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On looms

• Using two, four or more shafts on table or floor looms
• Narrow strips of warp faced weaving on inkle looms
• Tapestry weaving
• Peg loom weaving

Off-loom weaving

• On weaving sticks
• On card, hardboard etc

Braiding

• Kumihimo and other forms of Japanese braiding
• Tablet weaving

Basket making

• Using a range of natural materials

Animal fibres

• Sheep’s wool
• Mohair and cashmere from goats
• Alpaca, camel down, angora etc
• Silk

Plant fibres

• Cotton
• Bast fibres from long stemmed plants such as flax, hemp, jute etc
• Leaf fibres such as banana fibre

Other fibres

• Synthetics
• Viscose, tencel, ingeo
• Soya and milk protein fibres, bamboo etc

Related crafts

Anything which requires yarn e.g. knitting, crochet etc; embroidery; lace; weaving, braiding.

Natural dye materials

• Plants from the garden and countryside
• Dried dye materials from the UK and abroad
• Natural dyes in powder form

Chemical dyes

• Acid dyes for protein fibres (e.g. wool) and silk
• Fibre reactive dyes for cellulose fibres (e.g. cotton) and silk

Weaving

Spinning

Dyeing