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INTERWOVEN - Embroidery for longer lasting clothes workshop

Fri 06 May 2022

INTERWOVEN - Embroidery for longer lasting clothes workshop

Explore traditional embroidery skills brought to Kirklees by people across the world, coming to work in the textile industry. Techniques will include Indian Kantha, brightly coloured Caribbean patterns, and Irish Mountme.....Read more

INTERWOVEN - Crochet with T-Shirt yarn workshop

Thu 05 May 2022

INTERWOVEN - Crochet with T-Shirt yarn workshop

Got a t-shirt that’s past its best? We all have tees with a stain that won’t come out, or too many holes from the wash. But rather than throwing them away, we’ve found a solution to reuse them instead! Thread Republic.....Read more

INTERWOVEN - Modern Day Shoddy Talk

Wed 04 May 2022

INTERWOVEN - Modern Day Shoddy Talk

John Parkinson tells the story of his family shoddy business, from the 1970s to the present day. The UK’s woollen ‘circular economy’ began circa 1813. By the time (shoddy manufacturer) Colin Parkinson Ltd opened in 19.....Read more

INTERWOVEN - Family Folk Music Workshop

Sun 01 May 2022

INTERWOVEN - Family Folk Music Workshop

In this workshop, BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award Winner Maddie Morris invites families to explore folk and traditional music, and its instruments, as singers, listeners and performers. In this hour-long workshop, Maddie.....Read more

WOVEN Open Planning Meeting 2 July 2020

Thu 02 Jul 2020

WOVEN Open Planning Meeting 2 July 2020

Join WOVEN for the next WOVEN Open Planning Meeting. These meetings happen quarterly and are for anyone interested in planning for the WOVEN Festival 2021 (and ongoing activity). All welcome! You don’t have to have been .....Read more

WOVEN Career Programme - Teacher virtual event

Wed 09 Dec 2020

WOVEN Career Programme - Teacher virtual event

A key strand of the WOVEN 2021 Festival is the development of a careers programme for young people. We want to inspire young people about the broad range of career pathways and opportunities in textiles, including tho.....Read more

WOVEN in Practice conference

Fri 23 to Sat 24 Apr 2021 (2 days)

WOVEN in Practice conference

In June 2021, the WOVEN in Kirklees will host its second festival. The first festival took place in 2019. Initiated and funded by Kirklees Council, it was owned by everyone, from community groups, to industry, cultural o.....Read more

Hug Outdoor Weaving Workshops

Sat 12 Jun 2021

Hug Outdoor Weaving Workshops

Join artists Adrian & Annabel in creating your own woven textile artworks across Algernon Firth Park in Heckmondwike! We’re inviting you to create your own textile artworks on fences across the park as part of HUG. Ad.....Read more

Batley t'Rainbow Yarn Installation

Sat 12 to Sun 27 Jun 2021 (2 weeks)

Batley t'Rainbow Yarn Installation

Batley t’Rainbow is a colourful rainbow yarn bombing installation at Batley Station on the theme of trains, butterflies and flowers. It has been created in partnership with Friends of Batley Station, with the help of .....Read more

I N T E R W O V E N

Sat 12 to Sun 13 Jun 2021 (2 days)

I N T E R W O V E N

I N T E R W O V E N is a unique soundscape of the Kirklees area, both its mill heritage and its present – a mixture of machinery, work, storytelling, brass music and boliyan. Artists Hardeep Sahota, Mandeep Samra and .....Read more

Big Rainbow Knit Weekend

Sat 26 to Sun 27 Jun 2021 (2 days)

Big Rainbow Knit Weekend

Join us on St George’s Square in Huddersfield for a weekend of knitting themed fun! Browse yarn stalls & displays, watch scaled-up craft demonstrations, and soak up the atmosphere with roaming theatrics and music. .....Read more

Growing Colour Together

Sat 26 to Sun 27 Jun 2021 (2 days)

Growing Colour Together

Growing Colour Together is a natural dyeing project that explores the techniques and processes involved in natural dyeing and how they can be applied to textile art and making. Visit Ravensknowle Park over the final w.....Read more

Textile Innovation from The Space Shed

Sat 19 Jun 2021

Textile Innovation from The Space Shed

Kirklees is home to some of the great innovations in textile science. Textiles influence almost every part of our lives from medical textiles to climate change, our landscape and leisure! We will showcase textile science.....Read more

Our Biennale Finale

Sat 19 to Sun 20 Jun 2021 (2 days)

Our Biennale Finale

A weekend of exhibitions celebrating the creativity of the children and young people in Kirklees. Sculptures, music, sound walks, dance, artwork, films, and photographs will all be on display in the Biennale Finale. T.....Read more

The Big Rainbow Knit Installation

Sat 05 to Sun 27 Jun 2021 (3 weeks)

The Big Rainbow Knit Installation

An impressive installation of 15,000 rainbow coloured squares on the historic pillars in front of Huddersfield train station knitted by volunteers locally, nationally and internationally!..Read more

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