March Courses

4th, Sunday – Broomstick Lace

This technique is created using a crochet hook and a large knitting needle. The broomstick lace is a vintage crochet stitch that creates a nice lacey effect. It is also known as the peacock stitch, the Peruvian stitch and jiffy lace.

7th, Wednesday – Mohair Bouclé

An advanced spinning workshop to create your own looped bouclé yarns. These yarns are at their best using our hand dyed mohair fibre to give defined, lustrous loops. Also learn the technique of core spinning using alpaca fibres and mohair.

10th, Saturday – Spring Bunnies

Natalie will truly inspire you with her adorable wool felt and floral cotton Easter bunnies, bears and spring birds. These small figures have moveable limbs, are hand stitched with our variegated threads, and gently stuffed with our sheeps wool. You will now have a month to make lots more ready for Easter.

14th, Wednesday – Woollen Art Baskets

Using beautiful colourful thick textured yarns and wools, create two free form baskets by weaving and crochet. Decorate with pre-felt flowers, needle felted onto your bowl and richly embellished with beads.

16th, Friday and 17th, Saturday – British Alpaca Futurity

The premier event for all the U.K. Alpaca industry. A new feature this year is a Fibre Arts Village for hand spinners, weavers, knitters, crochet and felt makers. See us there with our supplies. N.E.C. Birmingham.

24th, Saturday – Open Day

Chelford Embroidery Guild hold their exhibition, demonstration and sale of supplies. See us there at Chelford Village Hall, Chelford, Cheshire.

25th, Sunday – Splash, Flick and Splatter

A very creative workshop by the inspirational, bubbly Alison. Come and explore having fun with paint, dye on fabrics, silks and paper. You will use brushes, sponges, splatter tools and stamps. You will then be inspired using your work for embroidery, patchwork, quilting, collage and card making.

30th, Friday – Jacob Marl

Our complementary spinning afternoon exploring the colour range that can be created from this wonderful fleece. Keeping in with a natural theme we will learn an easy technique to add in wooden beads. Booking required.

31st, Saturday – Bakewell Farmers Market

This is the U.K.’s second biggest market so I am thrilled to be part of the day.