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- Classes and workshops: Hand knitting, Machine knitting, Crochet
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Stitch Field – 14 Feb – 9 June 2024
Our rapidly changing climates and expanding populations have challenged the pre-existing structures in place for meeting the demand for food and water. One solution, hydroponic farming systems, allows for accelerated agricultural production within compact urban centers, but these self-enclosed systems separate us from the land. Stitch Field offers an alternative to the plastic-filled warehouses of plants associated […]
The Great British Yarn Crawl – April – June 2024
The Great British Yarn Crawl is back.This year it runs from Saturday 13 April to Sunday 30 June.For anyone who loves visiting a yarn shop, it couldn’t be easier to take part. A real treat and a great excuse for a yarnie road trip.You’ll be able to pick up a free Yarn Crawl card from any […]
Black Joy! Up Close and Personal – 4 May – 25 August 2024
This thought-provoking exhibition highlights over 40 talented black artists from the South East. The contemporary artworks exhibited include painting, sign-writing, fashion, textiles, sculpture, collage, photography, and video, inviting you to explore the beauty and complexity of Black Joy.There is also a vibrant accompanying programme of performances, workshops, talks and tours.Black Joy! Up Close and Personal is […]
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Tangled Galashiels Fibre Festival – 31 May – 1 June 2024
Friends, Samira Hill of Eildon Hills Designs and Naomi Hodgson, have come together in efforts to celebrate the incredible dyers, spinners and crafters of the Scottish Borders and beyond!A truly community led event, the two-day festival offers an affordable platform for local and independent fibre artists to showcase their products, engage with their supporters and […]
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Threads Textile Festival Market – 7-9 June 2024
Sunny Bank Mills' annual Textile Festival, 'Threads' is back for it's second instalment - celebrating textiles through a series of talks, workshops and more! Threads will take place across the site of Sunny Bank Mills over the weekend of 7th-9th June 2024. Alongside the market in the 1912 Mill with 50+ textile stalls, we will […]
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World Wide Knit in Public Day – 8 June 2024
World Wide Knit in Public Day – 8 June 2024
World Wide Knit in Public (WWKIP) Day is a celebration of our crafts, and a chance to share our enthusiasm for knitting and crochet with the public.Events involving members of the GuildMembers have told us that they will be taking part in the following events.
Leeds Central – WorldWide Knit in Public – 8 June 2024
Leeds Central – WorldWide Knit in Public – 8 June 2024
Bring along your current WiP and join our Central Leeds Branch in the new cafe area at Scrap Reuse. The event will be advertised by Scrap so we may have people dropping in to ask for help. As the Threads Festival is running at the weekend, they are expecting to be busy.
Pop-up exhibition and crafting for World Wide Knit in Public Day – alongside Fringe Arts Bath – 8 June 2024
Pop-up exhibition and crafting for World Wide Knit in Public Day – alongside Fringe Arts Bath – 8 June 2024
Bath Branch's theme for visitors is ‘learn to knit or crochet, and watch the skills in action’.
As part of the Bath Fringe Festival, we will be at the Newark Works to celebrate World Wide Knit in Public Day (WWKIP).
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The Wool Monty – 8-9 June 2024
The Wool Monty – 8-9 June 2024
The organisers describe this show in the following way.The Wool Monty is a different kind of yarn show:ACCESSIBLE. INCLUSIVE. WELCOMING.We’re passionate about hosting a yarn show with a difference, that everyone can attend and enjoy. We cannot wait to see you there!OUR ACCESSIBILITY COMMITMENTOUR INCLUSIVITY COMMITMENTWe’re committed to making the show as representative of the […]
Threads Textile Festival 2024 – 9 June 2024
Threads Textile Festival 2024 – 9 June 2024
Sunny Bank Mills’ annual Textile Festival, Threads is back for it’s second instalment – celebrating textiles through a series of talks, workshops and more!
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Wool @ J13 – 29-30 June 2024
A celebration of all things woolly, just 25 mins from J13 of the M6 or a stone's throw from the A51.
K&CG Oxford Branch Regional Day – 29 June 2024
K&CG Oxford Branch Regional Day – 29 June 2024
The Oxford Regional Day is back in 2024 featuring keynote speakers Lindy Zubairy on her crochet life and Emma Vining with Diana Bird (Chilton Grounds Farm) talking about an exciting yarn and pattern collaboration.
