Ria Burns- Dyeing Yarn Naturally

Our first online talk of the academic year will be from Ria Burns. Bristol based knitwear designer,  natural dyer and author will be joining us to talk about her work, her book ‘Dyeing Yarn Naturally’ and her passion for making garments that are sourced as locally as possible. ‘Dyeing Yarn Naturally’ is the debut book […]

£13.50

The Loom Shed Natural Dye Symposium 2024

This event has become one of the highlights of the year at The Loom Shed. We have been blessed with such inspirational speakers that we usually head straight for the dye pot the day after the talks. This year is no exception. During the day, we have four speakers talking about their work with natural […]

£13.50 – £65.00

Natalie in Stitches – Thinking outside the pattern: What if…?

What if…you saw a knitting pattern you really liked – but wasn’t quite right for you in some way? How would you feel about: Changing the yarn specified? Changing styling details like necklines? Changing colour combinations? Sometimes knitters are hesitant about this, feeling that they should knit up the pattern ‘as the designer intended’.  Or, […]

£14

The Loom Shed Weavers of Northern England

Every year, we focus on the weavers of a particular region and do our best to highlight the diversity that this craft can provide. This year, we focus to weavers of Northern England, and we are delighted that we have a weaver who hand weaves long production lengths; a weaver whose work is a nod […]

£14 – £54

The Loom Shed Textile Graduate Day 2024

We are delighted to reveal the line up for The Loom Shed Textile Graduate day. Talk 1 10.00am Lydia Eakin BA Honours Textile Art, Design and Fashion, Ulster University, Belfast College of Art 10.30am Naadia Ahmed-Sheehan BA Textile Design, Falmouth University Talk 2 11.30am Phoebe Singzon BA Textiles: Innovation and Design, Loughborough University 12.00pm Leona […]

£5 – £17.5

Susie Taylor – Weaving Deeper Not Wider

This September, we are thrilled to be hosting an online talk from Weaver and fibre artist Susie Taylor. Susie combines her background in Art, Design and Craft to create abstract and dimensional textiles. She also collaborates with industry to produce modern, functional textiles that reflect the influence of the Bauhaus on her practice. During her […]

£14.00

The Loom Shed Sustainable Fibre Symposium – 2024

Our theme for the symposium for this year is wool. Once upon a time the wealth of the UK depending on sheep and wool. We bet you could probably find a motif relating to wool in a public building in your area. In our nearest town, Cullompton, the church has some very ornate carvings on […]

£14 – £54

The Loom Shed Christmas Open House 2024

Come and join us for a couple of hours of textile chat at our annual Christmas Open House. We'll be there from 10am to12pm with festive treats and some mulled apple juice. It would be lovely to see you to celebrate 2024 and tell you all about our 2025 plans.

Free