Announcing the WOVEN Festival programme for 2025!  Mending, upcycling, screen printing and skills-swapping – our programme this year showcases Kirklees’ extraordinary textile heritage with 100+ community events taking place throughout June! 1/3

What a creative and sunny, spring day Pontefract Castle for today’s Colour Chemistry from Nature’s Rainbow sessions. We used a range of edible plants (some from the castle’s herb garden), natural dyes and stains to create patterns on eggs and paper. Wakefield Museum Royal Society of Chemistry

What a fun, creative workshop with Wyre Community and Heritage Group at Wyre Community Centre!

After a few months in the weather and seaweed of Wyre, these have gained some great natural colour!

If you’re a family looking for something to do at half term in May, why not join me for our next Colour Chemistry From Nature’s Rainbow workshops at Pontefract Castle ? Royal Society of Chemistry You can book your tickets at: ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/ponte…

Get to grips with natural dyeing: Dyeing with Indigo, taking place on 7 June between 12 - 2pm at Bagshaw Museum. Art4All invites you to create a range of tie-dye fabrics using natural indigo and shibori-style tie-dye techniques.  £20 to book your place: woveninkirklees.co.uk/event/dyeing-w…

Enjoying all of the growth over the past few days, with all the sun! #naturaldyes #woad

Join Thread Republic on 10 June from 1 - 3pm for Printing and Painting with Indigo and Woad. Free, but places must be booked, more info & booking link: woveninkirklees.co.uk/event/printing…

Just a little bit of fun at this month’s Museum Meet-up! Inspired by Cistercian ware from the museum’s collection! Meetup Wakefield Museums & Castles

Starting to get fabric and papers ready for our next RSC funded workshop at Pontefract Castle during half term. In this session, we’ll be investigating acids and bases using natural dyes and stains! Pontefract Castle Royal Society of Chemistry Wakefield Museums & Castles

Looking forward to running this indigo dyeing workshop as part of Woven in Kirklees: woveninkirklees.co.uk/event/dyeing-w… There’s still time to book your place! Woven in Kirklees Kirklees Museums

Experimenting with colour change using acids and bases Pontefract Castle! Wakefield Museums & Castles Royal Society of Chemistry

Such a nice day out at Oakwell Hall Country Park to see The Red Dress and to have a go at hitomezashi sashiko with Seiko Kinoshita; for the opening of Woven in Kirklees 2025!

WOVEN family - do you remember our Growing Colour Together project from 2023?  Join us for the launch of our Growing Colour Together publication 11 June, 2 - 6 pm Toast House Cafe, University of Huddersfield Free to attend, but please book your place: woveninkirklees.co.uk/event/growing-…

Lots of creativity at today’s workshop at Thread Republic! Woven in Kirklees #growingcolourtogether #indigo #upcycling

So much fun catching up with people, celebrating the launch of the book and printing with indigo at the #growingcolourtogether book launch University of Huddersfield with Woven in Kirklees and Cultures of

This week is International Archives Week, so we're giving a shout out to WOVEN Textile Heritage Day next Saturday, 21 June, from 12 - 4.30pm at Kirklees Museums' Tolson Museum.  Free to attend, drop in anytime.  Image: Studio Bokehgo

Lots a of creative mono-printing at today’s museum meet-up! Wakefield Museums & Castles “