Welsh Yarn Retreat with West Yorkshire Spinners

Full day knitting workshop with your expert. Lunch is included today, and refreshments will be served morning and afternoon.

The National Wool Museum tells the story of the Welsh woollen industry through working machinery, archive material, hands-on displays and a textile gallery. The museum is housed in the historic former Cambrian Mills which made shirts and shawls, blankets and bedcovers, woollen stocking and socks sold throughout the world. The Picturesque village of Dre-fach Felindre in the beautiful Teifi valley was once the centre of the thriving woollen industry, earning the nickname ‘The Huddersfield of Wales’ We’ll following the process from fleece to fabric and visit the sympathetically restored listed mill buildings.

Jen Jones Welsh Quilts and Blankets is located just outside the village of Llanybydder, in the heart of the Teifi Valley. This long-established venue has been open for over thirty years and attracts visitors from around the world. A very warm welcome awaits and inside we’ll find hundreds of blankets in a huge range of colours and styles, 19th century narrow loom blankets, early 20th century tapestries, fringed, honeycomb, picnic and plaid along with a huge selection of floral, paisley and solid colour whole cloth quilts, patchwork, strippy and collectors’ quilts.

Full day knitting workshop with your expert. Lunch is included today, and refreshments will be served morning and afternoon.

We start today with a visit to the British Wool Grading Depot in Brecon, the perfect opportunity to see that earlier stage processing and learn about wool. Here, British Wool demonstrate the unique characteristics of British sheep breeds and offer a walk around their grading depot.

Family-run Aberhyddnant Farm is a 220-acre organic hill farm in the beautiful Brecon Beacons. Our visit begins with a warm welcome and a gentle introduction to the sheep, as we learn about the distinctive characteristics of different sheep breeds and the unique qualities of their fleeces.

We'll be guided through the full transformation of raw fleece: washing, carding, and preparing it for creative use and discover how the farm’s fleece becomes needle-felted treasures and hand-woven peg loom rugs – each piece a testament to traditional methods and mindful making.

Full day knitting workshop with your expert. Lunch is included today, and refreshments will be served morning and afternoon.