First Ever Taster Class

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Saturday 14th June saw our first ever introduction to hand-weaving using brand-new, 8 shaft Ashford table-looms. The looms were set up in a more advanced fashion than might be expected for beginners, but the class stepped-up to the challenge! We learned how to follow lifting plans, wind bobbins, make yarn wraps and weave! Here are some examples of what was achieved during the session… Read more

Thank You!

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Thank you so much Molly Makes for the £500 Social Enterprise Award!

It was such a great day meeting the team, judges and all the shortlisted designer-makers for the five awards. It was so encouraging hearing other people’s stories about how they are building businesses around what they love to do. Read more

Shortlisted for the 2014 Mollie Makes Awards

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Weaversmith has been shortlisted for the Mollie Makes Social Enterprise Handmade Award! We will be meeting the judging panel and attending the presentation ceremony at The Proud Archivist (http://www.theproudarchivist.co.uk) in London on Wednesday 11th June 2014. Fingers crossed!

Welcome!

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Welcome to Weaversmith’s new blog.

We hope you’ll enjoy our weaving tips and tricks, guidance on what equipment to purchase and insights into what we’re up to in the world of weaving.