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From pottery classes for children to glass-blowing lessons for grown-ups, in the Lake District you can really get to grips with a host of crafts. You can learn how to carve wood and engrave stone, work with paper and try your hand at weaving yarn out of wool.
 

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  1. Nature & Botanics in Lino Cut with Sue Rowland at Quirky Workshops
    Nature & Botanics in Lino Cut with Sue Rowland at Quirky Workshops

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    Quirky Workshops at Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0UT

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    017684 83984

    annie@quirkyworkshops.co.uk

    Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith

    Since July 2020 our lovely, listed & spacious 'Covid-secure' new teaching studio, the 'Swallow Barn' has been up and running, & enjoying consistently excellent feedback. Please see our own website for all details. This promises to be an exciting…

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  2. 'Applique & Stitch' Discovering Machine Embroidery at Quirky Workshop
    'Applique & Stitch' Discovering Machine Embroidery at Quirky Workshop
    'Applique & Stitch' Discovering Machine Embroidery at Quirky Workshop

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    Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0UT

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    017684 83984

    annie@quirkyworkshops.co.uk

    Greystoke, Penrith

    Freehand machine embroidery is among the favourite of techniques in the crafting world, it's easy, quick, effective and produces a great range of results, learning all the basic skills you need to use freehand machine embroidery.

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  3. Introduction to Photography ~ One day Beginners' workshop with Danielle Ledbury
    Introduction to Photography ~ One day Beginners' workshop with Danielle Ledbury

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    Quirky Workshops at Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0UT

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    +441768483984

    annie@quirkyworkshops.co.uk

    Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith

    One day Beginners' workshop ~ Learn essential knowledge and practical skills to improve your photography with Danielle Ledbury.

    This is a one day beginner's course that gives you the opportunity to learn in a fun practical way, it is a mixture of…

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  4. Make Textured Planters in Porcelain with Gwen Bainbridge at Quirky Workshops
    Make Textured Planters in Porcelain with Gwen Bainbridge at Quirky Workshops

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    Quirky Workshops at Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0UT

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    017684 83984

    annie@quirkyworkshops.co.uk

    Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith

    Make a textured Plant Pot in Porcelain with Gwen Bainbridge

    A day with this talented ceramics artist to create a unique piece for your favourite pot plant, of approx 5 inches across, but which would look equally effective as a statement in its own…

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  5. Blacksmith For a Day - Two Sculptural Garden Flowers
    Blacksmith For a Day - Two Sculptural Garden Flowers

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    Quirky Workshops at Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0UT

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    +441768483984

    annie@quirkyworkshops.co.uk

    Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith

    Be an artist Blacksmith for a Day with Adrian Woods - making two Sculptural Garden Flowers.

    Take Artist Blacksmith Adrian Wood arriving with his apprentice Andy from Cleveland equipped with 4 portable blacksmith furnaces, anvils and many tools…

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  6. Blacksmith For a Day - Two Sculptural Garden Flowers
    Blacksmith For a Day - Two Sculptural Garden Flowers

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    Quirky Workshops at Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0UT

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    +441768483984

    annie@quirkyworkshops.co.uk

    Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith

    Be an artist Blacksmith for a Day with Adrian Woods - making two Sculptural Garden Flowers.

    Take Artist Blacksmith Adrian Wood arriving with his apprentice Andy from Cleveland equipped with 4 portable blacksmith furnaces, anvils and many tools…

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  7. Needle Felted Cushions ~ Herdwicks
    Needle Felted Cushions ~ Herdwicks

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    Quirky Workshops at Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0UT

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    +441768483984

    annie@quirkyworkshops.co.uk

    Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith

    A day with Richard & Annis creating your own Needle felt Herdwick Cushion top

    Create your own unique and characterful needle felted Herdwick cushion top using quality Herdwick wools and other blends from local Cumbrian flocks!

    Richard and Annis…

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  8. A day discovering Raku
    A day discovering Raku
    Firing pottery In The Raku Style with Dave Norman at Quirky Workshops

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    Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0UT

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    017684 83984

    annie@quirkyworkshops.co.uk

    Greystoke, Penrith

    Come and enjoy a day experimenting in this ancient Japanese technique of glazing and firing pottery, using heat, sawdust, fire and smoky bins!

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  9. 'Drawing from Life'' day with David Cemmick
    'Drawing from Life'' day with David Cemmick

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    Quirky Workshops at Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0UT

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    +441768483984

    annie@quirkyworkshops.co.uk

    Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith

    "To draw well, we must first learn to see well" . . . Observational Drawing Day with David Cemmick

    Wildlife artist David Cemmick has drawn from life all over the world. Be it animals on the move or an animal skull in the studio, but we must all…

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  10. Drawing from Life
    Drawing from Life

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    Quirky Workshops at Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0UT

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    +441768483984

    annie@quirkyworkshops.co.uk

    Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith

    "To draw well, we must first learn to see well" . . . Observational Drawing Day with David Cemmick

    Wildlife artist David Cemmick has drawn from life all over the world. Be it animals on the move or an animal skull in the studio, but we must all…

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  11. Pizza Oven Building 1 day course
    Pizza Oven Building 1 day course
    Build a Cob Pizza Oven - 1 day course at Quirky Workshops

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    Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0UT

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    017684 83984

    annie@quikryworkshops.co.uk

    Greystoke, Penrith

    Over this busy one day course you will together build a cob pizza oven and so take home the knowledge to recreate your very own outdoor pizza oven (and huge source of warmth) in your own garden.

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  12. Beginners' Calligraphy Day course with Gillian Hazeldine
    Beginners' Calligraphy Day course with Gillian Hazeldine

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    Quirky Workshops at Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0UT

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    +441768483984

    annie@quirkyworkshops.co.uk

    Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith

    Beginners' Calligraphy Day with Gillian Hazeldine

    Come and spend a day beginning to learn art of calligraphy, literally 'beautiful writing'. Contemporary calligraphy is based on the writing of scribes working from the 5th century AD right up to the…

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  13. Beginners Calligraphy
    Beginners Calligraphy

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    Quirky Workshops at Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0UT

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    017684 83984

    annie@quirkyworkshops.co.uk

    Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith

    Beginners' Calligraphy Day with Gillian Hazeldine

    Come and spend a day beginning to learn art of calligraphy, literally 'beautiful writing'. Contemporary calligraphy is based on the writing of scribes working from the 5th century AD right up to the…

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  14. Intro to Silver Clay Jewellery with Jo Dix
    Intro to Silver Clay Jewellery with Jo Dix
    Intro to Silver Clay Jewellery with Jo Dix at Quirky Workshops

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    Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0UT

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    017684 83984

    annie@quirkyworkshops.co.uk

    Greystoke, Penrith

    Design and make your own bespoke beautiful jewellery in a day. You can even bring along a small personal treasure to copy and make into a stunning personalised piece.

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  15. Weave yourself a Rush Bag with Rachel Frost
    Weave yourself a Rush Bag with Rachel Frost

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    Quirky Workshops at Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0UT

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    017684 83984

    annie@quirkyworkshops.co.uk

    Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith

    This is a wonderful opportunity to make your own personal woven rush bag in a day, using the native common bulrush (Scirpus Lacustris). working on wooden blocks, you will learn how to weave this wonderfully supple material using techniques common to…

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  16. Weave yourself a Rush Bag with Rachel Frost
    Weave yourself a Rush Bag with Rachel Frost

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    Quirky Workshops at Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0UT

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    +441768483984

    annie@quirkyworkshops.co.uk

    Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith

    Weave your very own bespoke rush bag with Rachel Frost

    This is a wonderful opportunity to make your own personal woven rush bag in a day, using the native common bulrush (Scirpus Lacustris). working on wooden blocks, you will learn how to weave…

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  17. Traditional English Longbow Making
    Traditional English Longbow Making
    Traditional English Longbow Making 2 day course at Quirky Workshops

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    Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0UT

    Telephone

    017684 83984

    annie@quirkyworkshops.co.uk

    Greystoke, Penrith

    During this course you will be making a traditional English longbow out of a single piece of Ash.
    Nothing is laminated or glued.

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  18. Block Pattern Cutting ~ Bodice, Trousers & more
    Block Pattern Cutting ~ Bodice, Trousers & more
    Block Pattern Cutting ~ Bodice, Trousers & more at Quirky Workshops

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    Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0UT

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    017684 83984

    annie@quirkyworkshops.co.uk

    Greystoke, Penrith

    An introduction to Pattern Cutting with Dr Maggi Toner-Edgar.

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  19. Hand Stitched Leather Bag in a Day with Ruth Pullan at Quirky Workshops
    Hand Stitched Leather Bag in a Day with Ruth Pullan at Quirky Workshops

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    Quirky Workshops at Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0UT

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    017684 83984

    annie@quirkyworkshops.co.uk

    Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith

    This workshop will give you the basic skills needed for leather work and at the same time you will make yourself a lovely bag using pre cut leather panels carefully prepared by Ruth. There will also be an option to dye the panels various colours…

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  20. Relief Carving in Hardwood
    Relief Carving in Hardwood

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    Quirky Workshops at Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden & Barns, Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith, Cumbria, CA11 0UT

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    017684 83984

    annie@quirkyworkshops.co.uk

    Greystoke Craft Garden, Greystoke, Penrith

    Join Alister Neville, learn & carve a design for a decorative plaque, bowl or house sign.

    Arriving in a large van weighed down with 3 workbenches Alister brings a full set of wood carving tools for each student, plenty of resources and pieces of…

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