Coming up in our workshop programme…

Useful to know: Handweavers is relocating. Workshops dated to run after September 1st 2025 will take place in our Studio at 10 The Old Pottery, Verwood, Dorset BH31 6HF
We kindly request that you do not attend a workshop if you are feeling poorly.
Hand sanitiser will be conveniently available and windows open for ventilation - if the weather is cool we suggest wearing layers.

Introduction to Weaving

This four-day workshop (usually 2 consecutive days on 2 consecutive weeks) is the ideal way to start if you have never woven before, or want a refresher course of the basics. Over the course you will also learn all the steps involved in getting a loom ready to weave, and what to do to finish your cloth properly once it’s woven. You also receive a substantial handout!

Tutor: Dawn Willey
Date: 5-6 & 12-13 December 2025 (4 days)
Time: First Day 10:15 - 17:00 other days 10:00 - 17:00
Price: £355 - deposit £75

Introduction to Spinning

In this single day workshop you’ll start by learning how to prepare your fibre for spinning. Then you’ll move right into spinning, first of all using a drop spindle, then moving onto a wheel. You’ll cover the basic techniques for spinning and plying using wool. Within the day you should be able to complete a small skein and be well placed to continue practising on your own.

Tutor: Dawn Willey
Date: 14 Feb 2026 (Saturday)
Time: 10:15 - 16:30
Price: £105 - deposit £35

Spinning for Improvers

You’re making yarn, the fibres hang together, but you have questions, and would like to expand your repertoire...
Join this workshop to discover how different fibre preparations, yarn drafting and plying
techniques change your yarn - and have fun along the way!
You’ll leave this workshop with new skills, spun samples and the confidence to make
your own combination of choices for the fibres and yarns you want to spin.

Tutor: Dawn Willey
Date: TBC
Time: 10:15 -17:00
Price: £105 - deposit £35

Learn, Make & Take

Learn to set up a rigid heddle loom & weave a scarf to wear home!

This workshop will introduce complete beginners to the rigid heddle loom and the world of weaving. It will suit knitters looking to try something new, spinners whose yarn collection is growing faster than they can knit, anybody fearful of complex looking looms, plus crafters who like to produce a finished item as they learn a new skill! As usual with our workshops, all materials will be provided.

Tutor: Dawn Willey
Date: 10 January 2026 (Saturday)
Time: 10:15 - 17:00
Price: £105 - deposit £35

Textures on the Rigid Heddle

Moving on from "Learn Make & Take"

Discover how a simple, but powerful, pattern pick-up stick - or two and some string - can be used to create a variety of versatile textures that will enable you to take weaving with your rigid heddle loom well beyond plain weave. The techniques you will learn can be applied to your projects - use them with a range of different yarns to create unique textiles suitable for a variety of purposes. This is the ideal follow-on workshop from the Learn, Make and Take; weave a scarf workshop.

Tutor: Dawn Willey
Date: 25 Oct 2025 (Saturday)
Time: 10:15 - 17:00
Price: £105 - deposit £35

Modern Tapestry

Come on your own, with friends, or family, for an afternoon where you will be inspired by your tutors as you learn the basic techniques to set up and weave your own unique wall hanging with a modern vibe!
You will take home your first small hanging plus the knowledge to follow through on this fascinating craft.

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Weekly Weaving Classes - shaft loom and tapestry

As Handweavers is relocating to Dorset we are no longer running weekly weaving classes in London. However our previous tutors are going solo... so if you are interested in joining one of their classes please contact them directly.
For shaft loom weaving please email Taslima (tsultana@live.co.uk) Or email Deb (deb@debking.co.uk) for classes at her studio in Deptford
For Tapestry Classes please email Kat (kattapestryart@gmail.com) classes location near Kings Cross

For further information, or to book a place in a workshop, call 020 7272 1891, email us at courses@handweavers.co.uk, or before May 31st you can come into the shop and talk to us. We ask for a non refundable deposit to guarantee your place and cover our costs if you pull out; the balance of the fee is payable 15 days before the workshop. If you book within a month of the workshop we will ask you to pay the full amount at the time of booking, to keep the administrative work down.

__All workshops are held at The Handweavers Studio in Dorset (see top of page). Workshops generally start at 10:15 and continue until late afternoon. The workshop fee frequently includes all materials; equipment is provided, although you are welcome to bring your own if you prefer - just let us know beforehand.__