Fantastic New Wool Workshops and Courses from World of Wool World of Wool are now offering a fantastic selection of workshops and courses in their factory shop! It's the ideal location to learn about felting, spinning and all things fibre as you have a fantastic view of the busy factory floor, and have access to a huge selection of products. Courses include: Beginners Handspinning Workshop The beginners Handspinning Workshop will take place on Wednesday 6 February 2013, at 9.30am - 4pm. Diane Fisher will be teaching a beginners handspinning workshop, working with British sheep breeds. You can choose from a variety of natural shades, or for a splash of colour, the dyed Shetland or Blue Faced Leicester ranges.The day will cover basic spinning techniques and plying - aiming to finish with one or more skeins of your own handspun yarn! All equipment will be provided, however if you have your own spinning wheel please bring it along. A few places are still left on this course which costs £35 per person including lunch. For more information visit: http://www.worldofwool.co.uk/workshops/beginners_handspinning_workshop. The Book Of British Wool The Book Of British Wool course is on Friday 1 March 2013, at 9.30am - 4pm. You will explore British wool types through felt and create a unique felted sample book. For historical reasons Britain has the widest range of sheep breeds and wool types of any country. In this workshop we will explore these various British wool types, learning about their history and development along the way. Our finished felt samples will be made into a British wool reference book to be treasured.