Events

Workshop: Carve your own drop spindle with David Knight and Janet Farnsworth David Knight is a very experienced Wood Bodger and will show participants how to carve their own drop spindles, tools and materials will be provided. Janet...

Have-a-Go Day: Wool Combing with Amanda Henriques. More info soon.   Please note that we do not meet in August.

Have-a-Go Day: Bobbin Lace with Anne Hughes.   More info soon.

Talk: How to create a dyeing record and to how experiment with dye
, with Debbie Tomkies   Plus, the usual Sales Table, Show & Tell, and of course, tea and cake.

Workshop: Speckle dyeing with Debbie Tomkies Spend a day with Debbie and her husband learning about colour blending and dyeing.  You'll be making sample cards of the dyes used and taking home your wonderfully coloured fibre.  Bring your...

Workshop: Woolen Preparation and Longdraw Spinning with James Perry aka Longdraw James James will cover the basis of a woollen yarn and will discuss differences between these and worsted yarns. He will then discuss carding technique before discussing...

Have-a-Go Day: weft-faced weaving on a rigid heddle loom, with Angela Pawlyn Plus tea, cake, Show & Tell, and Sales Table.

Christmas lunch and the Chair’s Challenge!

De-Stash Sale! It is back, ladies and gentlemen! Declutter your cupboards and suitcases, boxes and selves. We can take any craft items including equipment but, and this is a big BUT, everything must be packaged where needs be,...

Talk: The Biology of Colour Perception by Janet Farnsworth Janet is going to give us a talk about the biology of colour perception based on a lecture she gave when she worked at the Textile Conservation Centre. It...