Residential, multi-day courses, workshops and holidays for weavers, spinners and dyers in the UK, Europe and the USA.
Spinning, weaving & dyeing
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Short residential courses with full-time designer and craftsman, Martin Weatherhead. Courses are adaptable and can focus on weaving, spinning or dyeing or can sample a combination of all three. The well equipped weaving studio has four and eight-shaft floor and table looms, and also backstrap looms, tapestry frames and tablet weaving sets. Both natural and synthetic dyeing courses are offered and a basic level spinning course can be combined with dyeing or weaving. Courses include full board accommodation and are held in a rural studio setting in Pembrokeshire in West Wales.
A unique 14-day tour in Peru, visiting indigenous Quechua communities to learn about natural dying processes, hand-spinning, ancient weaving techniques using back-strap looms, and the raising of fiber producing animals such a sheep, llamas and alpaca. The tour is run by Threads of Peru, a non-profit making social enterprise registered in Cusco. The organisation aims to preserve the weaving of the Quechua women and provide them with economic opportunities. As well as the tour they also offer volunteer placements for those who wish to get more involved. 
A four-day tour discovering Shetland's rich textile traditions, covering the woven and knitted textiles of the island from North to South. The trip includes a visit to the last spinning and weave mill in Shetland; a lace spinning demo, opportunities to try looms and work with woven designs, talks with resident weavers; a visit to a knitwear collection and a hands-on workshop with a feltmaker; as well as visits to tourist sites and the spectacular scenery of Shetland.
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Globalyell – Centre for Creative Industries in Shetland
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The Travel-Quest Weaving, spinning, & dyeing category lists courses, workshops, weekends and short break packages that teach these craft skills to weavers, dyers and spinners. Also holidays and tours to weaving locations all over the world, to visit mills, to see artisan and craft weavers in action and to look at completed weavings and carpets.
Photo centre, top: Loom By flickr user: PhillipC
Photo centre, Peru tour: weaving at Chinchero By flickr user: putneymark
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