Welcoming the Feral Spinner
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Welcoming the Feral Spinner

By At Birkhill House CIC

We are excited to be welcoming Debbie Zawinski AKA The Feral Spinner to Birkhill this Summer.

Date and time

Location

At Birkhill House

Birkhill House Earlston TD4 6AR United Kingdom

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Highlights

  • 1 hour, 30 minutes
  • In person

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 7 days before event

About this event

We are excited to be welcoming Debbie Zawinski AKA The Feral Spinner to Birkhill this summer! Debbie is an intrepid wilderness spinner, foraging for her fleece and dyestuffs in the wild and then spinning and knitting socks that tell stories of her wanderings in beautiful places. She spins and knits as she walks, creating her gorgeous items along the way.

Debbie will be reading from her second book, Stories in Stitches, the brilliant follow-up to her first offering, In the Footsteps of Sheep. Her reading will be followed by a demonstration of stick spinning, the technique she uses to spin on the go. There will be books and spinning kits to purchase on the day but we also have some of Debbie's books in our shop here if you would like to buy one prior to the event.

This event will also mark the start of Birkhill's new book club, in which we will explore fleece-y reads together. A full list of titles for the first six months (three meetings) will be available on the day. We are hoping to then grow the list organically, taking suggestions from book club members.

Tea/coffee and biscuits are included in the ticket price and, as always, visitors will have the chance to say hello to our alpacas and other animals after the event.

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At Birkhill House CIC

At Birkhill House CIC is an animal assisted activity and crafting centre near Earlston in the Scottish Borders. Our mission is to improve mental health in the Scottish Borders through caring, creativity and collaboration.

Working with local makers and artists, we offer a mixture of modern and traditional crafting opportunities ranging from pewter casting to embroidery, stained glass to paper making. We are in the process of developing our fleece and fibre programme, putting an emphasis on traditional hand-processing techniques such as skirting, picking, carding and spinning. Making the most of our connections with local fibre artisans, we offer workshops in knitting, crochet, weaving and felting. We also stock kits with patterns specially designed by local makers for At Birkhill House. Our workshop programme, kits and products allow us to support our animals and our partnership projects.

The focus here is on wellness and mindfulness – taking a moment out to be compassionate and nurture the creative side in all of us.

Set on nine acres of beautiful land about 30 miles south of Edinburgh city centre, the workshops take place in renovated stables dating back to the early 1800s. With a rich farming and equine history, the property is now a busy small-holding, whose residents include Huacaya alpacas, rare breed Castlemilk Moorit sheep, pygmy & Golden Guernsey goats, Ragdoll cats, hens, ducks, peafowl and more.

Please visit our website for detailed directions to Birkhill House >>

£13.70
Aug 24 · 2:00 PM GMT+1