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Talk on Sheila Paine
Pitt Rivers Museum South Parks Road, Oxford, United KingdomSheila Paine - Traveller, writer, photographer and collector by John Gillow An illustrated talk by John Gillow on Sheila Paine and her extraordinary travels, writing, talent as a photographer and passion for embroidered textiles. John Gillow has travelled the...
Annual Textile Fair, Compton Verney
Compton Verney Warwickshire, United KingdomThe Annual Textile Fair gives you a great opportunity to browse and buy unique and one-off pieces and to top up your own craft and sewing supplies. There is also a spotlight on knitting, weaving and crocheting with the opportunity...
Celebration of Spinning
St. Giles Community Centre Desborough, United KingdomThe Guild of Long Draw Spinners are holding a "Celebration of Spinning" on Saturday 5th November at St. Giles Community Centre, Desborough, NN14 2NP from 10.30am to 4:30pm. Have a go on Katharine the Great Wheel and celebrate...
British Breeds Spinning & Taster Day
Stanton Guildhouse Stanton, Nr Broadway, Worcestershire, United KingdomStanton Guildhouse in Stanton, Nr Broadway, Worcs. £15 for the day includes 10g of fleece, tea & cake.
Theo Wright. Exhibition of handwoven textiles.
Craft Central 33-35 St John’s Square, London, United KingdomWeavelength is Theo Wright's first solo show at the Craft Central gallery, London. Theo will be showing a brand new collection of handwoven artworks When Waves Collide as well as work from the Permutations collection. There will also be a wide range of scarves for sale and...
Deeper than Indigo: Tracing Thomas Machell, Forgotten Explorer
Pitt Rivers Museum South Parks Road, Oxford, United KingdomJenny Balfour Paul, Hon. Research Fellow, Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, Exeter University, will give an illustrated account of her adventures in the heartlands of India’s Raj, Polynesia, the South China Seas and Arabia, in search of...
AGWSD Summer School 2017
Sparsholt College Hampshire, United KingdomThe AGWSD Summer School is on 13th – 20th August 2017 at Sparsholt College, Hampshire, SO21 2NF. The brochure is available from the AGWSD website.