6th Feb 2025. Elliott’s, Edinburgh. Come and weave your very own swallow (or swift!) using willow grown on the Somerset Levels with Katie Warner. During this workshop, you may sit or stand to work at table-top height. This activity might…
Thursday 27th February. Water of Leith Conservation Trust, Edinburgh. Join Max Johnstone to weave a berry picking/peg basket. This is a beginners friendly workshop, covering skills such as making a round base, waling, french randing, and a simple border. £90,…
4th to 8th June 2025. Pitlochry. Join Lorna Singleton on this exciting collaboration which aims to be a 4-day immersion into Hazel Basketry. The aim of this course is to give you the skills to collect and process hazel into…
15th & 16th February 2025. Bolton, Northumberland. Exploring plant fibres and basketry with Anna Corbett. Twining with plant fibres consists of two pieces of material (the ‘weavers’) moving around, and crossing over between, some unmoving elements (stakes, spokes, uprights). If…
23rd February 2025. Cabrach Huntly. Willow Plant Support – Tall Spiral Learn to weave a tall spiral plant support for your peas and beans or climbers to grow up. A great, useful and beautiful addition for any garden.9.30am to 1.00pm,…
Deadline 10 Feb 2025. Applications for QEST craft funding are now open. QEST offers three grants to support makers and conservators at various career stages, strengthening the pipeline of talented craft professionals in the UK. They provide funding for education…
Tue Jan 28th, 2025. Lochview Rural Training Centre, Lairg, Highlands. Come join us at the Lochview Rural Training centre for a fun and creative workshop where you’ll learn how to make your very own bird feeder out of willow! This hands-on event is perfect…
January. Craik Farm, Northumberland We’re currently harvesting willow rods at Craik Farm, Northumberland. Sessions at the plot are usually held from 10.00 am to 12.30 pm, weather permitting. During January, we’ll be harvesting Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays starting on 17th…
8th March – 8th June 2025. Dunfermline, Fife. Opening at Dunfermline Carnegie Library & Galleries on 8th March 2025, International Women’s Day, Hag. Knowledge, Power & Alchemy through Craft will bring together the work of 13 of Scotland’s most inventive,…
26th April 2025. Bathgate, West Lothian. Spend the day with Hermione Toulson learning how to weave your own sunhat made from rush, harvested by hand on the Somerset Levels. During the day you will learn how rush is harvested and…
