The Woolly Good Gathering is a new Edinburgh event being held on the 26th and 27th April 2024 to celebrate craft and fibre lovers with a festival of crafts, workshops, talks, food, music and good company.
Elizabeth will talk about Shetland lace knitting and the Shetland Hap. In Shetland dialect a hap is a shawl, these have been knitted for centuries in the islands. They are used for everyday wear, weddings and also christenings. She will be showing examples of her own and her mother’s lace knitting and haps.
In this workshop, we will explore intarsia knitting and learn tips for keeping your yarns organised, maintaining your tension, calculating yarn needs and more. You will get a free pattern to practise your skills to make your own Aggie cushion cover.
From join-as-you-go, to more decorative crochet borders, discover beautiful and effective ways to join your crochet motifs. During the workshop, we’re aiming to try 3 different techniques and students will be given worksheets with 2 additional joins to try at home.
Balmerino Farm in Fife are developing Scottish merino sheep especially for their fine, luxurious wool, so soft it can be worn next to the skin. Hear farmer Rachel Crawford share the story of how this family farm is being transformed from intense arable to organic livestock farming with a deep rooted ambition to boost insect and bird populations.
In this workshop, tutor Elizabeth Williamson will take you through the basic stitches and techniques of Shetland lace knitting. At the end of the session, you will have a swatch of the Rosebud pattern on a garter base.
Alongside the artwork of yeast-human bread, a tasting event will be held to provide a theatrical genetic dining experience for the participants to explore their personal morality calculus by eating food fermented by fictional hybrid organisms with a variety of DNA fusions. Through ordering, tasting and becoming with the food, we invite you to calculate
Explore natural dyes while creating a speckled sock blank that you can use to make identical socks (or more)! Using local and seasonal flowers, leaves, roots and plant extracts, we’ll begin exploring the key aspects of working with natural dyes: fibre preparation, sourcing dyestuffs, setting dyes, safe dyeing practice and other tips and tricks and explore some of the many dyeplants found in our local landscapes
Learn to knit beautiful socks from the toe up with Samira Hill! In this workshop, participants will learn all the techniques required to knit a beautiful pair of socks, using either double pointed needles or the Magic Loop technique, as well as the advantages of using the toe-up method.
Sarah will present a 60-minute talk with a Q&A session, covering all that you need to know to start plant dyeing small amounts of yarn in your kitchen on a limited budget. A workbook will be available to purchase as part of the talk for you to take away and use as your own dyeing diary.
Originally from the Highlands, Niamhy Mac is now based in Scotland’s capital. Despite being a relative newcomer to the live scene, the young artist has already performed at Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival, for Tiny Changes, Sofar Sounds, youth music project Musicplus+ and she’s been championed by Scotland On Sunday and secured airplay via Amazing Radio.
Alongside the artwork of yeast-human bread, a tasting event will be held to provide a theatrical genetic dining experience for the participants to explore their personal morality calculus by eating food fermented by fictional hybrid organisms with a variety of DNA fusions. Through ordering, tasting and becoming with the food, we invite you to calculate
Scottish smallpipes player Brìghde Chaimbeul (pronounched Breetch-er Hime-bowl) is a leading purveyor of experimental Celtic music. A native Gaelic speaker from the Isle of Skye, Brìghde’s style is rooted in her language and culture, but draws inspiration from a variety of global piping traditions, such as from Eastern Europe, Cape Breton and Ireland.
A Certain Ratio have announced details of a new album produced by Dan Carey, and an extensive UK tour for spring 2024. It All Comes Down to This, their 13th studio album, will be released on 19 April 2024. The new album is the purest distillation of their essential sound ever committed to tape, and
Lonnie Holley’s art and music, born out of struggle, hardship (but perhaps more importantly), out of furious curiosity and biological necessity, has manifested itself in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, performance, music and filmmaking.
The world renowned Edinburgh Ceilidh Club brings you the very best in Scottish ceilidh dancing, featuring Scotland’s top ceilidh bands. Brilliant live music and dancing for everyone, from complete beginners to experienced ceilidh dancers.
For two years Insider Trading have haunted the Edinburgh underground circuit, becoming a staple of the post-punk scene. A blend of textural post-rock with furious walls of sound reminiscent of 80s no-wave with gentler melodic aspects of slowcore, they have carved a unique sonic identity in the Edinburgh gig landscape.
