2011 event details
On going events
Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World
Wool Directory online - connecting SW wool producers to wool users it is a new free online database initiated by the Centre for Contemporary Art and the Natural World in collaboration with Claire Crompton of Give Fleece A Chance. Wool is currently enjoying a renaissance among wool users as a sustainable, versatile and locally sourced material. What is missing, however, is an easy way for wool users spinners, weavers, dyers, artists and product makers to connect to the producers. The answer is the web-based Wool Directory - a free and easy to use database. Wool producers market your fleece or yarn to potential buyers and connect with others in the wool supply chain. Wool users connect with producers, share information and promote your products. The new Wool Directory is the latest in a series of projects, which, over the past two years, CCANW has initiated to raise the profile of wool, its use by makers, designers and artists, and its contribution to the economy and local distinctiveness. The Wool Directory is free and easy to join. See www.wooldirectory.org.uk for further details.
Eifion Griffiths
Tregwynt Mill, Castlemorris, Haverfordwest, Pembs SA62 5UX
We're a small family company http://www.melintregwynt.co.uk first established in 1912 and it's our centenary year in 2012. We're hoping to organise events here at the mill to celebrate and we'd like to promote the Campaign for Wool as part of the celebrations. We'll also be showing at various exhibitions, Maison&Objet in Paris, Milan Furniture Fair, 100% Design and the Sleep Event in London and could also promote the campaign at these events also.
ATELIER - Wools of Europe
20 June - 26 Septembrer 2011, 10am-12pm and 14pm-18pm
Musée Départemental de Gap (Hautes-Alpes), France
Exhibition "Laines d'Europe - moutons, toisons, créations" (Wools of Europe - sheep, fleeces, creations) featuring near 100 European sheep breeds. For each breed, there is a photo of the animal, part of a fleece, and an article made with this type of wool: clothes, carpets, art textile, bedding....
Consorzio Biella the Wool Company
11th October - 31st December 2011, 10.00 - 12.30 15.00 - 19.00
Miagliano - Biella Italy
Together with Atelier in France, Biella The Wool Company presents the Wools of Europe Exhibition - a unique collection of wools from 100 european sheepbreeds and products made from each and every one. This was made possible by woolgrowers from all 27 nations in Europe who contributed to this touring exhibition by supplying the raw fleece, a photograph of the actual sheep and text explaining the history of the breed. Almost a 100 different artisans from all over Europe, also partecipated by supplying a textile product made out of each and every breed. It is being held in a historic textile factory, built in 1865, in a small textile village on the outskirts of Biella. Not to be missed by anyone involved in wool and design.
January
USA Surfaces Exhibition
February
9th International Premier Vision Weaver's Conference
March
29th Campaign for Wool launches in Sydney, Admiralty House
April
May
1st – 8th Grand Designs
ExCeL London, 1 Western Gateway, Royal Victoria Dock, E16 1XL, United Kingdom
A tactile and inspirational display of wool products will be on display. You can speak with representatives of the Campaign for Wool about how best to use wool in your home and where to find the best wool for your purposes. Choose wool!
15th The Spitalfields City Farm Sheep & Wool Fayre
Buxton Street, London, E1 5AR, United Kingdom
London College of Fashion students will be making woollen garments to show the diversity of clothing that can be manufactured from the fibre, the garments will be displayed with a catwalk show at the Spitalfields City Farm.
June
1st - 12th Alsager Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers
Little Moreton Hall, Cheshire
11am - 4.30pm
Alsager Weavers, Spinners and Dyers are holding their annual exhibition at Little Moreton Hall, the beautiful National Trust Property in Cheshire from June 1st-12th. The exhibition will include demonstrations of weaving, spinning etc, opportunities to have a go as well as lots about wool. Normal National Trust opening times and charges apply. More at www.alsagerwsd.co.uk
10th - 17th Campaign for Wool launches in New Zealand
6 - 9pm
The Great Hall, Massey College of Creative Arts (COCA), Wellington, NZ
The Campaign for Wool is launching into New Zealand with a celebration of wool both on and off the catwalk. Bringing the country to the city, twelve of New Zealand’s top designers, including Zambesi, NOM*D and State of Grace, will showcase their future and contemporary interpretations of the iconic black wool shearers singlet on the catwalk, alongside static art displays of some real delights of wool, such as the wool felt chair - all part of a night of SHEAR BRILLIANCE
23th - 26th Royal Highland Show
The Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh
Wool will be in the spotlight at the Royal Highland Show as the National Sheep Association, in conjunction with Scottish Enterprise, Textiles Scotland and the Campaign for Wool, take the commodity all the way from the sheep’s back to the fashion catwalk.
"Rediscover the Wonders of Wool" will feature on all four days of the show in the NSA marquee and will include live demonstrations, competitions and a fashion show.
Friday is fashion day with a team of professional models taking to the catwalk to show off a range of wool garments, part of Textiles Scotland's New Wool campaign. There will also be a felt making demonstration.
Saturday sees the "Baaa'ck to Back" competition where the race is on to clip a sheep, spin the wool, knit a jumper and wear it with pride in the quickest possible time.
The Sunday programme includes a lamb dressing competition, clipping and preparing sheep for showing plus a video display and commentary on innovations with wool insulation.
Click here for the full schedule and details
24th - 25th Woolfest
Mitchell's Lakeland Livestock Centre, Cockermouth, Cumbria CA13 0QQ
10am to 5pm
Woolfest is a celebration of natural fibres, especially all aspects of wool, wool products and wool crafts. It has been organised by members of The Wool Clip cooperative since 2005 and attracts over 4000 visitors and wool enthusiasts each year, as well as over 140 stallholders, farmers and crafts people.
July
3rd Grannies, Inc. presents : Charity Knitting Circle
London Fields
12 noon, free entry
*Pop-Up Catwalk* event to showcase the finalists of their "Design A Vest" competition. Get yourself to London Fields for a day of knitting in the sun while doing a little bit of good for charity.. AND COME VOTE for your favourite knitted vest designs! An organised knitting circle will also be happening on the day, knitting products for charity - all levels of knitters welcome. Music by Neb.
Contact: www.granniesinc.co.uk, hello@granniesinc.co.uk or 020 7346 8771, Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=172782856116374
Love Wool UK
www.campaignforwool.org
Check back on the 1st of July to learn about Love Wool UK, an initiative which will provide you all the tools necessary to host your own knitting or craft event in the United Kingdom.
21st Local Origins Rural Network
Kintaline Farm, Benderloch
10am to 3pm
Supersized Local Producers market at Kintaline Farm, Benderloch, with all the usual attractions together with lots more displays, demonstrations, and stalls. There will be shearing, spinning, singing, knitting, horn work, and lots of ideas as to what you can make from sheep. Displays of fleeces, as well as innovative commerical products. Food is, as always a vital part of the LORN market - plenty to buy, and lots to eat on the day, along with cookery demonstrations - come and find out what to do with lamb, hogget and mutton of different breeds of sheep.
22nd Local Origins Rural Network
Around Benderloch
10am to 3pm
4 workshops Handling a raw fleece for craft working Spinning Waulking the cloth, the method and the songs. Peg Loom Weaving contact 01631 720223 for more details and to book, limited spaces also visit www.lorn.org.uk/feiscothlam2011 for full festival details
23rd Local Origins Rural Network
Victory Hall, Benderloch
10am to 3pm
The third day of the Feis cothlam - our gaelic wool festival is a day long drop in free taster sessions for woolly crafts; stalls; displays and demonstrations. Bring your projects, come and try something, and browse the stalls and displays to learn more about just how versatile Wool is.
23rd, 24th Fibre-East
Scald End Farm, Thurleigh, Bedford, MK44 2DP
Sat: 10.00am - 5.30pm Sun: 10.00am - 4.30pm
A fibre event celebrating the use of British Wool and British fibres for those who spin, weave, knit, felt, crochet and dye - equipment, fleece, demonstrations. Sheep Shearing show. Full details on the website: www.fibre-east.co.uk
30th Friends of Coldharbour Mill
Coldharbour Mill Working Wool Museum, Devon
10am - 4pm
Wool and Craft Fair at Coldharbour Mill Working Wool Museum, in Mid-Devon on Saturday 30 July. Stalls & displays by local craftspeople, plus - see wool being spun & woven on 19th century machines in the 200 year old factory building. For more information, visit the Mill website: www.coldharbourmill.org.uk
August
20th – 21st FibreFest 2011
Bicton College, East Budleigh, Devon. EX9 7BY
10.00 am to 5.00 pm
Join a Celebration of SW Natural Fibre and Creativity. FibreFest 2011 will be an opportunity to be inspired and delighted by all that Natural Fibre has to offer. It will bring together a diverse group of animal breeders, artists, crafts people and small businesses focused on being creative with Natural Fibre. It promises to be an enchanting summertime event with a variety of different experiences in store! Animals and breeders: - Sheep, Goats, Alpacas and beyond! A Wool Market - buy a fleece or yarn and be inspired to create! 70+ exhibitors - involved in yarn, spinning, dyeing, weaving, knitting, felt products, textile art products, to name but a few. An ethical Fashion exhibit from the London College of Fashion. FibreCreate - Expert led workshops covering a variety of craft skills from spinning to dyeing - try a new craft for £20 for 2 hours. FibreVoice - a programme of talks to inform and intrigue on issues surrounding the future of Natural Fibre, sustainability, and the creative process. FibreExhibit - Art works by leading Textile Artists including Above and Below the Waves by Alison Murray of All2Knit charity initiative for RNLI.
28th The Herby Company
Grasmere Sports and Show, Grasmere, Cumbria LA22 9SL
10.00 am to 5.00 pm
The herdy Woolympics A Knit-Along with a sporting theme at the famous Grasmere Sports Day. Sit, knit and chat from the comfort of a straw bale while the whippets (dogs & fell runners) race up surrounding hill sides. If you're feeling competitive, have a go at the 100cm Dash speed-knitting contest. Or just entertain yourself watching men in tights competing in the traditional Cumberland & Westmorland wrestling. No knitting experience necessary. We'll provide wool and needles for anyone up for having a go.
29th Aug - 11th Sept Spon End Building Preservation Trust
From 11:00
The Weaver's House, 119 Upper Spon Street, Coventry, CV1 4DE
Weavolution Connecting Through Weaving 29 August-11 September Spon End Building Presevation Trust (SEBPT) invites you to take part in the Weavolution - an artists residency with international weaving star, Travis Meinolf. which is taking place at the Weavers House and around the Spon End area of Coventry. from 29 August-11 September. Travis describes himself as an 'Action Weaver' and his practice involves visiting different countries to share his weaving skills. For Weavolution he will be building a loom in public and will also showing people how to use a simple 'backstrap loom' to create cloth. Over two weeks Travis will visit local groups and communities as well as working on the street, to connect people to a slower, handmade life as well as Coventry's weaving heritage. The residency will culminate at the Heritage Open Weekend, where the cloth produced by the community will be on display. To find out more about the project and where you can see Travis in action, visit SEBPT's website www.sebpt.org or visit the project blog www. weavolutioncoventry@wordpress.com Find us on Facebook: Spon End Building Preservation Trust Follow us on Twitter @weavershouse The project was made possible with funding from Coventry City's Council's Small Arts Grant and Arts Council England's Grants for the Arts. SEBPT is also grateful to Imagineer Productions for their support of the project
September
3rd Exmoor Fleece Fair
Kings Farm Machinery, Exebridge, Dulverton, TA22 9BL
11AM-3PM
Join us to Celebrate Wool Week at the first Exmoor Fleece Fair. Lovely fleeces for sale from Hebridean, Dorset, Wensleydale, Shetland, Zwartbles, BlueFaced Leicester, Lincoln Longwool and Exmoor Horn sheep, among other breeds. Come along and try your hand at spinning if you are new to it! Meet the famous Bowmont sheep that went to Savile Row for Wool Week 2010. See the amazing farm machinery used on modern Exmoor farms. For more details contact Lesley Prior 01398 351173 or info@devonfinefibres.co.uk
3rd - 4th British Wool Weekend
Saturday 10am to 5pm and Sunday 10am to 4.30pm
Hall 2, The Event Centre, The Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, HG2 8NZ
The aim for this exciting new venture is to help raise the profile of Bitish Wool, and the many products produced from it. If you are one of the talented and creative craft workers who use British wool to spin, weave, knit, crochet, embroider, hand dye, make felt or any other textile process, or you simply enjoy exploring the textile treasures produced by these talented craft workers, a visit to this show will be a delight. We will have a "fill and natter" area for filling your "Woolsack" project cushion cover. A Restaurant for meals or snacks. There is very easy access for wheel chairs. For information on advance ticket bookings www.britishwool.net or info@britishwool.net
3rd - 24th The National Wool Museum
10am - 4pm
An exhibition of a collection of spinning wheels owned and built by Les Bryan, a local craftsperson, showing the development of the spinning wheels used in cottages and farmhouses throughout Wales. http://www.picuscrafts.co.uk/index2.htm
5th – 11th Wool Week UK
Multiple events, installations and activities will be happening across the United Kingdom with our brand partners over the first week in September. Sign up to the Campaign for Wool newsletter to keep up to date and see how you can get involved.
5th - 9th Green & Easy
47 Worcester Road, Malvern
Green & Easy and their neighbours at Classic Interiors will be supporting Wool Week by promoting Wool Insulation, natural Wool Bedding, Wool Carpets and introducing a new recycled Wool Underlay. Special offers are available for the week.
5th - 30th Handweavers Studio & Gallery
10.00 - 6.00 Monday - Saturday
140 Seven Sisters Rd, London N7 7 NS
Handweavers Studio will be exhibiting fabrics by Dashing Tweeds, Britain's latest tweed textile company, during Wool Week and throughout September
7th Wool Modern
La Galleria, Pall Mall, London, United Kingdom
Wool Modern will be an exhibition that showcases the true versatility of the natural wool fibre. It will feature exclusive creations by renowned fashion designers and interior decorators.
It will show wool in all forms of application from fashion to technical and intelligent textiles, to car interiors, safety needs, crafts and the built environment.
8th Woolroom Exhibition
11am-7pm
La Galleria, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 4UY
The Woolroom.com is sharing its passion for the benefits of sleeping under wool, at an exhibition at La Galleria, Pall Mall, on 8th September. Visitors can learn why wool gives 25% more deep regenerative sleep. They will also be able to browse The Wool Room's fabulous wool bedding range, together with natural wool beds from Somnus. Visit www.thewoolroom.com for more info on wool bedding.
The Woolclip
During Woolweek
11-5pm daily
www.woolclip.com
The Woolclip shop, Priest's Mill, Caldbeck, Cumbria
The Woolclip, a Cumbrian co-operative, is celebrating it's 10th birthday during Wool week with a festive festoon of trees around it's caldbeck shop. Members of The Woolclip are creating woollen baubles, trunk wrappingswebs and other woollen decorations to decorate 10 trees by the river, and there are 10 birthday kits, gifts and designs on sale in the shop.
The Natural Fibre Company
During Wool Week and September, 2011
The Natural Fibre Company is supporting farmers and small-holders across the country to hold open days when the public can Meet a Sheep, Greet a Goat or Adore an Alpaca and find out more about where wool comes from.
9th, 15th, 16th Traditional Moorland Crafts
Longshaw Textiles Workshops
from 10am – 4pm
Moorland Discovery Centre, Longshaw Estate, Derbyshire, S11 7TZ (nr Sheffield)
The first day of this fantastic series of workshops is learning how to dye local wool naturally using plants from the Longshaw Estate. The second workshop is learning all about felting to turn your naturally dyed wool into felt pictures inspired by the local environment. The final workshop shows you how to embellish your felt to dramatic effect. This fantastic series of workshops link together to take you through the process from dyeing to a completed piece of art work. Each of these workshops is run by a different course tutor specialising in the different areas. £85 for the course. To book Call 01433 637907 or email mdc@peakdistrict.gov.uk .
9th Trefriw Woollen Mills Ltd
11am - 2pm (tours must be pre-booked)
Trefriw Woollen Mills, Trefriw, Conwy Valley
To celebrate Wool Week we are offering guided tours of the working mill museum on Friday 9th September. Please book early as there are limited spaces on the tours. There will also be a demonstration of hand spinning and felting with wool on the same day. Our shop specialises in pure wool products (both woven here and bought in knitwear and sheepskin).
10th - 11th Spon End Building Preservatio Trust
From 11:00
The Weaver's House, 119 Upper Spon Street, Coventry, CV1 4DE
Annual Heritage Weekend Come and visit the fascinating Weaver's House at this year's annual heritage weekend! The Weaver's House has been recreated as the home of John Croke, a weaver, as it might have been in 1540. Each of the six houses in Black Swan Terrace were built as one structure and would have looked like this one, however when we came to do the restoration 122 was the one which was easiest to restore to its medieval state. Except that, in line with the general conservation policies of the trust we have kept the 18th Century chimney and stairs. There would also not have been any glass in the windows - sliding shutters would have been used to keep the cold out. The house was built in 1455 by the Priory and, following the dissolution of the monasteries, eventually came into the possession of the Mercer's Company (one of a large number of craft guilds in Coventry - Mercers were general traders). The houses each had three rooms, the Hall, the chamber or parlour to the rear and the solar (or second chamber) above. What makes these houses special is the internal jetty. You will have seen jetties like this on the outside of medieval buildings, but the only surviving buildings with internal jetties are these and Abbey Cottages in Tewksbury. When the house was first built you would have had to go through the Chamber to get to the back. Very soon after it was built this arrangement was changed and a passage was put in between the front and back doors with a door into the chamber. People then put a ceiling on the passage to create a storage area above. We have not recreated the full passage.
11th Bradford Industrial Museum
11am - 3pm
We are holding a fantastic Wool Week event at Bradford Industrial Museum. As a museum we are known for our wool and will be holding demonstrations on making wool and fabrics on our machines. There will be wool themed children’s activities, such as wool dream catchers and sheep masks. We will also be joined by a group of alpacas!
11th Finstock Textile Goup (meeting group)
10.30am - 4pm
The Village Hall, Finstock, Oxfordshire. OX7 3BW
A day of Celebrating British Wool by opening the doors to whom ever wishes to enter. Either come sit and enjoy using their craft creating items with wool ie spinning, weaving, knitting, crotcheting and so on and enjoy the company of like minded people. Or come and watch said past times as well as see displays of fleeces and other items processed with wool by other means such as duvets, coffins and insulation. A small but very successful event last year. All ages welcome and no experience needed.
11th Gwent Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers
Greenmeadow Community Farm Cwmbran
Gwent Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers is promoting the Campaign for Wool at Greenmeadow Community Farm Cwmbran during the Farm's annual show on 11th September. Patricia Ackroyd will give a talk to promote the campaign; the Guild will produce a waistcoat from fleece to finished product; there will be a 'sheep run' and children's 'sheep themed' activitities
12th Ruth Singer - wool workshops
6-8.30pm
Friend's Meeting House, Clarendon Park, Leicester
A fun evening workshop making brooches, hair decorations, necklaces and cuffs from recycled wool felt. £20 including refreshments.
13th Elizabeth Bradley
11am - 4.30pm
Level One, Royal Opera Arcade Gallery, 5B La Galleria Pall Mall, London SW1Y 4UY
Elizabeth Bradley is delighted to be celebrating their alliance with the wool industry by hosting an exclusive open day for retailers above Wool Modern at the prestigious La Galleria, London on 13th September 2011. In support of the Campaign for Wool, this exciting event is designed to inspire and educate. Taking place above the major wool exhibition, 'Wool Modern', we welcome you to come along and meet the owner who will also be giving demonstrations and talks on the benefits of crafting tapestries using wool. With a long-standing heritage of crafts, preview our latest premium tapestry kit designs from the extensive range that comprises of over 150 designs. www.elizabethbradley.com
16th - 23rd National Trust Hardcastle Crags
10am
Gibson Mill - Hardcastle Crags, West Yorkshire
Half-day knitting workshops with designer Ann Kingstone. Take the mystery out of cables and lace, and learn all about socks. Lunch included - booking essential. All details on the www.nationaltrust.org.uk website.
17th The National Wool Museum
10am - 3pm
In a Spin - Free A day in the company of Les Bryan, a local craftsperson who owns and has built the spinning wheels in the Exhibition, as well as the company of local spinners, weavers and dyers and an opportunity to purchase woollen items from local traders and crafts people. Demonstrators on the day will be: Mid Teifi Arts Rugmakers Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire Spinners and Weavers Project Linus - simple machine patchwork and hand quilting Mechanical Sock Knitting - Mark Lucas Spinning -Non Mitchell and Peter Hill Needle-felting - Maria Lalic Tradestands on the day: Gwisg - Sarah Thomas - Welsh Costume Dolls, Penclawdd Cockle Picker, Cardiganshire bride, Jemima Nicholas from Fishguard. Material from Melin Teifi. Judy Roberts - Hats Maria Lalic - will demonstrate needle felting Sarah Enoch - Traditional and nuno felted creations handmade from wool in Wales. Unique handspun yarns. Felt packs. Programme for the Day 10am - 3pm 11.30 Talk by Les Bryan about the Spinning Wheels 11.45 Talk by Keith Rees about The Domestic Welsh Woollen Industry 2pm - Tour of the Museum.
20th – 22th Premiere Vision
Parc de Expositions, Paris, France
A wool trend area will be created by the Woolmark Company for all to see and interact with during the world’s largest weaving trade fair.
24th Sept – 13th Nov The Devon Guild of Craftsmen
Devon Guild of Craftsmen, Riverside Mill, Bovey Tracey, Devon TQ 13 9AF
10am - 5.30pm
Exhibition: Fleece First Expertise in breeding sheep, processing wool and making textiles is linked inextricably to the history of the South West. Fleece First features the commissioned work of contemporary textile makers whose raw material is wool and focuses on how - and why - individual makers selected a particular fleece for their technique and project. Imaginative links made between breeders, processors, individual makers and industry have created opportunities for the sustainable use of wool and some of these are illustrated in the exhibition. There will be associated workshops and events: check http://www.crafts.org.uk for details. Fleece First is curated by Isabella Whitworth, a member of the Devon Guild of Craftsmen with a strong interest in the sustainable use of local materials.
24th – 25th Llandovery Sheep Festival
The market town of Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales
10 .00 am til late both days
It's back for a second year - the Llandovery Sheep Festival is a community run event that is putting Llandovery on the map thus helping benefit the town and its surrounding area both economically and socially. Apart from having fun we are running the festival with the aim of promoting the use of wool to and so are proud to be associated with the Campaign for Wool (patron: HRH The Prince of Wales)
October
1st - 2nd Angela Barow
Bradley Village Hal, West Yorkshire
10am - 4pm
A weekend of felting with native British fibres. There'll be approximately 18 varieties of wool tops and some raw fleece to choose from. People can attend one or both days at a cost of £35 per day. We'll be using the native wools to make felted 3D items with opportunity to explore surface decoration and texture. People can book at www.angelabarrow.co.uk/workshops.php
1st - 31st Ripping Yarns
10am -4pm Mon - Friday
Forester Gallery, High street, Cinderford, Forest of Dean
A Celebration of british wool and techniques, also fairtrade yarns with a fun halloween theme.
3rd - 10th International Wool Week
- Serrano Street in Madrid is being groomed to be decorated with wool
- Tokyo will see sheep throughout the streets
- Amsterdam is working with final year design students to create an exhibition for all to enjoy
- Munich is preparing for an exclusive installation which will push the boundaries with wool
- Oslo is building a modern interpretation of wool with local fashion and interior designers
- New York City is preparing for an invasion of the best wool interiors
11th - 16th Shetland Wool Holiday
Join Jamieson & Smith in Shetland to experience Real Shetland Wool and explore its place in the islands' heritage, textile industry and local crofting community.
The guided holiday includes knitting masterclasses in Fair Isle and Shetland Fine Lace, demonstrations of wool handling, workshops in hand-spinning and weaving, and exclusive access to textile artefacts and pieces of fragile heirloom knitting—all while exploring Shetland's wild landscape. Hotel accommodation in the historic main town of Lerwick is also included.
Price of £790 includes knitting materials and a goody bag full of gorgeous Shetland gifts. Click here for more information
15th - 16th Woolly Weekend
Kelly House, Devon
10-5 Saturday 10-4 Sunday
For all things warm and Woolly, soft and silky, join other natural fiber lovers for the Woolly Weekend at Kelly House.
From specialist producers of the finest woollen yarn to felt makers, we have many exhibitors from around the South-West and further afield with quality provisions and inspiration!
As the winter draws in, this is a great occasion to pick up your winter warmers and find early Christmas presents for your loved ones too.
If you are a fan of knitting, Why not enter our "Knit a Bunting Flag" Competition to get free entry to the weekend and a chance to win £20.
For More Information go to www.kelly-house.co.uk/wool.
November
3rd Bethlehem Christmas Fayre
The Old School Community Hall and Post Office
10am-5pm
The Bethlehem Christmas Fayre. There will be a selection of local craftspeople selling their quality goods including Nellie and Eve - check out her woollen tea cosy!http://nellieandeve.blogspot.com/ Don't forget to bring your Christmas cards to get them stamped with the famous Bethlehem handstamp!
4th Cumbria Local and Fair
Rheged, Penrith
9.45- 4.00
A day conference to explore the possibilities for Cumbrian farmers to get a fairer deal. One of the workshops is for wool producers and users to work together to maximise the quality and improve the promotion of Cumbrian Wool.
5th - 26th The National Wool Museum
10am - 5pm
South West Wales Annual Colleges Competition Exhibition Each year at the National Wool Museum we run a competition for colleges in South and West Wales based on a chosen theme and inspired by the National Wool Museum's Collection. This year our theme is 'Keepsakes' and offers students the opportunity to respond either by designing a product or through creating a piece of art. A selection of work will be chosen for display with the winners receiving their prize money when the exhibition opens in November. The successful person in the design element of the product will have their work reproduced for sale in the shop. The exhibition offers young designers an opportunity to respond to a brief and provide a contemporary response to the Museum and its collection.
19th my-shell me-shell
Hotel Pelirocco, Regency Square, Brighton, UK
3pm to 8pm
Join us for our Christmas Party where you will be able to see our new bespoke colour ranges, order your Christmas gifts, buy stunning last season samples and see the vintage collection from MYME. There will be a wooly children's craft table from 3 - 6pm to keep the little one's busy as well as a fabulous raffle. Raffle tickets can be bought for £2 per ticket with prize of a bespoke 'pineapple' stitch shawl made from beautiful 100% British yarn. The raffle will be drawn on the night at 7:30pm. Good luck!
24th - 27th Woolsack
Harrogate International Centre
10am to 5.30pm (closes 5pm Sunday)
The Woolsack stand, B193, at the Knitting & Stitching Show is more than the usual wool stuffing event for the British wool cushions that are intended as gifts for the athletes at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The British Olympic Association asked us to make 40 special red, white and blue British wool cushions for the UK athletes taking part in the Youth Olympic Winter Games; Innsbruck 2012. With less than 4 weeks to complete the task it is a real challenge, but with volunteers knitting throughout the country, we aim to finish all 40 cushions at the Harrogate event.
26th Nellie and Eve
National Wool Museum Wales
10am-3pm
Christmas Craft Fayre
