Get Creative

Have you ever thought of writing your life story, either to publish as memoir or simply to hand down to children and grandchildren? Or perhaps you’ve wondered about the sometimes tricky relationship between fact and fiction that a writer has to negotiate. This workshop will look at memoir / autobiography. Most importantly it will explore, through a series of exercises and triggers, how you can use your own personal experience to write creatively in whatever form you prefer.

Two for £55; Friends and Patrons £25. Please book at the Craft Gallery.

Join Agnis Smallwood at The Ropewalk for an absorbing weekend of spinning and weaving. On the Saturday we will learn to make our own yarns using drop spindles as well as explore the Museum and learn more about how rope would have been produced on site.

Then on the Sunday we will use the yarn you have spun as well as having the opportunity to use lots of colourful commercial yarns to create your woven outcome using a table loom. You will be able to incorporate a range of techniques and weave structures as well as combining your hand spun yarn with additional yarns in a range of different colours, textures and fibres.

Participants will be guided throughout the weekend, through group demonstrations as well as one to one support. Please note that some dexterity is required for this weekend. The workshop is suitable for beginners, all equipment and materials are provided for use during the two days. Participants are welcome to bring along additional yarn/fibre to use within their project if they wish but this is not essential as plenty of yarn will be available to use.