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Workshops and classes for Spring 2020 are now open for bookings. In addition to some lovely Guild bookings, I’ll be teaching at Black Sheep Wools in Culcheth and at my studio space at Open Studios Altrincham, which is a lovely art studio in the centre of Altrincham, Cheshire. Easily accessible by Metrolink, train and bus, […]
It was lovely to welcome students from my introduction to hand-dyeing workshop back to Black Sheep Wools for a day of advanced hand-dyeing! This one day course builds on the skills learned on the introductory course and we explore new ideas and techniques. One of the main aims is to encourage students to create colour […]
Learn to Knit class starting soon! If you’ve been admiring the yarnbombing around Altrincham and wondering how you can learn to knit, look no further! Starting Tuesday 10th April, I’ll be running a new, Learn to Knit class. Aimed at absolute beginners, you’ll learn how to cast on, work knit and purl stitches, increases, decreases […]
Our first Guild dyeing workshop and talk of the year! We had a lovely visit to the Oxford Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers last weekend. A talk on Dyes Past & Present on Saturday followed by a full day Introduction to Dyeing workshop on Sunday made for an action-packed couple of days. On […]
Sock blank dyeing is one of my favourite workshops and it’s always great to get back into dyeing after the Christmas break and my first workshop of 2018 was a blast! My students worked their socks off (sorry!) and we had a super day. From polka dots to stripes and even watermelons the room was […]
Just one place left on my workshop at Black Sheep Wools in Culcheth next Saturday (20th May). Spend a fun day with me, learning about colour theory, handpainting, speckles, rainbow dyeing and how to get the colours you want. Round off the day by choosing a skein from my range of luxurious base yarns and […]
Indigo dyeing is such a magical process! In case you missed the pics on Facebook and Instagram, here’s a little gallery of the fabulous work produced by the students on my recent indigo dyeing workshop – Nature’s Beautiful Blues at Open Studios Altrincham. Starting with setting up the indigo vat, we clamped, printed, stitched and […]
Workshops and classes for 2017 are at long last starting to appear on the website. In addition to some favourite regular venues, I’m thrilled to be able to announce our new venue, Open Studios Altrincham, which is a lovely art studio in the centre of Altrincham, Cheshire. Easily accessible by Metrolink, train and bus, Open […]
I rarely offer spinning tuition as it’s my ‘me time’ but I had a lovely email requesting some one-to-one tuition and felt I couldn’t refuse! Jess asked if she could learn to prepare yarn, starting with the raw fleece, carding, dyeing and spinning. We started by washing some soft as butter Shetland and lustrous Leicester […]
Online Dyeing & Textiles Courses, new website and more. They say that every cloud has a silver lining so hopefully this will be mine…. I am finally going to write the online dyeing and textiles courses I’ve been promising to put together for ages! Following my accident I have been effectively confined to daytime tv […]
