I have always loved making pancakes as they are such an easy thing to put together if you have run out of breakfast or teatime treats. My pancakes/drop scones are bursting fully of lovely bits and bobs I chuck in from my larder, this always changes depending what I have when I make them. I … read more…
I can never believe quite how fast a year can go by…we have had such a busy 2019, that we have suddenly rolled into 2020! We have all our usual craft courses and holidays for 2020, plus a few new ones – including our Fleece to Needle Felt a Picture with Karen Price, which we … read more…
Learn to needle felt a picture using naturally dyed fleece We are so excited to welcome Karen Price next year, who will be joining us in June 2020 on our new ‘Fleece to Needle Felt A Picture’ craft course! Karen is well known in Highland’s for her stunning needle felted works of art. Karen creates … read more…
£250 off the last few places on our May Fleece to Felt craft holiday in the Scottish Highlands! We have two places left on our May craft holiday, perfect for either two to share or a solo traveller. Join us for a wonderfully relaxing week of wool based craft in the Highlands of Scotland. Learn … read more…
We have organised an extra natural dyeing and spinning course as our July week is now full. Our extra spinning course will run from August 26th-August 31st. The course will include two days of natural dyeing and two days of Spinning with Alison. The first half of the course is spent foraging for dye plants … read more…
These gorgeous badgers are only a few of the amazing creations Fi Oberon makes from fleece- she is one of Britain’s most renowned needle felters and she is a brilliant teacher..we are lucky enough to have her joining us for our May Fleece to Needle Felt week (May 25th-June 1st), where she will be spending … read more…
Our new Indigo course I have just put together a new weekend course for 2019 -Indigo dyeing. The weekend will combine shibori techniques from Japan and Batik techniques from Java, to create resists on fabric, which will be dyed in an Indigo vat. I love both these techniques, and first learnt about Batik, when I … read more…
Learn to spin – join us for a wonderful retreat which includes two days of spinning tuition with Alison. Special Offer.. £150 off per person!! As part of our Craft Retreat this year we are offering two days of spinning, instead of other optional craft sessions. We have had such a demand for a spinning courses … read more…
We have had such a busy summer this year running courses and building the house it feels as if I had slightly forgotten to market our craft retreat..meaning we have a couple of spaces still to fill! It is a wonderful week, full of everything which helps me to feel good and relax- being outdoors, … read more…
We just finished our Fleece to Needle Felt week, which was a great success, we had a fantastic group from all over, Canada, USA, England and Scotland. There was certainly a lot of laughter through-out the week. Some of the group were complete beginners, while others had more experience, but they were all keen to … read more…
