Wool Month – 2024 events and activities

• Shaun the Sheep @ The Flooring Show / Aardman x Campaign for Wool x British Wool 
  • 15-17 Sept – The Flooring Show, Harrogate
  • The launch of a 3-year long ‘Shaun the Sheep’ flooring campaign, supported by wool flooring manufacturers, yarn spinners, and flooring care companie

• Woolmark x Campaign for Wool Networking Event
  • 17 Sept – A special networking session featuring insightful conversation between Miles Gibbons of Circular Performance Studio and Solene Roure of Circle sportswear.  Also on display; the latest edition of The Wool Lab

• Material Matters Talk – Woolmark x Campaign for Wool
  • 20 Sept – As part of the Material Matters Fair, Woolmark in collaboration with Campaign for Wool stage a talk ‘Wool: Rediscovering One of Nature’s Most Innovative Fibres
  • Visit the Location Talks Area, Top Floor, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower Wharf, London, SE1 9PH

• Charl Knitwear
  • 1-27^th October: The Curated Store,  7 Talbot Court, Stow-on-the-Wold, Cheltenham GL54 1BQ  (Intimate boutique setting in a historic Cotswold market town, why not make a day of it and have lunch in one of the delicious cafes or pubs in town or pop into Daylesford Farm Shop just down the road).

• Johnstons of Elgin (invitation only)
  • 2nd Oct

• Wool Month official Launch Event
  • 3 October Hosted by Sir Nicholas Coleridge, Chairman, Campaign for Wool, the launch event brings together  media, brands, and supporters to celebrate wool. This year’s theme is ‘Check it’s Wool’ and the event will showcase the best examples of wool products from Australia, Britain, New Zealand and South Africa

•  Decorex International, Olympia 
  • 6-9 Oct – Visit the ‘House of Wool’, a selection of carefully curated luxury wool products for homes and interiors, presented by the Campaign for Wool

• • • Sunday 6th of October / 2.30pm / Featuring Andy Guard Roger Oates / Simon Goff Floor Story

Sustainable Surfaces: Eco Friendly Flooring and Rugs

• • • Wed 9th of October / 10.30am / Featuring Ruth Mason from Harris Tweed Hebrides and also Clare Schifano from Vispring

• Charl Knitwear
  • 7-14^th October: John Lewis Oxford, 101 The Westgate Queen Street Oxford Oxfordshire OX1 1PB.  “This is a first for me and I’m REALLY excited to be showcasing my collection in such a prestigious setting. You’ll find me on the ground floor near the escalators between the Fashion and Beauty departments.”

• Navy Grey, ‘The Wool Store’ Pop-Up
  • 8 to 17 October – Visit Navy Grey’s pop up shop featuring luxury British knitwear from one of the UK’s leading sustainable brands
  • 19 Kensington Park Road, Notting Hill, London, W11 2EU

• Women in Tailoring (Invitation Only)
  • 8 Oct – A special event where the topic of ‘Women in Tailoring’ will be debated by a panel of speakers

• Holland & Sherry
  • 9 – 10th Oct – traditional peg loom demonstrations with Sharon Smith of Wild Welsh Wool

• Vitale Barberis Canonico (VBC) x Campaign for Wool (Invitation Only)
  • 15 Oct – ‘Making it’ event, Five young tailors showcase contemporary tailoring and discuss sustainability, craft, style, and the art of bespoke in conversation with host Paul Croughton.

• Aubin & Wills, (invitation only)
  • 16th Oct

• Walker Slater, (invitation only)
  • 17th Oct 

• Navy Grey x Fashion & Textile Museum
  • 18th Oct  – Discussion Panel

• Museum of the Home – Ella Doran & filmmaker Paul Wyatt (Fabric of the Land)
  • 20th Oct 14.00 – 15.30
  • 136 Kingsland Road, London E2 8EA

• Yorkshire 
• 23 Oct – Industry event hosted by Peter Ackroyd MBE, COO Campaign for Wool
• 23 Oct – PEF Industry Update, hosted by Dalena White, Secretary General IWTO

• British Wool @ Central Saint Martins
  • 1st Nov