This Year's Workshops

Morning sessions start at about 9.30am. Then lunch is between 12.30pm-2.30pm. Afternoon sessions usually start at 3.00pm. Kids Tea is at 5.30pm and evening meal will be around 6.30pm.

This is only a rough guide to times. Some workshops may start later or finish earlier than the times shown above.

All of the workshops listed are confirmed when this guide was put together but unforeseen things do happen so we cannot guarantee their availability and there may be sudden changes or cancellations. (Adam may meet someone at the last minute who does a craft he wants to try and we'll have a new workshop available!)

Workshops are either drop-in or you need to book. If the workshop you want to do is a bookable one then this is done at Root and Branch. Workshop bookings will be sorted using a fair, communityminded system.

We sadly cannot guarantee that everyone will do everything, but the community system ensures that everyone gets the chance to try something they are excited about.

If you change your mind about a workshop you ’ ve booked, or want to trade your place with someone else, please speak to Sequoia. She’ll mostly be at Root and Branch.

Wool, Cloth and Fibre

Knitting and Crochet (all week)

Kate Brittain

Pop along during the week to learn the basics of hand knitting and crochet. If you already have some knitting skills then this is your chance to share and develop your skills. There’s also a chance to have a go at using a knitting machine.

Drop-in (suitable for age 6 upwards)

Coil Basket Making (Tuesday)

Vanessa Bunton

Coil Baskets have been in use since prehistory with a beautiful example being recovered from Whitehorse Cist on Dartmoor that is more than 3000 years old. In this workshop you will learn how to create coil baskets using foraged fibres or recycled materials.

Booking Essential (suitable for age 8 upwards)

Lace-Making (Friday)

Norfolk Guild of Lace Makers

Join the members of the Norfolk Guild of Lace Makers, watch them at work and have a go yourself at the intricate and beautiful world of lace-making.

Drop-in (suitable for age 8 upwards)

Natural Dyeing (Friday and Saturday)

Sue Nicholls

Make dyes using natural materials found on the farm and use them to create paper and cotton tie-dye patterns.

Booking Essential (suitable for age 7 upwards)

Wet Felt Making (Saturday and Sunday)

Genevieve Rudd

This is a hands-on felt-making workshop with wool and other fibres. You’ll create a patch using the wet felting method in your own design and colour to take away with you.

Booking Essential (suitable for age 6 years upwards)

Wool, Cloth and Fibre

Flax and Nettle Weaving (Tuesday and Wednesday)

Allan Brown

Allan is the subject of ‘The Nettle Dress’ film that we are showing on Wednesday evening. Not only will he be there but he is also going to be around to demonstrate how to process nettle fibres from plant to spun yarn. (please take nettles home with you!)

Drop-in (suitable for age 8 upwards)

‘Make Do and Mend’ Clothes Repairing (Wednesday and Thursday)

Kate Harper

The workshop is designed as an introduction to some simple and effective techniques to visibly mend holes in knitted or woven garments (including how to darn socks!). Bring a garment from home to work on or produce a decorative patch to take home.

Drop-in to learn from a variety of historical and contemporary mending practices, explore the effect that clothes rationing had on fashion and dress, and consider what relevance a ‘make do and mend’ mindset has for us today. The workshop is suitable for beginners with all materials and equipment provided.

Drop-in (suitable for age 8 and upwards)

Fun With Fleece (all week)

Maddie Goolden & Lorna Webb

Join Maddie and Lorna as you have a go at carding sheep’s wool, spinning the wool with drop spindles and with a spinning wheel and then using the wool for knitting and weaving.

Drop-in (suitable for age 5 upwards)

The Treehouse Sheep

As part of the 'Stream' of crafts there is a flock of rare breed sheep on holiday with us. They were sheered earlier in the year, but will have their fleeces with them which you can use to card etc. They are very friendly.

Paper, Paint and Ink

Paper-Making (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)

Rachel Burchill

In this workshop you’ll use different paper pulps to create paper and also take a short walk to collect natural materials to add into, or imprint onto, your paper.

Booking Essential (suitable for age 8 upwards)

Quill-Making (Wednesday)

Candide Turner-Bridger

Using goose and turkey feathers you’ll make a quill that you can take home to practice your writing and calligraphy skills.

Booking Essential (suitable for age 8 upwards)