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Knitting the Spare Rib ‘Woman’s Woolly’: Making & Re-making in the Archive – 17 September 2024
OnlineThis text is taken from the Eventbrite listing for the event. In 1982 the feminist magazine Spare Rib published a knitting pattern for a ‘Woman’s Woolly’, a jumper featuring a decorative band […]
Shetland Wool Week – 29 September – 5 October 2024
Lerwick Lerwick, Scotland, United KingdomShetland Wool Week is a world renowned celebration of Britain’s most northerly native sheep, the Shetland textile industry and the rural farming community on these islands. Shetland wool is a world class natural fibre, with a long standing reputation for quality, strength and excellence from the fleece to the textile products. Shetland knitwear has a […]
Fernhill Fibre: a local wool business – with Jill Hunter – 12 October 2024.
Salvation Army Citadel, Bath Green Park Road, Bath, United KingdomBath Branch is delighted that Jen from Fernhill Farm will be coming to talk to them about all things woolly! The farm is based at Compton Martin, raises sheep and produces both yarn and finished products. Fernhill is a verified regenerative eco farm and has commercial flocks of approximately 3,000 Romney Shetland sheep. Find out […]
International Gansey Day – 23 November 2024
Sheringham Museum Sheringham Museum at the Mo, Lifeboat Plain, Sheringham, Norfolk, United KingdomTo celebrate International Gansey day on 23 November 2024, Sheringham Museum and the East Anglia Gansey Group present... Space for the workshop is "first come, first served" - booking is not possible.
Reading the Thread: Book Launch with Lesley Millar and Alice Kettle – 22 Feb 2025
Royal West of England Academy Queens Road, Clifton, Bristol, United KingdomThe RWA invites you to the launch of the book Reading the Thread: Cloth and Communication on Saturday 22 February 2025, 12pm Discussing the book will be its editors Professor Lesley Millar MBE […]
Natural Dyes – Ria Burns – 22 Feb 2025
The Loom Shed Sutton Barton, Cullompton, Devon, United KingdomThis talk by member Ria Burns is part of The Loom Shed's Natural Dye Symposium 2025. Ria Burns who will be joining the symposium in person for the day. Ria is a […]
Linen ancient and modern – 8 March 2025
Percy Community Centre New King Street, Bath, Somerset, United KingdomLinen ancient and modern – a talk by Ann and Simon Cooper of Flaxland (based in Stroud). Bath Branch has a treat in store as they host Flaxland to tellyou […]
