Little Bags with Sarah Harris
Learn to make a useful 3 dimensional patchwork bag with either a zip or a bound edge at our one day workshop. Then, make others at home, in various sizes, from the basic pattern. You will find endless uses for these pretty little bags, and they make lovely gifts too. Please download the requirements.
Saturday 20th October
10:00-3:30
FULL
Learn to Spin with Sarah Harris
Spin and ply a ball of yarn. The day covers carding, and spinning on a spindle, great wheel and treadle-driven flyer wheel. Bring your own wheel or use one of ours. Materials provided.
Sunday 28th October
10:00-3:30
Learn to Crochet with Shirley Downey
Suitable for beginners and improvers. In a workshop style, students will gain knowledge of basic stitches, patterns, skills, yarns, equipment and pattern reading. Students will also be able to expand their knowledge and brush up on techniques, seek individuality and maybe even get some tips on adapting patterns and finishing garments. Please bring yarn and hooks (or buy them in the shop).
Saturday 3rd November
10:00-3:30
FULL
Felted Hedgehogs with Kirsten Hill-Nixon
Combine wet and needle felt for your cute furry friend! Using wool and alpaca fibres we will wet felt your hedgehog body around a template. We will then needle felt feet and faces, fluff up and shape your hedgehog ready to take home. Please bring two small hand towels.
Saturday 10th November
10:00-3:30
FULL
Christmas Stained Glass with Ann Hibberd
Make a Christmas stained glass effect picture with fusible bias binding 'leading'. Sewing machine required (this can be done as a hand-sewn project but will, obviously, take a lot longer). Price includes the bias binding, bondaweb and wadding, however please download the requirements.
Sunday 11th November
10:00-3:30
FULL
Monday 12th November
10:00-3:30
Advent Calenders with Sarah Harris
Use your sewing machine to make a fabric advent calender, with pockets for small gifts. Choose from a selection of printed panels in advance of the day, then stitch, assemble and embellish your own Christmas countdown wall hanging, all ready for 1st December.
Saturday 17th November
10:00-3:30
Sock Knitting with David Harris
Learn how to knit a sock in the round, including the use of double-pointed needles, turning the heel and grafting the toe. Bring along a set of 2.5mm double-pointed needles and a ball of 4-ply sock wool.
Saturday 24th November
10:00-3:30
Learn to Spin with Sarah Harris
Spin and ply a ball of yarn. The day covers carding, and spinning on a spindle, great wheel and treadle-driven flyer wheel. Bring your own wheel or use one of ours. Materials provided.
Sunday 25th November
10:00-3:30
FULL
Christmas (or not!) Log Cabin Table Centre with Ann Hibberd
Make shaped Log Cabin blocks using foundation piecing. This is an opportunity to learn how to foundation piece if you’ve not done it before and is a good refresher if you have! When the blocks are put together they make a hexagonal table centrepiece. Choice of two designs. Sewing machine required.
Monday 26th November
10:00-3:30
Monday 3rd December
10:00-3:30
FULL
Needle Felted Christmas Reindeer
Needle felted fun reindeer for Christmas, using specialist felting needles we will sculpt wool fibres, that we will then felt into tweed and wool fabrics, making your reindeer that is easy to frame in a hoop. All materials provided.
Saturday 8th December
10:00-3:30
Patchwork Basics with Belinda Williams
Learn the basic skills needed for patchwork including the materials to use and the techniques for cutting and sewing. You will make a patchwork block which could become a cushion or a bag.
Sunday 9th December
10:00-3:30