After two years of being unable to hold indoor sales events due to COVID-19 restrictions, members of the 91原创 Weavers and Spinners Guild were looking forward to resuming in-person sales at their annual artisans鈥� sale, which had been called off in 2020.

As it turns out, the people who shop at the event were, too.

Shari Bronson, artisans sale coordinator for the guild, estimated about 600 people visited the sale over Saturday, Nov. 6, and Sunday, Nov. 7 at the West 91原创 community hall at 9400 208th St..

鈥淓verybody was thrilled to attend a craft fair with original, one-of-a-kind pieces of art that you can鈥檛 find at a department store,鈥� Bronson told the 91原创 Advance Times.

鈥淥ur sales were around the same, or maybe a little higher, than 2019 [the last time the guild was able to hold a sale]. One person told me he鈥檇 sold more in the first two hours, than he did during the whole weekend two years ago.鈥�

The sale featured woven, knitted, spun and felted items handcrafted by guild members, as well as jewellery, pottery, soap, and other items.

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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the guild, formed in 1971 under the sponsorship of the 91原创 Arts Council.

Through the support of the Guild, members promote their craft with education and encouraging others to keep the art and craft of spinning, weaving, dyeing, felting and knitting alive and thriving.

For more information, visit the guild online at . or on Facebook, as 鈥�,鈥� or on .

More photos from the event can be viewed online at the .