Choice of workshops throughout the day:

10.00am - Distaff Spinning

10.30am - Beginners Spinning

10.00am - Wet Felting part 1

LUNCHTIME

2pm - Wet Felting - part 2

1:30pm - Natural Dye Workshop

3pm - Tuffet weaving

Throughout the day:

• Demo (free) - Fancy Art Yarn spinning with Sue Kimber in the Horseshoe Barns TBC

Please note - £10pp for each workshop covers set up and delivery costs and helps to establish the new IWH CIC - details announced soon

Please contact us for accessibility discounts, suitable for students, and those on benefits etc as we aim to make every welcome to our events and educational programmes

Workshop details:

10am - 1.00pm - Distaff Spinning with Jane Hunt from The Thread of Time

This 3 hour workshop is being held in a ground floor, private, heated workshop room we call the Saloon and includes access to teas and coffee with easy access to the toilets and café

“The distaff, as a hand spinning tool, is seldom seen today and is often dismissed as being necessary only for flax. However, for centuries it was used for wool as well and along with a medieval style spindle and a short suspension technique, a proficient spinner can easily produce 100m or more of yarn per hour” Jane Hunt

In this workshop you will learn how to dress a distaff and then spin from it with a medieval style spindle, using both the in-hand and short suspension techniques*.

There will also be a demonstration of wool combing, with the opportunity to try the combs for yourself. All materials and tools will be supplied on the day. If you would like to take your spindle home with you there will be an additional charge of £25

*some hand spinning experience is necessary for this workshop

Find out more about The Thread of Time: Historical Distaff Spinning:

https://thethreadoftimedistaffspinning.wordpress.com/

https://www.facebook.com/thread.of.time

https://www.instagram.com/the_thread_of_time/

10.30am - 1.00pm - Beginners Spinning with Bec Briar from the The Woven Briar.

This 2.5 hour workshop is being held in the sheep shearing shed, amongst all the action in a quiet private corner so you get to enjoy the best of everything - if this workshop fills, we can run an afternoon session too

The Woven Briar - The Woven Briar is shepherd and weaver, Bec Briar. “I work in my hand weaving workshop based on the rolling hills on the edge of Exmoor. Using blade shorn fleeces from my flock and harvested or foraged plant materials, I create textiles and craft materials that are fully traceable and sustainable. Many of my weaves are named for the individual sheep that grew the wool; all my products are fully traceable to flocks in the South West. I offer tuition in my workshop in Ford, where I teach how to take a raw fleece through all the stages to spun, plied yarn, as well as dyeing wool, making natural inks and weaving”

Here @ Fernhill Farm, Bec will be taking a maximum of 4 participants through the basics of spinning and on to wheels in a relaxed workshop atmosphere, with time to practice both short and long draw spinning

10.00am - 1.00 - Wet Felting Laani Takaha - wild wool collar workshop - part 1

Learn from Laani, a felt maker from Dartmoor - the ancient craft of wet felting with freshly shorn Fernhill fleece and curls, where we will make a wild wool collar

Using wet felt and needle felt techniques, craft yourself a collar in whatever size and fleece you choose

The workshop will be 10am - 4pm with a lunch break in the middle -

This workshop is being held in the Hay Shed, next to the Saloon workshop room, café and toilets

Instagram is: @hamamacrafts www.hamamacrafts.co.uk

LUNCH TIME

1.30pm - 4pm - Natural Dyes with Ria Burns

This 2.5 hour workshop is being held in a ground floor, private, heated workshop room we call the Saloon and includes access to teas and coffee with easy access to the toilets and café

We’ll use natural dye plants gathered on the farm, plus fresh flowers from Ria’s Bristol garden to dye Fernhill wool yarns in a range of vibrant colours, using a variety of different natural dye techniques

The workshop is priced at £50per person, which includes 60g of yarn to dye (in the form of 6 x 10g mini skeins)

2pm - 4pm Wet Felting with Laani Takahata - Wild wool collar workshop - part 2

Finishing your wild wool collar, using wet felt and needle felt techniques

The workshop will be 10am - 4pm with a lunch break in the middle - lunch is not provided

This workshop is being held in the Hay Shed, next to the Saloon workshop room, café and toilets

Instagram is: @hamamacrafts www.hamamacrafts.co.uk

3pm - 4pm Peg-loom tuffets - in the Sheep Shearing Shed - suitable for every age and ability

Using fleece and yarn from our sheep's wool to make a tuffet on a peg loom, and you can still be amongst some of the sheep that provide the wool and see how and where they're shorn

This simple form of weaving uses our raw fleece to create a textured tuffet that can be used as a cushion for sitting by a campfire or on a picnic. Use our naturally coloured fleece to create patterns of stripes or gradients

Full Fibre Experience event details here: Fernhill Fibre Experience — Fernhill Fibre