Learn to Weave in 2026
I love teaching others how to weave, so if you and your friends or local organisation (preferably in the Nottingham area) want to learn how to get started, then get in touch. It's easier than learning how to knit and doesn't need expensive equipment.
I also give talks to groups, such as craft groups and WI groups, called 'My Weaving Journey', which is about how my skills and interests have developed over the years. I bring lots of samples of my colourful work. If you are a member of a group, which you think might be interested in a talk or day course, please get in touch.
Email me at sarahcooke80@btinternet.com for more information.
Weaving and Macrame courses 2026
April 22 Weds 10 – 4 Macrame Flowers Gedling Play Forum
April 25 Sat, 12 – 4 Macrame Flowers The Plane Tree, Beeston
June 12, 19, 26 Fri, 10 – 12.30 Summer Macrame x 3 Textile Workshop
June 13 Sat, 10 – 4 Weaving with Waste Museum of Making, Derby
June 24 Weds, 10 – 4 Tapestry Weaving Gedling Play Forum
July 4 Sat, 10 – 4 Weaving with Waste The Plane Tree, Beeston
July 11 Sat, 10 – 4 Weaving with Waste Textile Workshop
July 18 Sat, 10 – 4 Macrame Flowers Museum of Making, Derby
Sept 11, 18, 25, Oct 2 Fri, 10 – 12.30 Tapestry Weaving x 4 Textile Workshop
Sept 19 Sat, 10 – 4 Tapestry Weaving The Plane Tree, Beeston
Sept 23 Weds, 10 – 4 Weaving with Waste Gedling Play Forum
Sept 26 Sat, 10 – 4 Tapestry Weaving Museum of Making, Derby
Nov 11 Weds, 10 - 4 Macrame Trees and Stars Gedling Play Forum
Nov 21 Sat, 12 – 4 Macrame Trees and Stars The Plane Tree, Beeston
Nov 20, 27, Dec 4 Fri, 10 – 12.30 Festive Macrame x 3 Textile Workshop
Contact the venue directly for fees and booking. Contact me for other details.
Gedling Play Forum – Wollaton Avenue Community Centre, Gedling, Nottm NG4 4HX Tel 0115 956 0673 Website www.gedlingplayforum.org
Museum of Making, Derby. 1 Silk Mill Lane, Derby DE1 3AF Website – www. Derbymuseums.org
The Plane Tree, 76 High Rd, Beeston. Nottm, NG9 2LF Website - www. Planetreenotts.com
Textile Workshop, Unit 25 Hartley House Business Centre, Hucknall Road, Sherwood, Nottm, NG5 1FD. Website - www. Thetextilework.shop
In a Weaving with Waste day course you will learn the basics of weaving on a simple frame loom, and how to incorporate all sorts of waste materials (plastic packaging, old cables, cut up old clothes and jewellery, etc). You can make a small bag, table mat, wall hanging or cover a notebook, and do your bit for the planet!
In an Introduction to Tapestry Weaving course, you will learn how to create a woven picture, in the tradition of the great crafts with a contemporary twist.
On the Macrame courses, we work small-scale, making decorative flowers and leaves in summer, or trees and stars for a festive feel. These make lovely decorations.
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Review of a day course -
"Weaving with Waste", was the theme of the workshop, held at our Guild meeting on 20th May. Sarah Cooke beguiled members with an amazing variety of colour, texture and glitter, woven into many different fabrics. All created from materials that are normally thrown away! We used a plethora of discarded materials to weave onto a frame loom. The variety of our creations was truly amazing and inspired us all to be kinder to the planet when selecting textiles for future weaving projects.
Herefordshire Guild of Weavers, Spinners and Dyers
Learn how to turn old rubbish into beautiful fabrics
Macrame flowers and leaves
Macrame trees and stars
A colourful wall hanging made at a day course of 'Weaving with Waste'
