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Whether you’re visiting just for the day or coming to stay at Wakelyns for a relaxing break why not take advantage of the wonderful surroundings and natural resources of the farm and take the time to let your creativity flow with some of the exciting activities on offer below.

Workshops can be tailor made for you, your friends or groups. They can be as full on or as relaxed as you’d like. There is also the option to add on lunch or refreshments fresh from Henrietta’s onsite bakery http://www.wakelyns.co.uk/bakery


If you fancy something more of a take-away option, to do at your leisure, there are spoon sanding or braiding wheel kits also available.


Workshop Menu

Hedgerow Dyeing – natural plant dyes – Learn about plants and the colours they give. Dye yarn and fabric or give old things a new lease of life. Can be themed such as ‘Orchard Dyes’ or ‘Shades of Yellow’ or more general. Suitable for quick activities or as long as 2 day sessions.

Spoon / Butterknife Carving Using simple hand tools to carve spoons and butterknives, typically 1.5 – 3 hours for up to 5 people. Seasonally dependant.

Introduction to Green Woodworking – More in depth look at working with green wood. Suitable for 1 to 1 or 2 to 1. Use a range of woods, tools and the shave horses to create some lovely wooden pieces. Typically 3-5 hrs, seasonally dependant.

Wooden Haberdashery – Make your own tools and finishing touches including wooden buttons, toggles, beads, pendants, crochet hooks, lucettes, braiding wheels.

Wild Haberdashery – Making artists charcoal from willow, birch tar /glue. Seasonally dependant.

Fibrecraft – Making natural cordage from plants, hand spinning local sheep fleece, braid making.

Free Flow Creating – Have at your disposal the whole of The Woodland Haberdasher’s knowledge, tools and materials to help you experiment and explore your creative side. From carving small sculptures in wood or chalk to dyeing your own yarn and weaving it to make a masterpiece, the only limit is your imagination.

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A lovely bundle of dyed fabrics went up to Scotland last week, briefly held up by a thorough border inspection but now safely in its new home 😆

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'Morph'

Approx. 6.5cm, made from broom (Cytisus scoparius). Dies not stand.

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Aside from the lovely spoons and wood block to add to the lignarian library I also managed these three from the same piece of Broom (Cytisus scoparius). I'm going to keep the left one, the middle one is going to be availabel at the exhibition and the right one is available now. I was going for a third figure but it sort of morphed into part person part bird which was rather fun . Now off to sand plates, I may be some time! ... See more

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Hand carved green wood work. Organized by tree species.

If you need more information or measurements just send me a pm :)

Still have quite a few spoons waiting to be finished so if you are after a special shape or wood then get it touch :)

Last updated 10/4/21- Broom!
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Celebrating birch course at Bradfield Woods | Suffolk Wildlife Trust

Crikey! Only one place left for the Birch workshop in June :o I've only just found out its online, sorry about that. Will probably run another one later in the year or early next year so never fear!

https://www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/events/2021-06-15-celebrating-birch-course-bradfield-woods
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Explore the wonderful world of the Silver Birch Tree. Learn all about the ecology, associated wildlife and many uses of this great tree.

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Look who has been prospecting for a flat in a very select neighbourhood . . . 😆

Only a month until Anglia Agroforestry Open Farm Weekend - perfect for having some a good leg stretch and some top notch lunch. https://wakelyns.co.uk/open/

My workshops at Wakelyns are now bookable through the green links at the bottom of the page --> https://wakelyns.co.uk/haberdashery/events/ :)
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This week - willow testing! Although there will be a record somewhere about what species the willows on the farm are, I haven't found it yet. Luckily they seem similar to willows I have used before - a bright green stem with very grippy bark that cannot be peeled off by hand and a more burgundy coloured one with very peelable bark that makes a nice pink dye. Obviously allowing for all sorts of variables I thought it best to have a play to make sure (and also to test for drawing charcoal, more tests later!). Sometimes willow can be suprising - looking at you S. babylonica - but pleased to report these two were about where I thought they would be :) Wooo willow 💟 ... See more

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Darn it all to heck 🙃 (and I used exactly those words 😆). At least the other 5 made it alright!

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Finished playing with yarn weight this week, have decided that by my standards, from L-R, they are Fine, Normal, Getting Chunky and Rather Chunky. Rather chunky is good for what, rug making? It is a bit like rope when plied🤣 Maybe I could lasso something? The single ply of RC was nice, about the same thickness as Fine. I like Normal and Fine although Fine took aaages at that size! everything still a bit lumpy but I'm getting there :)
In the next couple of weeks I am going to do a time trial I think - 1 hr each of hand plying twine, drop spinning and wheel spinning to see what the difference is in terms of yardage etc. You don't need to tell me I live my life in the fast lane!
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Haberdashery Willow Experiments

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