We've had some lovely feedback about our 2016 Woolly Workshops and are planning more for 2017. Let us know which workshops you'd like to see using our contact form.
Fair Isle Knitting and Steeking
Tutor: Anniken Allis
Learn how to knit with two colours at once, strand the yarn, how to knit in the round and how to read fair isle charts. Later, you'll learn how to re-enforce the 'steek', to cut the fabric and pick up for edgings.
Materials: all provided
Suitable for: confident intermediate knitters
Crochet flowers
Tutor: Sioux Legg
Come and learn how to make beautiful crochet flowers that you can use to make brooches, decorate textiles or make a wreath or bouquet.
Materials: all materials provided or bring your own favourite yarns and colourways
Suitable for: everyone
Fun and funky Dorset Buttons
Tutor: Tina Barrett
In this workshop you will receive excellent tuition to make your own exciting buttons using an old time technique with a modern twist.
Materials: all materials provided or bring your own favourite yarns and colourways
Suitable for: everyone
Block print a project bag
Tutor: Gill Cairns
Learn how to block print onto canvas and make your own fabulous project bag. Bag included in price.
Materials: all provided
Suitable for: everyone
Wet felted flowers
Tutor: Jean Fenton
Learn to use 2D and 3D techniques to make lovely felted flowers that you can use in a bouquet or make a brooch out of.
Materials: all provided
Suitable for: everyone
Wet Felted Pictures
Tutor: Jean Fenton
Come and create your own wet felt wall hanging! You will receive expert tuition and have access to a wealth of different fibres and silks to make an original wet felted picture.
Materials: all provided
Suitable for: everyone
Paper making
Tutor: Jo McIntosh
Learn how to make you own art paper using recycled papers and fibres. Materials charge included in price.
Materials: all provided
Suitable for: everyone
Silk paper
Tutor: Jo McIntosh
Learn how to make ‘paper’ using pure silk fibres. Materials charge included in price.
Materials: all provided
Suitable for: everyone
Needlefelted animal
Tutor: Lorraine England
Learn how to needle felt an animalusing hand dyed artisan fibres.
Materials: all provided, including needlefelting kit to take away
Suitable for: adults
Needlefelted brooch
Tutor: Lorraine England
Learn how to needle felt a beautiful brooch using hand dyed artisan fibres.
Materials: all provided, including needlefelting kit to take away
Suitable for: adults
Free form knitting
Tutor: Vicki Rowan
Ever wanted to create a unique piece with NO pattern, no restrictions and learn lots of new things as you create? - then you need Freeform knitting. This exciting and addictive technique allows your creative side the freedom to make whatever you want without the constraints of patterns, no counting, measuring, or stress just fun. We will start a piece that could be blanket, bag, cushion, jumper, sock, giraffe - whatever you want!
Materials: all provided or bring your own favourite yarns and needles.
Suitable for: knitters
Tunisian Crochet
Tutor: Sue Lake
Learn how to use a Tunisian crochet hook to make 6 different stitch samples.
Materials: all provided
Suitable for: everyone
Twists, turns and reverse cables
Tutor: Bekki Hill
This workshop will explore creating gorgeous cables, with and without a cable needle, and reverse cabling that produces beautiful results on both sides of your work - so ideal for scarves, cowls and blankets. We will consider ways to get the best results with your cables, as well as the common pitfalls, how to avoid them and rectifying mistakes without frogging. If you have a cable knitting pattern that you would like to knit, but feel daunted by, or a pattern of an ordinary cable stitch that you would like to convert to a reverse pattern, you are welcome to bring it along.
Materials: yarn provided but bring 4mm straight needles and a similar sized cable needle if you can.
Suitable for: knitters
