It was a good weekend at Village Crafts, the weather continues to be kind to us and Lynfield Craft Centre has been buzzing especially yesterday, Sunday 27th September when it was host to a Charity day for the Parkinson's Society. Hosted by the Cowhouse Gallery there was live music provided by Glyn a member of the gallery and his band who put everyone in the holiday mood. There was the Parkinson's Society stall with lots to buy and raffles and the members of the Cowhouse gallery had each donated a piece of their work to the special raffle of the day with paintings, ceramics and artwork to be won for the price of a raffle ticket. I was lucky to win a prize - the ceramic hare wall hanging made by Janeve Bainbridge and other lucky villagers were Andrea Robinson of the Old Post Office who won a Dave Robinson picture and Michael Ball of West Cottage who won a Kay Cotton picture.

To advertise our Spinning & Weaving workshops which are set for Friday 9th and 23rd of October, Carole Grace our workshop tutor was demonstrating how to spin yarn from raw sheep fleece on a Drop Spindle. She was also using an Ashford wheel spinning yarn from local fleece from a flock of Lleyn sheep farmed on the Roseland Peninsula. Carole had various items she had produced, wonderful shawls and jackets, rugs & runners all beautifully made by hand and produced using the old traditional methods of hand spinning and weaving.


If anyone is interested in the Spinning & Weaving workshops please email: cornishwools@live.co.uk or phone 01736 711808 for more information or to book your place.

Here are more details on the workshops - limited to 10 persons per session:

Friday 2nd October 2009 - 2 sessions at £12.50 each
10.30am to 12.30pm - Spinning for Beginners
1.15pm to 3.15pm - Weaving for Beginners

Friday 23rd October 2009 - 2 sessions at £12.50 each
10.30am to 12.30pm - Spinning for Beginners
1.15pm to 3.15pm - Weaving for Beginners

reductions for more than 1 session - 1 full day £20 & 2 full days £30

Both workshop days are to be held in the Church Room Perranuthnoe

Enjoy discovering either or both of these traditional and useful skills. Emphasis will be placed on individual interests to allow a range of outcomes from the production of yarn for knitting or crochet to woven tapestry and fabric. Equipment and materials are provided and may also be purchased from Cornish Wools. Tuition is by Carole Grace, a qualified, former college lecturer in art and woven textiles. No previous textile experience is required. Tea and Coffee is available but you may wish to bring a packed lunch.

Follow up days to include regular 'workshop' sessions (e.g. knitting, crochet, rug making, natural dyeing etc) are planned to expand the range of textile knowledge and experience.

So why not come and join us - and try for yourself the old traditional skills.