Guild of Canadian Weavers

Connecting hand weavers from coast to coast to coast since 1947

The Guild of Canadian Weavers cultivates communities for handweaving across Canada and elevates the technical and artistic standards for handweaving.

We encourage weavers of all generations. Together we thread the past with the future through the stories we share and the cloth we weave.

Learn more about the history and mission of the GCW.

  • Become a member

    The GCW offers yearly individual and affiliate guild memberships. Anyone interested in hand weaving is encouraged to join. International members are welcome.

    Learn more here

  • Get the Bulletin

    Our vibrant and informative quarterly publication is available in print and digital formats and includes a handwoven sample in each and every issue.

    Learn more here

  • Volunteer with us

    We are volunteer-led organization powered by enthusiastic weavers eager to share their knowledge and skills. New roles are available on a regular basis. We are keen to hear from any member who wishes to contribute to the GCW.

    Learn more here

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View fullsize The Spring Bulletin is here! (Almost) We are excited to share some very good news… we have found a new Publisher! A very big thank you goes out to Cori Zufelt. Cori will be organizing the printing and mailing for our print bulletin and woven
View fullsize Repost @mackenziekellyfrere - There is a specific sort of weaverly satisfaction one derives from completing a matched set of Oscar Beriaus’s 1939 publication “Tissage Domestique” en Francais and “Home Weaving” in English
View fullsize Our current Secretary Bev Lickers would like to retire from her position as GCW Board Secretary. We are very grateful for Bev’s service to the guild over the years and would like to help her find a replacement. (Though honestly we are a little
View fullsize From the @romtoronto a special offer for GCW members… ROM SPECIAL OFFER Save 15% off ROM Admission Buy your tickets online and enter promo code: GCWROM Swapnaa Tamhane: Mobile Palace On view through August 1, 2022 Contemporary artist Swapn
View fullsize This is an appreciation post for our past Vice President, Megan Samms @livetextiles. Megan is an amazing human, handweaver, hand dyer, knitter, spinner, farmer, and dear friend. It has been an honour to work with her over the years. Megan began volu
View fullsize Hello! My name is Elizabeth Bryan and I am pleased to have been named the first Vice President of the Guild of Canadian Weavers. I have been a member for only a few years but I am excited to be more involved. I live in Orangeville, Ontario and have b
View fullsize You may have noticed in our winter Bulletin that we have a special exhibition planned. “Shuttles Thrown: 75 Years of Weaving in the Guild of Canadian Weavers” The deadline for submissions has been extended to July 1. Please consider shari
View fullsize THANK YOU DANI! This is an appreciation post for our outgoing GCW President Dani Ortman. We are so very grateful for all that Dani has brought to the role and wish her well as she returns to school to study Western Plant Medicine. Dani will continue