Stallholders confirmed so far for 2008

 

                        Artisan Threads                                                                                                      

                        www.artisanthreads.co.uk

                        Hand-dyed & hand-spun British yarns & fleece, space-dyed Blue-faced Leicester yarn & British fleece (natural

                        dyes).  Carded & uncarded sari silk waste fibre for hand-spinners, natural fermented vegetable dyes for wool

                        & yarns.  Other natural fibres e.g. linen

                        Artybird                                                                                                                  

                        www.artqualifications.co.uk

                        C&Gs arts & crafts courses on feltmaking, embroidery, fashion, creative computing, mixed media, painting &

                        drawing, with exhibition of work

                        Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers                                              

                        www.wsd.org.uk

                        Display of items and promotion of the Guild

                        Bluefaced.com                                                                                                       

                        www.bluefaced.com

                        Tops & yarn made from Blue-faced Leicester and Shetland wool and speciality fibres, such as mohair and

                        alpaca

                        Bowmont Braf                                                                                                        

                        Bowmont Braf is a new 100% luxury Welsh wool, developed in the hills of Wales, producing a soft, lofty luxury

                        wool not available anywhere else.  It is suitable for felting, dyeing, spinning & knitting with a  range of colours

                        & patterns.

                        Brimstone Vintage Buttons, Buckles & Fastenings                                                 

                        Beautiful buttons from yesteryear in many different natural materials; buckles for handbags & garments;

                        dress, hat & shoe ornaments.  Fastenings across the spectrum & sets for knitwear

                        Cilla Cameron Rug Maker                                                                                      

                        www.ragrugsuk.co.uk

                        Rag rugs & rug-making equipment, hand-dyed woollen material & sheep fleece

                        Claire Crompton                                                                                                     

                        www.clairecrompton.co.uk

                        Knitwear designer & tutor in techniques & design, author of books, including the best-selling "The Knitter's

                        Bible".  Hand-spun yarns, books, patterns written with hand-spun yarn in mind and kits containing hand-made

                         & hand-spun yarns

                        Crafty Allsorts                                                                                                         

                        Weaving sticks, peg looms, dolly bobbins, lucets, hand-made woollen items, knitting frames, butterfly looms,

                        tunisian crochet hooks

                        Creative Weaving                                                                                                   

                        Our book "Creative Weaving" & hand-woven items.  Display & demonstrations of rigid heddle looms for

                        visitors to try

                        Cumbria Alpaca Fibre                                                                                            

                        Fleeces, knitting yarn and woven, felted & knitted items

                        Don Porritt Looms                                                                                                  

                        Looms & weaving equipment

                        DT Craft & Design                                                                                                   

                        www.dtcrafts.co.uk

                        Earthues, natural dye extracts, Prouon, Kool Aid dyes, undyed & hand-dyed yarns & fibres, dyeing equipment,

                         knitting needles, crochet hooks, Brittany products, books, accessories & patterns

                       Eden Valley Guild of Spinners, Weavers & Dyers                                                   

                        Hand-crafted textiles produced by members of the Guild.  Demonstrations

                        Eliza Conway                                                                                                         

                        Cusions, rag rugs, small knitted items, vintage buttons, brooches, yarn, dyed blankets

                        Exclusive Yarns                                                                                                      

                        Exclusive yarns for hand & machine knitting, designs & patterns, instructive books for machine knitting

                        Farfield Mill Arts & Heritage Centre                                                                        

                        www.farfieldmill.org

                        A range of products using natural fibres from local sheep & all woven at Farfield Mill, including Laura's Loom

                        using Blue-faced Leicester wool and Herdy using Herdwick wool, as well as the Farfield range using Rough

                        Felt Head to Toe                                                                                                     

                        www.feltheadtotoe.co.uk

                        Hand-made felt items, using wet & dry felting methods - hats, wraps, pictures, figures & animals.  Books on

                        felting, kits & materials.  Demonstrations of dry felting

                        Felicity J Warnes Bookseller                                                                                  

                        www.fjwarnes.v-net.com

                        Out of print, secondhand & new books and ephemera on knitting, crochet, weaving, textiles, costume &

                        associated subjects

                        Fibrespace                                                                                                             

                        www.fibrespace.co.uk

                        Felting kits, merino wool tops, hand-felted accessories: scarves, brooches & jewellery

                        Fiery Felts                                                                                                              

                        www.fieryfelts.co.uk

                        Naturally-dyed Merino tops, silk caps & bricks, packs, kits, books on natural, indigo & extract dyeing & felt

                        making - landscapes in felt, natural dyes and stitch.  Dye plants

 

                        Fire and Fibre                                                                                                        

                        www.fireandfibre.co.uk

                        Hand-made knitting, spinning & weaving equipment - including peglooms, drop spindles & corkwork bobbins

                         & wooden utensils.  Hand-made sewing equipment - flower winding frames, pom-pom rings & braiding rings.

                         Hand-woven items such as rugs & bags, hand-spun & knitted items

                        Fobbles                                                                                                                  

                        www.fobbles.co.uk

                        Needlecraft supplies, including threads, yarns, beads & exclusive embroidery kits; workshops & courses;

                        demonstrations in needlefelting, tassel making & beadwork

                        Freyalyn's Fibres                                                                                                    

                        Freyalyn's hand-dyed wool & exotic fibres

                        Fyberspates                                                                                                            

                        www.fyberspates.co.uk

                        Hand-dyed yarns & fibres, including Merino, Blue-faced Leicester, tencel, silk, bamboo & cashmere

                        Ganseys Creative Knitwear                                                                                    

                        Machine-knitted & hand-embellished quality knitwear - jackets & waistcoats lined or unlined & knitted

                        accessories all in pure new wool

                        Garthenor Organic Pure Wool                                                                                

                        www.organicpurewool.co.uk

                        Organic wool: knitting yarns, fleece & hand-knitted garments & toys - all to Soil Association Organic Textile

                        Standards

                        Hannalin Crafts                                                                                                       

                        Items made from local Herdwick, Swaledale, Jacob & alpaca, including felted bags, hats, floor rugs, tea-

                        cosies.  Kits

                        Hand Dyed by C A Greaves                                                                                    

                        www.skeins.co.uk

                        Hand-dyed yarns, knitting, broomstick crochet, felting kits

                        Heathylee Guanaco                                                                                                

                        www.heathylee.co.uk

                        100% British guanaco hand-woven pashmina shawls, guanaco knitting yarn and rare breed fleece, straight off

                         the Peak District hill farm

                       Hedgehog Equipment                                                                                             

                        www.hedgehogequipment.co.uk

                        Manufacturer & retailer of card cloth & carding, spinning & weaving equipment, where possible made from

                        timber produced from sustainably-managed Welsh woodlands.  Organic hand-spun knitting wool.  Agents for

                        Majacraft spinning equipment

                        Hetherbank Creels                                                                                                  

                        Willow baskets

                        High Weald Fibre Factory                                                                                      

                        www.fibrefactory.co.uk

                        Hand-spun, natural & dyed alpaca yarns, dyed fleece, dyes, silk scarves, felting equipment, kumihimo kits,

                        rat-tail, knit wits & doodle looms, buttons

                        High Fibre                                                                                                              

                        Hand-made felted yarns &  items made from them

                        Highside Farm Wools & Woollens                                                                          

                        www.highsidefarmwool.co.uk

                        Traditional & rare-breed fleeces from our eclectic flock, for sale on a "pick & mix" basis - a wide variety of both

                         longwool & downland in a range of natural colours, plus yarn from our sheep

                        Ingrid Wagner Rug & Art Creation                                                                          

                        www.ingridwagner.com

                        Hand & gun tufted rugs & wall coverings.  Big Knitting.  Big Knit needles 400mm to 1.2m length.  Big Knit

                        textiles, sofa throws, rugs, cushions, bedcovers & curtains.  Big Knit kits - crazy cushions & rugs.  Big Knit yarn

                        - recycled woven lengths of patterned & coloured wool.

                        Injabulo                                                                                                                  

                        www.injabulo.com

                        Hand-made ceramic buttons & beads, knitting accessories, workbaskets, organic yarn, all made under Fair

                        Trade policies in South Africa

                        International Feltmakers Association                                                                     

                        www.feltmakers.com

                        Information on the IFA and its aims & objectives, demonstrations & display of felt work

                        Jackie Lunn Textiles                                                                                              

                        www.jackielunntextiles.co.uk

                        Felt wall hangings & framed pieces.  Cushions, purses, bags, jewellery & greetings cards.  Threads, beads &

                        fibres

                        Jane Cummins                                                                                                       

                        www.janecummins.co.uk

                        Hand-made wood & felt bags, made from laminated birch plywood & hand-made felt.  Contemporary wood-

                        turned sculpture enhanced with hand-made felt.  Felt cards & wooden bangles using felt

                        Jenny Pepper - Feltmaker                                                                                      

                        www.jennypepper.com

                        Feltwork: artwork, handbags, vessels, hand-dyed felt scarves, etc.  All hand-made by Jenny

                        Jill Lauriston "I Just Felt Like It"                                                                            

                        Felt items, including hats, slippers, jewelry, pictures and "bits & pieces"

                        Joyce Evans "Full on Felt"                                                                                     

                        Hand-made felt items, embellished with beads

                        Karen Griffiths - Red Ragwork                                                                                

                        www.redragwork.co.uk

                        Bags, cushions, brooches, tea cosies - all made from recycled wool & other fabrics, using traditional ragwork

                        techniques

                        KCG Trading Limited                                                                                              

                        www.kcgtrading.com

                        Knitting & crochet supplies - books, patterns, yarns, tools, accessories

                        Knitting 4 Fun                                                                                                         

                        www.knitting4fun.com

                        Natural fibres & wools for spinning, felting, paper making and natural fibre yarns & wools for knitting & crochet.

                          Recycled yarns

                        Knitshop.co.uk                                                                                                        

                        www.knitshop.co.uk

                        Knitting yarn: silk, wool, cotton, alpaca, linen, etc.  Wool tops, including Merino, for spinning & felting.  Knitting

                        & felting accessories.  Giant knitting needles & Knitting Nelly

                        Knitwits                                                                                                                  

                        Children's hand-knitted garments & accessories in pure yarns

                        Knitwiches Yarns                                                                                                    

                        www.knitwitchesyarns.co.uk

                        Hand-dyed silks, cashmere, kid mohair, Blue-faced Leicester yarns.  Beautiful, high quality, luxury yarns,

                        hand-dyed in South Wales

                        Krafty Koala Hand Dyed Yarns                                                                               

                        www.kraftykoala.co.uk

                        Hand-dyed yarns & fibre, project bags and sundries such as stitch markers

                        The Laal Bear                                                                                                        

                        Knitting kits, hand-dyed yarns, self-patterning yarns, embroidered calico knitting/spinning/craft bags, multi-

                        packeted patchwork cotton craft bags, knitting/spinning baskets, quilted knitting needle cases, aprons

                        Lakeside Crafts                                                                                                       

                        www.lakesidecrafts.co.uk

                        Self-patterning knitting wool with patterns by Lakeside Crafts, peg, inkle & knitters looms, knitting needles &

                        other accessories for knitting & weaving.  Own design garments & kits.  Ashford products.  Demonstrations

                        Lonnin Alpacas                                                                                                      

                        Alpaca rovings & fibre

                       Manor House Studio                                                                                               

                        www.manorhousestudio.co.uk

                        Peg looms, washed & dyed fleece, natural & dyed rolags, chunky yarn, warp threads, peg rugs & dye plants

                        Michael Williams - Wood Turner/Fine Woodworker                                               

                        www.michael-williams-wood.co.uk

                        Hand-made wooden articles for textile crafts, intended for a lifetime's use: drops spindles, inkle looms,

                        nostepinnes, niddy-noddies, tapestry frames, lucets, marudais, crochet hooks, etc.

                        Mixing Fibres                                                                                                         

                        www.sendler.co.uk

                        Machine-knitted wearables in Shetland yarn & coloured copper wire.  Large-scale interior fabrics created

                        through knitting, hand-felting & the needle-punch machine

                        Mobair by Victoria Smedley                                                                                   

                        Hand-dyed yarns & fibres in mohair, alpaca, silk & wool.  Hand-made bears, fine lacy mohair, alpaca &

                        silk/cotton scarves & stoles.  Knitted & felted bags, plus accessories

                        The Mulberry Dyer                                                                                                  

                        www.mulberrydyer.co.uk

                        Naturally dyed natural fibres & yarns (knitting, weaving, embroidery, etc).  Dyestuffs, mordants & extracts. 

                        Spindles, distaffs, niddy-noddys & related textile tools, not forgetting cloth & commissions

                        The Natural Fibre Company                                                                                   

                        www.thenaturalfibre.co.uk

                        Yarn spinning service for producers of wool, mohair & alpaca.  Weaving & dyeing arranged & support with

                        marketing.  A small range of own products for sale alongside share-scheme yarns & textiles.  Specialists in

                        organic, breed-specific & blended yarns, all farm assured

                        The Natural Dye Studio Ltd                                                                                    

                        www.thenaturaldyestudio.com

                        Luxury natural yarns, hand-dyed with historical plant dyes

                        NorWEFT Mini-Mill                                                                                                  

                        www.norweft.co.uk

                        Alpaca fleece, rovings, felting batts & yarns.  Alpaca garments & accessories.  Alpaca felts, rugs & wallhangings

                        Norwegianwool                                                                                                      

                        www.norwegianwool.co.uk

                        Norwegian wool imported from Norway and merino wool for felting & spinning.  Demonstrations on how to felt