Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 May 2025

Led by dye expert Debbie Tomkies, this weekend workshop covers a wide range of techniques with plenty to entertain and inspire more experienced dyers as well as complete beginners. On day one we’ll be working with cellulose yarns. Day two will focus on protein-fibre yarns.

Each day begins with making samples to develop skills in immersion dyeing, hue/saturation and colour blending. Each participant takes home sample cards with recipes and samples of all the colours produced. The day then moves onto practising a range of dyeing techniques. I usually cover dip-dyeing, hand-painting, simple self-striping, low-water immersion.

Participants are encouraged to bring along pictures, colour swatches and other items to explore colour-matching and creating colour schemes.

Debbie Tomkies has been a hand-dyer for over 30 years and has written numerous articles on dyeing, knitting and crochet as well as writing 6 books. Debbie has been teaching dyeing and textile arts for over 15 years. She is also a founding director or Making Futures CIC, a social enterprise that works with the local community to deliver health and wellbeing, creative and enterprise projects as well as City & Guilds design and hand knitting.

Course Costs: £250.00

Cancellation: refundable up to 3 months prior to the commencement of the course.

Reserve List: If a course is oversubscribed there may be a reserve list available – please contact us via the website for details.

Accessibility: If you have any specific questions regarding the demands of the course please contact us via the website prior to booking.

Covid: We take the well-being of our members and students very seriously. We ask that you do not attend a course at the Workshop if you test positive for Covid or have recently been in contact with someone who has.