We are delighted to welcome Marina Linehan of Marina’s Home to thread… a festival of textiles on Saturday 30th June.  As a first-time exhibitor, we caught up with her to find out more about her, her business and what she […]

  We are delighted to be working with illustrator Jessica Smith on the artwork for this year’s thread…..a festival of textiles. We caught up with her to find out a bit more about her artistic journey, her work and the […]

We are absolutely  thrilled to have the amazingly talented Irish designer Aoibhe Ni be our guest tutor and speaker at unravel 2018. Aoibhe is teaching a class, speaking on ‘inspiration and where to find it’ in our talk programme and […]

Louisa Harding has been working as a Hand Knitwear designer for over 25 years.  After making her unravel debut in 2017, Louisa returns this year as an exhibitor and as tutor in the  workshop programme. We asked Louisa more about […]

We are thrilled that TextileGarden will be bringing their gorgeous selection of buttons, pins, fasteners and trimmings and to unravel 2018. We asked owner Maggie to tell us some more about her company and what unravel visitors can expect to […]

Nicky Barfoot’s love of knitting came from a childhood passion, shared with her Mum and Nanna. From a City and Guilds in Hand Knit Design, to having her patterns feature in UK knitting mags, to the runner up spot in a Rowan […]

 It’s been an absolute pleasure to work with Illustrator, Graphic Designer and Trend Specialist Ellen Kirkhope on 2018’s unravel illustration. We spoke to Ellen to find more about the creative behind the work…. Could you tell us a bit about your […]

Lucy Dorothy’s exhibition ‘Paper + Stitch,’ is currently showing in the Riverside Gallery. Running until the 7 November, ‘Paper + Stitch’ takes a playful look at the boundaries between paper and cloth and includes an eclectic mix of freehand machine embroidered […]

  At this years festival of crafts we are offering an opportunity to learn how to turn your discarded papers and magazines into wearable jewellery. Ginny Farquhar, our experienced workshop leader will be running sessions on how to make paper […]