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• Aldbourne Come and Try Day

  • When
    14 Dec 2025
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    10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    The Memorial Hall, Oxford St, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, SN8 2DQ

  Come and Try Day at Aldbourne. 

  Held in The Memorial Hall, Oxford St, Aldbourne, Wiltshire, SN8 2DQ

  £8 to include tea, coffee, soft drinks and home made cakes

  Bring a packed lunch or go next door to the Co-op to buy sandwiches
  

   For more information, contact aldbournebraids 'at' btinternet.com

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• Inkle Weaving Workshop

  • When
    24 Jan 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Memorial Hall, Bamford, Derbyshire, S33 0AG

  Inkle Weaving Workshop with Dee Sayce
  

  Saturday 26th January 2026, 10:00-16:00, 

  at Memorial Hall, Bamford, Derbyshire, S33 0AG

  Cost £60  An accompanied child free, for 7-18yrs. 

  more info and book online at: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk

   or, visit my website www.deesayce.co.uk

   

  
  

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• Kumihimo with Jacqui Carey

  • Start
    10 Mar 2026
  • End
    13 Mar 2026
  • Location
    West Dean College, West Dean, Chichester, PO18 0QZ

  Kumihimo – Japanese Braidmaking Workshop with Jacqui Carey at West Dean College, West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 0QZ

  Cost £471. More information and how to book at:https://www.westdean.ac.uk/short-courses/s3d38000-kumihimo-japanese-braidmaking

  
  

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• Ply-split braiding - get started!

  • Start
    22 Apr 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    23 Apr 2026
  •  
    4:00 PM
  • Location
    Lutterworth, Leicestershire, UK

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• TALK Ply-split braiding - from deep in the desert to where we are now (and everything in between)

  • When
    22 Apr 2026
  •  
    10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Lutterworth, Leicestershire, UK

  ‘Ply-split braiding - from deep in the desert to where we are now (and everything in between) by Helen Leaf in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, UK

  Cost £8.00

  Join me for an evening talk and presentation about ply-split braiding. You’ll learn about the history and tradition of the technique, understand how it came to us here in the UK, and see what people are doing with this in a contemporary way.
  
  This will be an in-person talk and PowerPoint presentation with time for questions at the end. I’ll also bring examples of traditional and contemporary ply-splitting to show you.

  I hope you’ll join me for what will be an interesting evening!

  
  

  For more information go to 

  https://www.helenleafdesigns.com/shop/p/evening-talk-ply-split-braiding-from-deep-in-the-desert-to-where-we-are-now-and-everything-in-between
  
  
  

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• Ply-split braiding - Mats and baskets’

  • Start
    12 Aug 2026
  •  
    9:00 AM
  • End
    13 Aug 2026
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    New Orleans, USA

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• Ply-split braiding - Get started

  • When
    14 Aug 2026
  •  
    9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • Location
    New Orleans, USA

  ‘Ply-split braiding - Get started!’ with Helen Leaf at  Convergence, New Orleans, USA

  Registration Fee: $76 with CVP or $103 without

  Materials Fee: $20

  3-Hour Seminar

  For anyone curious, wanting to know more, or wanting to get started, great! This session will help with that. Students will learn the basics of ply-split braiding, making three small projects. Students will work with the two main ply-split braiding structures known as POT and SCOT, will learn about quarter twists, and will know how to take things further after the session, gaining a practical and simple grounding in ply-split braiding.

  For more information: 
   https://tockify.com/handweaverscalendar/detail/2987/1786716000000
  

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• Ply-split braiding - Low-tech solutions

  • When
    15 Aug 2026
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    New Orleans, USA

  ‘Ply-split braiding - Low-tech solutions’  with Helen Leaf at  Convergence, New Orleans, USA

  Registration Fee: $153 with CVP or $205 without

  Materials Fee: $20

  1-Day Workshop

  Ply-splitting, withoutthe “must have” equipment of a cord winder and gripfid… possible? Yes! Students will learn these low-tech solutions, in this hands-on workshop. Each student will make cords with a drill, a block of wood and some hooks (also with justtheir hands), will learn the limits and the potentials of these, and will use them to make projects with ply-split braiding and ply-split darning.

  For more information: 
  https://tockify.com/handweaverscalendar/detail/2907/1786802400000
  
  
  

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• Ply-split braiding - Braid that camel!’

  • When
    15 Aug 2026
  •  
    9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Location
    New Orleans, USA

  ‘Ply-split braiding - Braid that camel!’  with Helen Leaf at  Convergence, New Orleans, USA

  Registration Fee: $153 with CVP or $205 without

  Materials Fee: $20

  1-Day Workshop

  This workshop will go to the roots of ply-split braiding. Students will make a traditional pattern from the camel belts of Rajasthan, a pattern in POT and SCOT in black and white; it’s something that all ply-splitters should make at least once. Students will also make a second, simpler camel belt braid, also in black and white. Students won’t make a whole camel belt in the workshop, but will leave with the skills to do so.

  For more information: 
  https://tockify.com/handweaverscalendar/detail/2943/1786888800000
  
  
  

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