Fantastic New Wool Workshops and Courses from World of Wool World of Wool are now offering a fantastic selection of workshops and courses in their factory shop! It's the ideal location to learn about felting, spinning and all things fibre as you have a fantastic view of the busy factory floor, and have access to a huge selection of products. Courses include:

Beginners Handspinning Workshop The beginners Handspinning Workshop will take place on Wednesday 6 February 2013, at 9.30am - 4pm. Diane Fisher will be teaching a beginners handspinning workshop, working with British sheep breeds.

You can choose from a variety of natural shades, or for a splash of colour, the dyed Shetland or Blue Faced Leicester ranges.The day will cover basic spinning techniques and plying - aiming to finish with one or more skeins of your own handspun yarn! All equipment will be provided, however if you have your own spinning wheel please bring it along. A few places are still left on this course which costs £35 per person including lunch. For more information visit: http://www.worldofwool.co.uk/workshops/beginners_handspinning_workshop. The Book Of British Wool

The Book Of British Wool course is on Friday 1 March 2013, at 9.30am - 4pm. You will explore British wool types through felt and create a unique felted sample book. For historical reasons Britain has the widest range of sheep breeds and wool types of any country. In this workshop we will explore these various British wool types, learning about their history and development along the way. Our finished felt samples will be made into a British wool reference book to be treasured.

 

 

 

Ellie Langley is a specialist in British wools, with MA History and MA Landscape and Environmental Arts. She is an experienced feltmaking tutor and a smallholder with her own varied and cherished flock of sheep. The course will be £35 per person including lunch. To book your place on this fantastic course visit: http://www.worldofwool.co.uk/workshops/the_book_of_british_wool.htm An Introduction to Creative Hand Weaving

The course will take place on Tuesday 16 April 2013, 9.30am-4pm. Once you have decided on an image to use and what part of the image you want to weave, you will choose fibres to represent the feeling and mood of your image. Experienced tutor Janet Ravenscroft will show you winding techniques to help to decide on the blend of colours that you will use.

Then, using a pre-warped loom, you will be shown how to weave and to translate your wool winding into basic weave to create your own weaving. You will also be shown how to finish off your weaving by knotting and decoration. The course is £35 per person including lunch (max. of 10 people). For more information on the course please visit: http://www.worldofwool.co.uk/workshops/an_introduction_to_creative_hand_weaving.htm