Here we list events that may be of interest to our members.
We will consider listing additional fibre / craft related events.If you would like an event to be listed please contact webmaster@buckswsd.org.uk.
Exhibitions
- Bucks Art Weeks – open studios through Buckinghamshire, including some guild members – 7th – 22nd June 2025.
- Oxfordshire Art Weeks – 3rd – 26th May 2025 As above, but in Oxfordshire.
Fibre Festivals
- Unravel – Farnham Maltings, Surrey – 14th – 16th February 2025
Marketplace and workshops, which are back to all in-person this year. - Creative Craft Show, NEC Birmingham – 13th – 16th March 2025
Covers all kinds of crafts including crochet, knitting and felting. - Stitch Festival – Business Design Centre, London 20th – 23rd March 2025
Textiles displays, stalls and workshops including knitting & crochet. - Wonderwool Wales– Builth Wells, Powys – 26th & 27th April 2025
A celebration of Welsh Wool from start to finish. - Mill Open Weekend – South Molton, Devon – 7th – 8th June 2025
Talks, classes, mills tours and invited vendors, plus some virtual offerings. - 21st June: World Textile Day Central – King’s Sutton Memorial Hall, Nr Banbury
A day of talks, exhibitions and fair trade textiles from around the world. - Summer Wool Festival – Ampthill, Beds – 26th & 27th July 2025
Lots of fibre and yarn sellers plus dyeing supplies, spinning and weaving equipment and guild demonstrations. Also a few workshops which sell out quickly. - Southern Wool Show – Newbury Racecourse, Berks – 30th & 31st August 2025
Run by the same team as the Summer Wool Festival. - Creative Craft Show – Farnborough International, GU14 6TQ – 4th to 6th September 2025
- Unravel Autumn – Farnham Maltings, Surrey – hopefully September 2025
New-ish festival, similar to the February offering. - Yarndale – Skipton Auction Market, N. Yorks – 27th & 28th September 2025
With a programme of talks, workshops and lots of exhibitors. - Shetland Wool Week – online or Lerwick, Shetland – 28th Sept – 4th Oct 2025
Internationally renowned celebration of Shetland wool and knitting. - Festival of Crafts – Farnham Maltings, Surrey – 11th & 12th October 2025
Selection of high quality crafts for sale. - Knitting & Stitching Show – Alexandra Palace, London – 9th – 12th October 2025
Textile galleries, workshops and loads of stalls of yarn. - Stafford Wool Gathering – Staffordshire County Showground – 18th & 19th October 2025
Formerly run in Bakewell, new location for this year.
Shows / Demonstrations
Queen’s Park Art Centre – Open Day – Saturday 10th May
Bucks County Show – Thurs 28th August 2025 – our Guild and Chiltern Spinners exhibiting
Wild About Wool – Chiltern Open Air Museum – mid October
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