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SUMMARY:Soft Power: lives told through textile art. 16 May - 10 Aug 2025
DESCRIPTION:This exhibition celebrates the skill and craftsmanship of textile artists with a series of spectacular and intimate works that tell stories about our lives and connect people across time and place. \n\n\n\nThe exhibition is curated by internationally-renowned textile art pioneer\, Professor Alice Kettle\, with curator of international textiles Professor Lesley Millar MBE.    \n\n\n\nExhibiting contemporary artistsAnurita Chandola\, Mona Craven\, Sarah-Joy Ford\, Enam Gbewonyo\, Shelly Goldsmith\, Kani Kamil\, Sabine Kaner\, Alice Kettle\, Reiko Koga\, Phillipa Lawrence\, Lise Bjorne Linnert\, Lasmin Salmon\, Amneh Shaikh-Farooqui\, Kari Steihaug\, Susie MacMurray\, Erin Riley\, Maryam Wahid.
URL:https://kcguild.org.uk/event/soft-power-lives-told-through-textile-art-16-may-10-aug-2025/
LOCATION:Royal West of England Academy\, Queens Road\, Clifton\, Bristol\, BS8 1PX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Exhibition,South West England
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ORGANIZER;CN="Royal West of England Academy":MAILTO:info@rwa.org.uk
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SUMMARY:Oxford Regional Day - 5 July 2025
DESCRIPTION:Now fully booked (but do register to be put on the waiting list if you would like). \n\n\n\nThe Oxford Regional Day is on Saturday 5 July at St Anne’s College. We have two excellent keynote speakers\, Dr Barbara Smith (the Guild’s Publications Curator) and designer Mary Henderson\, plus a super choice of workshops. \n\n\n\nMake a weekend of it and join our optional free programme on the morning of Sunday 6 July\, focusing on historic textiles in Oxford. \n\n\n\nThe Programme\n\n\n\nKeynote Speakers\n\n\n\nBarbara Smith: The Evolution of Aran Style. Barbara Smith is Publications Curator for the Knitting & Crochet Guild. Since2011 she has been sorting and cataloguing the magazines\, pattern bookletsand leaflets for the Guild’s Collection. She writes regularly about knitting history \n\n\n\nMary Henderson: A Fair Isle Journey. Mary Henderson is a well-known designer with her patterns published regularlyin ‘The Knitter’ and ‘Simply Knitting’. She is an expert in colourwork and is particularly known for her Fair Isle designs. \n\n\n\nWorkshops\n\n\n\n\nKnitting intarsia in the round\n\n\n\nDesigning a knitted mini-lace shawl\n\n\n\nKnitting complicated cables\n\n\n\nFair Isle tips and techniques\n\n\n\nKnitting negative spaces\n\n\n\n\nClick on the image below to view the full programme. \n\n\nPrivate: Oxford Regional Day 2025 programme\n\n\n\nBooking\n\n\n\nBook online at https://forms.office.com/r/yTy2bBKPEX (if you would prefer a paper form\, please email us). \n\n\n\nA meat-free buffet lunch and refreshments are included in the fee for the day (£58 Knitting & Crochet Guild (K&CG) members/£63 non-K&CG members). \n\n\n\nOptional overnight accommodation\n\n\n\nSt Anne’s has some accommodation available if you wish to make a weekend of it – all details and a special booking code are on the online form. (Other rooms are available here: https://www.universityrooms.com/en-GB/city/oxford/home/\, as well as in local hotels of course.) \n\n\n\nSpecial for this year\n\n\n\nWe have a very special raffle this year with great prizes including a £50 gift card for the Oxford Yarn Store\, ten balls of Rowan Kidsilk Haze in Alhambra\, and much more.
URL:https://kcguild.org.uk/event/oxford-regional-day/
LOCATION:St Anne’s College\, Woodstock Road\, Oxford\, OX2 6HS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Conference,Guild,Guild Branch,South East England
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ORGANIZER;CN="Oxford Branch":MAILTO:oxfordkcg@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Bath Branch - Tunisian crochet for beginners - 12 July 2025
DESCRIPTION:Tunisia Crochet for beginners with Sharon Carter from Dragon Hill Studio\n\n\n\nBath Branch are delighted to be hosting Sharon Carter to show us how to get started with this intriguing technique. \n\n\n\nCome and explore a completely new skill with an experienced tutor. Tunisian crochet is sometimes seen as being a hybrid of knitting and crochet\, and produces some lovely fabrics. \n\n\n\nThis session is suitable for beginners. You will learn how to cast on and work Tunisian Simple Stitch\, how to increase\, decrease and cast off. You will also learn to work with two colours (this produces lovely effects with very little effort!). You will be able to work at your own pace to learn a variety of Tunisian crochet stitches. \n\n\n\nRequirements: Suitable for beginners. Some experience with knitting or crochet is useful but not essential! \n\n\n\nWhat’s included: \n\n\n\n\nyarn\n\n\n\nstitch markers\n\n\n\nclass notes\n\n\n\nTunisian crochet hooks available to borrow or purchase on the day (or students can bring their own).\n\n\n\n\nWhat to bring: \n\n\n\n\nTunisian crochet hook\, 5mm (if you have a set of hooks\, you might want to also bring a smaller and larger size as well)\n\n\n\nscissors.
URL:https://kcguild.org.uk/event/bath-branch-tunisian-crochet-for-beginners-12-july-2025/
LOCATION:Salvation Army Citadel\, Bath\, Green Park Road\, Bath\, BA1 1XE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Guild Branch,South West England
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ORGANIZER;CN="Bath Branch":MAILTO:bathkcg@gmail.com
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