Adelaide Walker
Accessories & Tools, Dyes, Yarns
British wools, plant and silk fibres, needle and wet felting supplies, dyes, books, looms and spinning equipment. Ashford stockists.
Telephone: 01943 830600
Exhibitors
Stallholder applications for our 2020 Wool Gathering will be open in April. Please check our social media pages for the latest news.
Displaying 33 exhibitors
Airedale Yarns
Patterns & Kits, Yarns
A mouth watering selection of yarns for all types of crafts to get your juices flowing. From weaving and rug wools, macrame and braiding cords to knitting and crochet yarns. Plus exclusive patterns and kits.
Telephone: 01535 669141
Brambles & Me
Dyes, Yarns
Brambles & Me is a natural dye business located within the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England. Beautifully hand-dyed yarns using only naturally derived extracts from roots, bark, leaves, and insects create unique colours influenced by the great outdoors.
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Cartmel Handspun Spinning School
Demonstrations, Fleece, Tuition
Spinning courses in Cumbria for all abilities. Learn to spin on a spinning wheel. One-day, two-day and four-day hand spinning courses and half day workshops. Learn to spin in the Lake District - a stunning World Heritage Site. We stock a range of locally sourced British Rare Breed and Standard Fleeces. Spin your own fleece. Spin Alpaca. On the stand at Kendal Wool Gathering - a selection of unique Hand Spun yarn for weavers and knitters. Quality local fleeces for sale.
Telephone: 015395 33443
Coastal Colours
Accessories & Tools, Clothing, Patterns & Kits, Yarns
Hand dyed luxury knitting yarns in 4ply and lace weights using exotic fibres such as Alpaca, Yak, Silk, Cashmere and Camel, as well as Bluefaced Leicester and Merino. Our own blend of Alpaca Silk Cashmere tops for hand spinning in 5 natural colours and well as hand dyed. We are adding custom blends to our range of fibres and our latest is Merino Silk Yak which is proving popular in both dark and light versions. We also have hand dyed tops using various wool and exotic fibre mixes. Also available are knitting patterns, knitting needles, kits and handmade wooden lucets and buttons
Telephone: 07825 041468
Crafts from the Clink
Accessories & Tools, Crafts, Demonstrations
Our kits allow people to weave, spin and braid on-the-go (hands-on demonstrations run all day). Various fripperies for most textile crafts and hand-made glass buttons. A “weaving cave” is set up for people to try an Ashford rigid heddle loom.
Telephone: 07761 788711
Crystal Yarn
Dyes, Yarns
Local indy dyer with yarns inspired by the natural beauty of crystals and gemstones along with astronomy.
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Dina's Home of Crafts
Accessories & Tools, Patterns & Kits, Yarns
Dina's Home of Crafts is an independent crafts company which specializes in luxury hand dyed yarns and fibre as well as offers a large variety of knitting and crochet accessories. We also launch a new pattern for each show and offer kits to go with it.
Telephone: 07939 226224
Experience Ukraine
Travel
Experience Ukraine is travel company with a textile twist. We take small groups to experience unique world of hand spun and handwoven Ukrainian textiles. We bring the best examples of Ukrainian weaving and embroidery to the UK market.
Telephone: 07963 090838
Fabaazar
Bags, Carpets, Rugs & Throws, Crafts
A kaleidoscope of colourful textiles from around the world; felted bags, necklaces, cushion covers, scarves & rugs from Nepal; block printed coats & jackets, appliquéd bedcovers & block printed shawls from India; embroidered bags from Thailand ...
Telephone: 07970 627770
Farfield Mill
Artwork, Demonstrations
Only 7 miles from Junction 37 on the M6, Farfield Mill is a Victorian woollen Mill on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park. The Mill hosts a programme of art and craft exhibitions, workshops, artists’ studios, craft gallery, shop and tea room.
Telephone: 015396 21958
Fire and Fibre
Accessories & Tools, Bags, Carpets, Rugs & Throws, Demonstrations, Felting
Manufacturers of high quality simple wooden equipment including peglooms, lateral and pin looms, corkwork bobbins, flower winders, lucets, drop spindles, weaving sticks. Goods made on the equipment - rugs, bags, hangings. Felting materials and equipment.
Telephone: 07837 131997
Hannalin Crafts
Bags, Carpets, Rugs & Throws, Clothing, Hats
Hand spun and woven local fleece. i.e. herdwick, Jacob,and swaledale, into throws, jumpers, socks, hats bags etc.
Telephone: 01969 663461
Hook It Yourself
Patterns & Kits
Hook It Yourself is a subscription box designed for crocheters and knitters. Containing everything a customer needs to complete the contained pattern, right down to the carefully chosen buttons and embellishments. Subscribers are also treated to little gifts and treats, some exclusively designed just for Hook It Yourself.
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HotButterYarns
Patterns & Kits, Yarns
My products are a range of garments, accessories, dyed yarns and patterns. My dyed yarns have been source locally and are a mix of BFL and Masham. I also spin and dye fleece from local farms in Yorkshire. My patterns are simple and stylish, show casing the wool first and foremost. These are sold either in kits or separately. I have a good range of prices for my products giving a variety of choices and quality to my customers.
Telephone: 07985 190984
Lancs & Lakes Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers
Crafts, Demonstrations, Weaving
Guild members will be demonstrating both weaving and spinning and have on show items they have made. You can also try your hand at weaving.
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Little Gem Felts
Artwork, Bags, Felting, Patterns & Kits
A husband and wife team who make everything they sell. Silvia starts the process by designing all the artwork. She uses needle felting techniques to make the pictures, using nature as her inspiration. Paul knits yarn and turns it into felt, the felt is used to make the bags which Silvia sews. Silvia also designs kits. Paul writes the instructions and take the photographs. In addition, she dyes fibres by hand painting silk, wool tops, textured fibres and yarn. These fibres are used in the art work but also in the yarn she spins and the drum carded batts she makes.
Telephone: 01706 665998
Low Lands Legacy
Accessories & Tools, Dyes, Spinning Wheels, Yarns
Kromski spinning wheels, Bogway hand spinners, wool dye, wool.
Telephone: 0031 579 647938
Lucy Locket Land
Patterns & Kits, Tuition, Yarns
Lucy Locket Land is so much more than a shop! Based on the outskirts of Sunderland it is a happy, friendly creative hub, showcasing natural yarns, unique knitting, sewing and crochet kits and my own range of hand dyed yarns. I also host affordably luxurious craft retreats in Northumberland.
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Lunesdale Ruggers
Carpets, Rugs & Throws, Demonstrations
We are a local group keeping alive this traditional craft by recycling woolens etc. to make beautiful mats and other items.
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SAORImôr
Accessories & Tools, Demonstrations, Weaving, Yarns
SAORImôr Freestyle Weaving for Everyone. Classes Talks and Demos. No rules, no mistakes, just enjoy playing with colour and texture to make your own one-of-a-kind textile. Come and try a SAORI loom on our stand. I have SAORI equipment, books, exclusive ready-made warps and yarns. Also some SAORI woven garments and gifts.
Telephone: 01248 345325
Solway Woolscapes
Artwork, Demonstrations, Felting
Needle felted landscapes using hand dyed wool as well as felting kits and hand dyed fleece packs.
Telephone: 07901 272294
That's Sew Ewe
Artwork, Carpets, Rugs & Throws, Crafts, Yarns
Kate is a fibre artist based in the North East working from the raw fleece of local British breeds through to the finished product. She specialises in needle felted pictures, hand felted accessories, gifts and wool based lifestyle products.
Telephone: 07866 581410
The Knitting Gift Shop
Accessories & Tools, Crafts, Patterns & Kits, Yarns
The Knitting Gift Shop is run by Tricia and Ian Fothergill specialising in unique high quality gifts for knitters. They have their own range of natural undyed and dyed wool, knitting designs and knitting kits. Tricia designs all of the patterns and the wool is produced from fleece that they buy from farms throughout the UK and have spun for them in Yorkshire and Devon. Another large part of their business is their large range of wooden & ceramic yarn bowls and wooden yarn servers & swifts, all of which are produced locally for them. They also sell a large range of knitting accessories and gifts including wooden needle gauges,and metal shawl pins & brooches.
Telephone: 07528 812731
The Skep
Clothing, Patterns & Kits, Yarns
Beautiful yarns, designer and exclusive Skep patterns of gorgeous accessories and garments that are a pleasure to create and wear.
Telephone: 07957 963398
The Threshing Barn
Accessories & Tools, Dyes, Yarns
An Aladdin’s cave of craft supplies, materials and equipment for spinners, weavers, dyers, knitters, felt makers and textile artists. We sell everything you need from spinning wheels, weaving looms to books, fibres, yarns, kits etc. New this year are our carved wooden printing blocks, fabric paints and fabric blanks.
Telephone: 01748 884025
The Wool Clip
Crafts, Demonstrations
The Wool Clip is an award winning co operative of wool workers and organisers of Woolfest. Between us, we grow it, sew it, spin, weave and dye it, knit, crochet and felt it, hook with it, tuft with it and stuff with it. Our work focuses on colour and creativity, our aim is to share our enthusiasm for all things woollen.
Telephone: 016974 78707
The Woolly Tangle
Accessories & Tools, Patterns & Kits
The Woolly Tangle believes crafting should be a joy. I carry a full range of project bags, in sizes from notions pouch to sweater bags, non-snag stitch markers for knitting and crochet, hand dyed yarn and knitting patterns. Yarns are dyed in colours inspired by nature and knitting patterns by the landscape around my North Wales home.
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Twisted Fibres
Accessories & Tools, Crafts, Felting, Patterns & Kits
Twisted Fibres bespoke signature hand dyed art yarns and beautiful individual vibrant wool and fibres ideal for your felting, spinning and weaving. Handcrafted wooden spinning tools and hand dyed recycled wool clothing for the avid textile artist plus gifts and buttons.
Telephone: 07478 011949
Wensleydale Longwool Sheep Shop
Clothing, Patterns & Kits, Yarns
Wensleydale Longwool Sheep Shop was established in 1989 and this year we are celebrating our 30th Anniversary. We are based in the Market town of Leyburn in the heart of Wensleydale and sell luxurious pure Wensleydale yarn in Aran, DK and 4ply in Naturals and "Shades of the Dales", Combed Tops (Rovings), Exclusive Sheep Shop patterns, kits, Dyed Wensleydale Locks, Notions and Garments.
Telephone: 01969 623558
Williams' Wools
Accessories & Tools, Patterns & Kits, Yarns
We specialize in local and British wool, hand-dyed in Cumbria using natural dyes.
Telephone: 015394 43526
Willo Fibres
Accessories & Tools, Clothing, Crafts, Dyes
Natural Dyes (including indigo), mordants, glass stirring rods and measuring beakers. Tops in the following, plant fibres, silk and silk blends, some British sheep breeds and a selection of hand dyed tops and fleece. A selection of fused glass coasters.
Telephone: 01642 315485
Wools of Cumbria Carpets
Carpets, Rugs & Throws
100% Wool Natural and Over-dyed carpets made from Rough Fell, Swaledale and Herdwick sheep, all manufactured in small mills in the North of England.
Telephone: 015396 28120
