thoughts/comments, let us know, either as a comment or via email to chair@braidsociety.com 

Why not create something for our Travelling Exhibition?    The theme for 2015 is 'Spring is Sprung' so get your imagination run and make  something for us to display next year - it could be a braid using spring colours or based on a spring.   The exhibits need to be sent in by end January 2015 and all the details are in the Newsletter.   Only full members may send exhibits but it is easy to upgrade. 

Great time to join the Braid Society

The new year for Braid Society membership 2014-15 has just got underway making it a great time to join.  New members will receive the recently published journal, Strands 2014, to be followed by newsletters, opportunities to participate in activities through the year and Strands 2015 next October.  Why not think of membership as a gift to a friend or relative interested in braids and bands? Just go to the ‘Join us’ page for more details.