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Having retired to Ilfracombe in 1980 and then spending a most enjoyable year settling in and getting to know the area, I was ready to take up my hobby of spinning again.  Spinning is a sociable hobby with company to stimulate new ideas and better ways of doing things.  The nearest Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers is in Exeter and I thought that was too far to travel regularly.  I found a Craft Market in Barnstaple, which in those days was in Paternoster Row, next to the old Alms Houses by the Church.  It was set up and managed by Joan Homewood.  She is a spinner and weaver and had always wanted to start a local spinning group but never found the time. So together we arranged a meeting in the Craft Market after putting a little notice in the local paper and other suitable places to see if there was any interest.  
Seven new people turned up and today there are still four founder members, Kathy Arscott, Jess Fubini, Wendy Eccles and myself.  We have been going for just on 20 years, have around 15-20 members and meet twice a month.  We are an informal group happy to help and teach novices and practise all the allied crafts such as felting, weaving and dyeing, etc.  We have occasional workshops and exhibitions and a Natural Plants Dyeing Day once a year.
Yvonne Drinkwater

North Devon Spinners Dyeing Day