Festive Woolly Day will be held at my new venue for workshops: Loddington Visitor Centre. Bring your wheel and something for lunch – leftover mince pies? mulled wine? and enjoy a party you haven’t had to organise. – Never been to Spinningschool? No problem -you’ll be with warm, welcoming people who just like doing woolly things; no subscriptions, […]
see events page for a map- To get there eave the A47 Peterborough/Uppingham to Leicester road at East Norton, go 1.5 miles to Loddington; when you get to Loddington T junction the house facing you is where our lovely Weaving room is – courtesy of Frances. Turn right towards Launde and the visitor centre is […]
we are having colourful times at Spinningschool – learning how to manage colour instead of letting colour manage us. The results are on the bobbins and in the punags as my friend Linda calls them. You can buy these punags for just £1 each on Tuesday 10th. And learn more about how to manage colour!
I believe this is the UK’s first ever sale of Punis. You can make your own with one of my blending boards – or buy them ready made in these glorious colours. Each weighs around 10 gms and
This is Lee discussing his research into making prostheses from local fibres in the far east. He wants to know if we can spin pineapple fibre which is plentiful in the locality he is interested in. He brought along a prostheses and explained his idea of making them using a knitted sock that fits over […]
SpinningSchool Tuesday workshops have moved. From now on all Tuesday workshops(second Tuesday in the month) will take place at the The Allerton Project Visitor Centre, Loddington, LE7 9XE. This new award-winning sustainable building will provide an inspiring opportunity to develop our educational activity; it seats 70, is spacious and light, has superb conferencing, wi-fi, disability […]
My new van also stores used Ashford wheels – I also have Charka, Kiwi, Joy, Country spinner, E-spinner and traditional wheels in the studio for people to try before they buy – my pupils get discounts on Ashford purchases.
Here is the first shawl from my Wednesday night knitting group – the Hapless Knitters! Jane did this – and I love it.
if a mugshot of me is the best thing to see when you open my new website….
….Rachel gave Frances this picture to say ‘Thank you for the Spinning Retreat’ in August
This is my first post on the new site and something of an experiment
www.thebigtextileshow.co.uk Try any Ashford wheel for free this weekend on my stand at The Big Textile Show, Countesthorpe, Leicester. My Spinning workshop is fully booked for Saturday but there are one or two places left for Sunday 10.30-12.30. My talk is at 1.30 on Saturday.
Wednesdays are ‘hap-hazard’ nights in the studio when you can learn to make a shawl – or it could be used as a throw as seen here coving up an unsightly chair. Patterns, help and advice with spinning, knitting and choosing yarn are included, as well as refreshments.
view from the doorway On Tuesday at SpinningSchool on Tuesday we are having a little celebration – drinks and lunch to say that you to everyone who has helped and supported me in getting SpinningSchool going View from the road