unravel... a festival of yarn programme Fri 23 - Sun 25 February 2024 A celebration of all things yarn making, from knitting and crochet to spinning and weaving.
welcome We are delighted to welcome you to unravel, and invite you to join us to embrace all things yarn! Whether this is your first time with us, or you have been a fan of the festival for many years, we would like to take the opportunity to thank you for your support. We are excited to have 78 independent producers, hailing from across the UK and Europe, all under one roof in our curated marketplace. This presents a fantastic opportunity to meet leading names from the knitting fraternity and discover new emerging hand dyers and designers. Many of our exhibitors have created products especially for unravel, so do keep an eye out for those as you browse the stalls. Don’t miss our limited edition canvas tote bags, featuring this year’s illustration by artist Jessie Wong. These are available to buy in the maltings store. In need of a break from the hustle and bustle? Why not attend one of our free talks with expert crafters in the New Wenham Room. Grab a coffee or light lunch and admire the exhibition in the Riverside Café by textile artist Laura Rose Kimber, or take part in a free drop-in session and learn how to make a ‘scrappy jumper’! Do keep us in the loop, show us what you get up to at the festival, share your stashes, WIPs and upcoming projects by tagging @unravelfestival or use #unravelfestival2024. We hope you enjoy the festival as much as we’ve enjoyed putting it together! Madeleine, Jo & Caroline The Craft Team at Farnham Maltings
Free talks sponsored by Proud supporter of
Farnham was granted World Craft Town status in June 2020 by the World Craft Council following a successful application by Farnham Maltings and Farnham Town Council. The award is in recognition of the special role that craft plays in our community. Every October we hold a month long celebration of craft. This month we are very lucky to be hosting an artist residency and welcome glass artist Fiona Byrne from Ireland.
front cover: Jessie Wong
workshop schedule Please check in at the box office in the foyer 15 minutes before your workshop. All workshops require pre-booking, please check availability.
9.30am – 11.30am 10am – 12pm
friday
saturday
sunday
Circular Weaving Loom
Square Weaving Loom
Bookmark Weaving Loom
TabbyandTweed
TabbyandTweed
TabbyandTweed
Neddle Felted Bunny
Japanese Short Row
Mosaic Knitting
Anna Mccallion
Zanete Hussain
Monica Russel
Finishing Techniques
Colour Mixology
Sophie Heathscott
Liz Baltesz
1pm – 3pm
Fixing Mistakes
Machine Knitting
Fair Isle
Sophie Heathscott
Kemi Ajose
Monica Russel
1pm – 4pm
Natural Dyeing
Natural Dyeing
Liz Baltesz
Liz Baltesz
2pm – 4pm
Explore Intarsia Knitting
Intarsia Socks Knitting
Sylvia Watts-Cherry
Sylvia Watts-Cherry
free drop-in session Learn how to make ‘the scrappy jumper’ with Esme Rose. Esme is a multi-disciplinary artist and UCA digital art graduate. She knits and crochets to create free-form garments, using different weights and types of yarn. Esme demonstrates how we can use leftover yarn to create a new garment out of what would have been ‘waste’.
garthenor talks & demonstrations series Catch our talks series in the New Wenham Room and head over to the East Wing for demonstrations. Take some time out to be inspired by our talented line up of experts as they share their projects, stories and experiences. 11am–12pm fri Natural Dyeing Demonstration with Liz Baltesz 23 February sat 11am–12pm The Process of Knitwear Design with Kemi Ajose 24 February 2pm–3pm Shaping Knitting with Alison Ellen 2pm–3pm The Scrappy Jumper with Esme Rose sun 25 February
11am–12pm An introduction and overview to Fibreshed with Isabella Goggin
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art installation & extras
Laura Rose Kimber Farnham Fish
Ramen!
Riverside Café
Glass box - entrance
Shop & Riverside Café
Textile graduate Laura Rose is a resident artist in our studios at Farnham Maltings, where she produces her exquisite and utterly unique collections. Taking inspiration from children’s stories, dolls houses, fairy tales, vintage shops, antique markets. The exhibition will run until Thu 29 February.
Our wonderful community craft group, Nimble Fingers, have worked together to create a special unravel installation. Made up of 94 knitted and crocheted fish, of all different shapes and sizes, suspended from hoops made by willow weaver Judith Needham.
Don’t miss your chance to scoop up a limited edition tote bag which features our ramen yarn bowl. Need to refuel? Then why not swap the yarn and needles, for noodles and chopsticks. Pop into the Riverside Café for a bowl of delicious homemade ramen.
riverside café The café operates from both the foyer and riverside and there is ample seating in both areas. There is also outdoor seating available on our patio. Choose from homemade soups served with artisan sourdough, open Danish sandwiches and freshly made main dishes. Our regular selection of hot and cold drinks are available together with fresh pastries from our supplier SØDT bakery. We can cater for gluten free diets and other special dietary requirements, please speak to a server.
exhibitors Our exhibitors are spread across nine rooms throughout the whole building, so take time to explore and make sure you don’t miss anything. Use the legend below to see what exhibitors are bringing to the festival: Books / Patterns
Jewellery
Needles / Hooks
Spinning /Weaving
Gifts / Kits
Info
Notions
Yarn
great hall exhibitors
Bona Yarns
Botanical Yarn
Fantabulosa colours.
Hand dyed yarn inspired by all things botanical.
Caroline Barnes Ceramics Handmade porcelain buttons, brooches and needle minders.
Creative Anarchy
Dragon Hill Studio
Kettle Yarn Co.
Hand dyed selfstriping sock yarn, Tunisian crochet kits and more.
Beautiful, ethical British yarns handcrafted in small batches.
Coastal Colours
Hand dyers of luxury Hand dyed yarn knitting yarns and inspired by music, fibres. movies, and nature.
Mamie and Florrie
TedKnitsUK
Telling Yarns
The Border Mill
Yarn inspired by places, hand dyed in the Peak District.
Hand dyed yarns, inspired by nature.
Hand dyed colours inspired by literature, captured on British heritage wool.
Beautifully soft yarns and inspiring colours from the Scottish Borders.
The Crafty Bird
The Grey Sheep Co
The Knitting Gift Shop
The Little Grey Girl
Faux fur pom poms, hand dyed yarn, project bags, crochet kits.
A small farm producing fine wool hand dyed yarns reared and spun on the farm.
Original design knitting kits, unique accessories, and notions.
Project bags, hand dyed yarns, and notions.
The Threshing Barn
TOFT
UK Alpaca
Urth Yarns
Weaving, spinning and felting. Books, wool, and kits.
Luxury British Luxury British alpaca company specialising knitting & crochet in crochet and knitting yarns and exclusive kits. patterns.
Specialising in hand dyeing techniques such as self-striping, tonal, and plantbased.
cellar bar exhibitors
Wensleydale Longwool Ltd.
YarnTings
Fine wool, sourced and processed in the UK.
YarnTings, where Artisan hand dyeing colour comes to play! studio run by two yarn enthusiasts.
An Caitín Beag
Bunny2Beanie
Emily Cross Ceramics
Cattify your crafting!
4ply angora yarn and bespoke knitting patterns.
Handmade ceramic Vibrant, colourful yarn bowls and other hand dyed yarn and tools made by Emily. handmade notions.
Ida’s House
Injabulo
Joe’s Toes
Knit With Attitude
A curated collection of Isager and onion yarns from Denmark.
Beautiful handmade baskets from Africa.
Everything to make or mend your own woolly slippers.
London yarn haven for eco-friendly, ethical and luxurious yarn.
Zakami
Fox & Squirrel Creations
Moonlight Fibre
Philpsy
RiverKnits
Silly Little Sheep Yarns
Hand dyed yarns inspried by long walks, sunsets, moonrises and life.
Hand turned from wood for spinners, weavers, crocheters and, sewers.
Hand dyed colour for adventures in the making.
A pick-and-mix style yarn shop.
The Crochet Chain
The Yarn Badger
Third Vault Yarns
Simple and ingenious patterns and kits for your crochet journey.
Hand dyed selfstriping sock yarns.
Third Vault Yarns is your geeky yarn companion.
Fibreworkshop
Lilliput Wight
Purlescence
Norfolk Horn yarns, plant dyed, and produced in Norfolk.
Buttons, bowls and more inspired by the coast.
Beautiful yarns, inspiring ideas and ChiaoGoo needles.
undercroft exhibitors
to find out more about all of our exhibitors scan here
tannery exhibitors
Birdstreet Yarn
Boutique les Garçons
Hide & Hammer
Husband and wife team from Bristol, creating beautiful hand dyed yarn.
High quality and breed-specific hand dyed and curated yarns.
Made for makers canvas and leather accessories.
Hot Butter Yarns
Raw Wool Company
Walcot Yarns
Knitting kits for both garments and accessories from original designs.
Yarn in the colour the sheep intended.
Indulgent fibres made to knit, wear and love.
Along avec Anna
Chroma Nima Limited Hand dyed sustainable cashmere yarn and patterns.
Curated Yarn Co.
Natural, ethicallyproduced yarn; knitting patterns; custom accessories.
Hand dyed yarn inspired by design history.
barley room exhibitors
Eden Cottage Yarns Ltd Simply beautiful yarn, hand dyed in Yorkshire.
Perran Yarns
Soft Accents UK
Naturally dyed luxury Contemporary super yarns, dye products chunky yarns for and solar dye kits. knitting, crochet and macramé.
A wide range of luxurious handdyed yarns and original kits.
Beautiful functional bags for makers and individuals that make you smile.
TextileGarden
The Knitting Shed
The Urban Purl
TextileGarden for the best selection of buttons.
Beautiful hand dyed yarns and inspiring patterns.
A London-based dye house creating colourful landscapes on yarn.
The Wool Kitchen The Wool Kitchen hand dyed yarns too good to stash!
Tyddyn Bryn
long kiln exhibitors
Gorgeous Yarns
Vibrant hand dyed yarns spun from their own sheep.
Maggie & Me
Madrigal Yarns
Rauwerk
Hand crafted harmonious colourways in Aran, DK and sock.
Ethical and ecofriendly single flock Merino yarn.
Wool Decanted
Caithness Yarns
Weaving loom kits TillyFlop designs for beginners and is where yarn and experienced weavers. graphics meet.
Producers of unique, soft and sustainable British wool.
Premium quality artisan yarns made from sheep from high welfare farms in the North of Scotland.
tindle studio exhibitors
Cool Woolings
Emily Foulds
Ethel and Joan
Bold and bright.
Loves helping you create the next addition to your wardrobe.
Ethel and Joan is a handmade haberdashery and accessory business.
Marina Skua
Rosies Moments
Yarn dyer and knitwear designer.
Hand dyed ethically sourced affordable yarns.
TabbyandTweed
TillyFlop designs
Ginger Pink Mahliqa Yarns Plant-dyed yarn using Hand knitted and locally foraged and crocheted mixedhome grown plants. media jewellery and knit/crochet patterns.
Skein Queen
The Camel’s Yarn
Luxury hand dyed yarns and kits from Royal Berkshire.
Hand dyed yarn, inspired by Cornwall.
ARA STELLA
Dina’s Home of Crafts
Modern knitting patterns and hand dyed yarn from Surrey.
Independent business specialising in knitting, crochet, spinning and dyeing products.
resident knitting group
The Yarn Whisperer Yarns inspired by food, nature and the universe!
courtyard kiln exhibitors
in the south west kiln you will find Garthenor Organic our sponsor Each and every skein of yarn is certified organic, climate positive and made with love.
Nimble Fingers Our resident knitters are a friendly group who meet once a week to enjoy all things woolly. They have kindly crafted the fabulous bunting, and fish installation, proudly displayed in the building. farnhammaltings.com/nimble-fingers
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highlights where workshops and free participation takes place
riverside café
undercroft undercroft
great hall
box office
courtyard
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entrance
great hall stage
cellar bar
cellar bar
ground floor
long kiln
barley room lift
tannery
tindle studio
courtyard kiln
southwest kiln
first floor
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