Willow Weaving Workshop at the Yorkshire Craft Festival
Date/Time
Date(s) - 08/04/2026 - 10/04/2026
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location
York Parliament Street
Categories
What’s on Offer?
Willow Weaving Workshop
Create your own Willow Bird Feeder
Join us for a relaxed willow weaving workshop where you will be led through the creative process involved to turn this natural material into a beautiful rustic garden item. Learn how to weave a bird feeder for fat balls, which can be hung in your garden. This workshop is suitable for complete beginners, however willow weaving requires a reasonable level of hand strength and dexterity.
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Create your own Willow Dragonfly
Join us for a relaxed willow weaving workshop where you will be led through the creative process involved to turn this natural material into a beautiful rustic garden item. Learn how to weave a willow dragonfly that can be displayed on a stick, attached to a fence or suspended from a tree as if in mid-flight! This workshop is suitable for complete beginners, however willow weaving requires a reasonable level of hand strength and dexterity.
Age: 14+, under 18s must be accompanied by an adult
The papercraft workshops are run by L & S Crafts, based in York, a wife & husband team, Laura & Sam. Specialising in paper and natural crafts, with a focus on botanical and nature-inspired themes, they deliver workshops for individuals, community groups, festivals, and corporate events. Laura is a qualified and experienced teacher who really enjoys developing new workshops to pass on these skills to others. Sam is an amateur artist, a self-confessed dabbling sketcher, whose art is inspired by nature and the outdoors.
When and where are the workshops:
As part of the Yorkshire Craft Festival, these workshops will take place on Parliament Street in the heart of York, within the “Willow Weaving” pop-up marquee. The workshops will take place on the following dates/times:
10:00 – 11:30 Bird feeder Workshop
12:00 – 13:00 Dragonfly Workshop
14:00 – 15:30 Bird feeder Workshop
16:00 – 17:00 Dragonfly Workshop
Duration:
The Bird Feeder workshop will last approx. 1.5 hours
The Dragonfly Workshop will last approx. 1 hour
Costs:
The willow weaving workshop is £20 – You can take home your creation with you directly after the workshop.
Capacity:
The willow weaving workshop is suitable for 6 people at a time.
Fancy Booking?
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