Knittaz with Attitude: Harvest Tassel Making

Welcome to Aunty Social's longest running creative group: textile crafts, good tunes, yummy veggie/vegan food and plenty of brews.

October session - guest artist Jenny Steele

Harvest Tassel Favour

Join artist Jenny Steele for a relaxed and friendly session to learn how to make a wound tassel using sustainable yarns and corn grasses to celebrate the new season of Autumn.

Jenny will teach you how to create a tassel held by a wound cord and plaited braid, as well as creating a decorative corn favour using four strand folding and plaiting to insert into the tassels centre.

You can join in with the artist-led activity or bring your own crafty projects to work on. Please make sure that you book the correct ticket

Beginners warmly welcomed.

Cost: £4 (£3 for kids)

Please note that the artist-led activity is suitable for ages 12+, but accompanied children are welcome to attend to do general crafting.

Includes

• Wool & Equipment
• A plant-based meal
• Hot and cold drinks

PLEASE BOOK YOUR SPOT TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT - and so we can make enough food!

ACCESS

These sessions are in our upstairs workshop space. We're having a lift installed in October 2025.

There is currently no level access. It’s a single flight of 14 steps then you go around the corner and there are two small steps. Once you’re upstairs there’s a loo. You shouldn’t need to come downstairs for anything until the end of the event.

If you can’t manage the stairs but really want to attend, please let us know by the 24th of the month before by emailing (using the contact organiser button/link) or sending us an SMS text/WhatsApp message on 07957 602790. and we will try to move the activity downstairs.

If you have additional access needs (e.g. large print, BSL interpreter, level access) please let us know.

GETTING HERE

• Tram & Train to Blackpool North Station
• Bus: No 6 or 18 to Topping St., No 3, 3a, 5c, 6, 18 to Church St (Stanley Buildings), No 5, 5a, 5b, 6, 7a, 14 to Talbot Rd

• Driving: The closest pay and display car parks are on East Topping St and Talbot Road multi storey. There is also parking at the nearby Sainsbury’s supermarket, please make sure that you check the terms before you use the car park.

TOP TIP: If you need to park a car, then there is usually plenty of free on-street parking on Edward St and Topping St from 6pm.

REFUNDS

• If you can no longer attend, please request a refund using the link in your confirmation email.
• Orders can be refunded up to 7 days before the event.
• Refunds will be subject to the Eventbrite booking fee of 6.95% + £0.59 per ticket

Jenny Steele is a Scottish artist based in North England, UK.

Jenny’s practice uses heritage weaving techniques to create tactile, evocative and joyful sculptures, exploring celebration, grief and ritual.

Since 2020, Jenny retrained extensively in loom weaving, basketry, rush weaving & passementerie through self-directed learning and courses. Her work highlights the tactual, sensorial and metaphorical qualities of weaving and she experiences it as a universal sculptural language. Its properties are familiar and accessible due to everyday usage in interiors, dress and functional objects. 

Jenny uses locally sourced sustainable materials such as discarded industrial yarn from Northern mills and businesses in combination with plant life such as grasses, willow, flora and seaweed which provide a connection to place and sense of belonging.

Watch a film about Jenny Steele’s practice here and on her Youtube channel.