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EVENTS ARCHIVE 2013

PicKnit

13.09.2013
Sizbergh Castle, Kendal

SUBMIT YOUR PICKNIT EVENT NOW Craft, knitting and crochet rules supreme with the launch of PicKnit, knitting party; that friends, strangers and customers can participate in by hosting their own PicKnit at home, school, in a shop, café, on a beach

Knitting & Stitching Show 2013

10.10.2013
Alexandra Palace, London

The flagship event at Alexandra Palace has been running annually since 1991 and has become the largest and most highly regarded textiles and craft event in the UK.  Loyal visitors return year after year, because The Knitting and Stitching Show

Wool Week UK 2013

14.10.2013
UK

Growing in participants and momentum, 2013 sees The Campaign for Wool take over the UK during Wool Week, with a variety of exciting events and inspiring initiatives with the aim of highlighting wool as a natural, renewable and biodegradable fibre.

Knit Nation

14.10.2013
John Lewis Edinburgh and John Lewis Oxford Street

  To celebrate Wool Week 2013, 14th – 20th October, John Lewis Oxford Street and Edinburgh will be running a week of FREE fashion focussed knitting classes and drop ins hosted by the UK’s most innovative and exciting knitting brands. Focussing

Wool Week at Design Centre Chelsea Harbour

12.10.2013
Design Centre Chelsea Harbour

The Campaign for Wool was initiated by HRH The Prince of Wales in 2010 to promote better understanding and use of natural and sustainable benefits of real wool. It has united the international community of wool growers, manufacturers, retailers and

Bowmont Merino Sheep Flock to The Royal Academy of Arts to Celebrate Wool Week 2013

19.10.2013
Royal Academy of Arts Courtyard

To celebrate the final weekend of Wool Week and the RA’s major Australia exhibition, a flock of Australian/English Bowmont Merino sheep will make a special appearance in the RA’s Courtyard this weekend. An exclusive opportunity to photograph the flock together with their

Wool Week at the Royal Academy of Art – Family Studio: Sheepish Shenanigans

20.10.2013
Royal Academy of Arts Courtyard

As part of ‘The Big Draw’, take sheep and The Campaign for Wool as your inspiration in this free drop-in family workshop, where we will be sketching Bowmont Merino sheep from life and creating wool landscapes. Family Studios are supported by

OneWool

01.10.2013
United Kingdom

   

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Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, President of the UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT) visit to Laxtons Specialist Yarns

On Tuesday 20th February, Laxtons Specialist Yarns welcomed Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal to their spinning factory in Baildon, West Yorkshire in the traditional heartland of British yarn manufacturing.  Founded in 1907, Laxtons were industry pioneers at the turn

Ulster Carpets – Icon of the Seas

Ulster Carpets established in 1938 in Portadown, Northern Ireland, by George Walter Wilson are on the crest of a wave after completing their largest-ever cruise ship project. Classed as the world’s best family location, Icon of the Seas set sail

Wool Month Review at Salts Mill

On Wednesday 8th November the Campaign for Wool was delighted to host an industry event at the iconic Salts Mill*, once one of the largest textile manufacturing mills in the world and now a beautiful gallery space owned by the