If you're in the London area this weekend and are looking for something to do, you might want to check out the MEDATS conference, titled "Wool: Cloth, Clothing and Culture". It takes place on Saturday, April 6 in St. Stephens Church hall, and the programme sports a lot of really interesting-sounding papers, including one about distaff spinning. I'd love to be there, but alas, it's a little far away for me...
If you are in the area around Munich and looking for some weekend activity, you might want to check out the Open Westend event, which runs from Friday to Sunday. A number of artists, craftspeople and artisans open their workshops and do presentations or demonstrations for the public. Among them is Sylvia Wiechmann, who is a handweaver specialising in damasks and silk fabrics.