National Craft Groups

• Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners, and Dyers
• The Batik Guild
• British Origami Society
• British Sugarcraft Guild
• Contemporary Glass Society
• Crafts Council - The national development agency for contemporary crafts in the UK.
• Craft Potters Association
• Creative People
• Designer Bookbinders has firmly established an international reputation as the leading body promoting the art and craft of the contemporary hand bound book through exhibitions, publications and teaching.
• Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain - Dry stone walling is an old craft for delineating boundaries between parcels of land or fields.
• Embroiderers' Guild in operation since 1906. Based in Surrey.
• FolkArts England
• Guild of Craft Soap & Toiletry Makers aims to raise awareness of legislation relating to craft soap and toiletry making and to increase industry compliance
• The Guild of Machine Knitters
• The International Guild of Knot Tyers (IGKT) is an association of people with interests in knots and knotting techniques of all kinds.
• The Knitting and Crochet Guild
• Parchment Craft Guild aims to maintain high standards in parchment craft and to encourage wider public interest in the craft through appropriate publicity
• Society of Designer Craftsmen
• The Guild Of Master Chimney Sweeps, the professional association of chimney sweeps in the UK.
• The Craft Guild Of Traditional Bowyers and Fletchers
• Waterways Craft Guild aims to encourage, set and maintain high standards of knowledge and practice in the traditional skills of those who lived and worked on and around the waterways in the days of commercial carrying.
   
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