A 10-day creative experience combines a series of workshops with local makers, talks and tours of textile studios.
A wonderful treat for lovers of textile and fibre art! Immerse yourself in the pleasures of textile art and crafts whilst exploring one of the most iconic locations in Scotland, in the company of like-minded spirits.
With its wealth of long established as well as new enterprises the Isle of Skye, the largest of the Inner Hebrides, has grown into a destination buzzing with creativity.
Isle of Skye Textile Experience Activities & Highlights:
- Full-day weaving workshop using hand-dyed wool/silk yarn at Skye Silks
- Half-day at Island at the Edge croft including croft tour (meet the sheep!) and spinning demonstration
- Full-day workshop at The Handspinner Having Fun – felting and peg loom weaving
- Half-day Plant fibre art workshop with Caroline Dear
- Dorset Button making workshop with TJ Frog
- Gaelic history session with local expert Coinneach Maclean
- Private viewing of the Skye Story
- Visits to Skye Skyns, Skye Weavers, Shilasdair Yarns
- Visits to Armadale Castle, Dunvegan Castle and a whisky distillery
- Touring different parts of the island
