Premiere Stick and Spin Festival in Rydal!
12-13 October
On 12-13 October 2024, Hantverksbutiken Akleja, Rydals museum, International Weaving Centre, Tygriket, Rydals Herrgård, Marks municipality, Vuxenskolan i Mark and others will collaborate on the event ‘Knitting and Spinning Festival in Rydal’.
We want to give people with a common interest, knitting, and spinning an opportunity to meet to exchange experiences, learn new techniques, buy yarn and to make contacts with like-minded people but also to spread knowledge about knitting and spinning by inviting lecturers on related topics, organising workshops and short trial opportunities.
We will offer a wide range of activities such as exhibitions, lectures, workshops, sales, ‘Dogwalk’ and interviews with people who can tell you about knitting and the cultural history of spinning coat making, etc.
We want you to discover Rydal, Mark and Sjuhärad which is an area with craft traditions for yarn, spinning and textiles.
Textile history also includes people sitting at home knitting on small knitting machines. Which may not be as well known as sitting and weaving.
As the site has a history of spinning culture, it is particularly fitting to have this particular event here. The museum will be displaying its machines during the event and guided tours will tell the unique history of the place. Mark has many shops specialising in knitting. The International Weaving Centre will show and inform about spinning.
We also hope for long-distance visitors and that they will discover the fine accommodation options available locally in our beautiful nature.
We want to broaden the knowledge of our textile history, which also includes spinning and knitting. Rydal is the ultimate place for this, we think.
The full programme will be published later.
If you have any questions, please send them to:
Lene Madsen e-mail: lelumadesign@gmail.com
or Lena Lysvret e-mail lena.lysvret@gmail.com
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The full programme will be published later.
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