Organized by: The Ropewalk
This one day workshop led by Vivienne Morpeth will give you the knowledge and practical skills to handle and work creatively with raw fleece. You will work with a whole raw sheep’s fleece and learn how to handle and skirt a fleece to create a beautiful rug. During the day you will use a range of techniques from laying out the fibres, adding additional natural carded fibres for the eco backing, hand-rolling and wet felting. while also washing your fleece and felting the backing in place. At the end of the session you will have created a gorgeous natural fluffy rug for your home. This is such an exciting transformative process with lots of techniques, step by step tuition, tutor notes and samples handling.
Hidden History tells of Barton upon Humber's fascinating history through a collection of media including original and authentic photographs, video clips, narration and text.
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