Upcoming Events Autumn 2019

October 30, 2019 Hanna Tuukkanen

Festive season is once again upon us. This is a busy time for the craft lovers as various festivities from Halloween to Diwali and most of all Christmas, will get our creativity going. The shortening days invite us to curl up on a sofa with a craft project and hot drink. Sounds like heaven to me and I reckon that there are many likeminded craft enthusiasts around who feel the same.

For someone who loves both crafts and Christmas, the preparations for the Festive Fairs are the highlight of my working year. The process starts in early spring with registrations and applications for the various events. I start making my products in early summer and keep going until the events are upon us. The actual fairs are just a pinnacle of long hours of crafting and other preparations, but they start the festivities and put me in the Christmas spirit. For this Autumn’s events I have made many lovely new products including nursery decorations, felting kits and always popular needle felted animal figurines. Come and have a look and say hello. You will find me in the following events:

Finnish and Scandinavian Christmas Market

The Finnish church organises its annual Christmas fair at the end of November and during the weekend it spreads onto Albion Street and merges with the Scandinavian Christmas market. I will have my table inside the Finnish church on Fri-Sun (22nd - 24th November). This is a very busy event so reserve plenty of time and patience to look around.

Finnish Church Christmas Fair 20th Nov - 24th Nov

www.lontoo.merimieskirkko.fi

33 Albion Street, London SE16 7HZ

The nearest tube stations are Bermondsey and Canada Water overgound station Rotherhithe

Opening hours:

Wednesday 20 November 12-20

Thursday 21 November 12-20

I take part on following days:

Friday 22 November 12-20

Saturday 23 November 10-19

Sunday 24 November 10-17

Scandinavian Market 22nd Nov - 24th Nov

www.scandimarket.co.uk

Opening hours:

Friday 22 November 12-19

Saturday 23 November 10-18

Sunday 24th November 10-17

Woodlands Farm Christmas Fair

A wonderful Christmas Fair in the Woodlands Farm with craft stalls, mulled wine and Father Christmas. Not to be missed, a great family day out.

Sunday 1st December 2019 11am-3pm

The Woodlands Farm Trust, 331 Shooters Hill, Welling DA16 3RP

www.thewoodlandsfarmtrust.org

Workshop Fun

September 26, 2018 Hanna Tuukkanen

There is a chill in the air to signify Summer is really over. With crispy mornings and evenings drawing in, it is time to find those knitting needles, balls of wool and other crafting accessories. The Festive Season is just around the corner, let the preparations begin!

Last Saturday we had our first workshop of this Autumn. A wonderfully talented group came together to make needle felted Autumn wreaths. It was a morning of great fun, colourful wool and busy felting needles. Many of them had no previous felting experience but you could never tell by looking at the end results! It was fascinating to follow how simple polystyrene rings turned into beautiful, individual pieces of Art. Our youngest participant was only eight years old. She worked under her Mum’s watchful eye, but very little supervision was needed as her needle control was already very impressive.

Southeast London Wool and Textile Festival

June 24, 2018 Hanna Tuukkanen

Saturday 30th June and Sunday 1st July 2018, 11am – 4pm

Woodlands Farm, Shooter’s Hill, London DA16 3RP

A celebration of the diversity of South East London, and the common thread of textiles, fabrics, fibres, yarns and sewing in our history and cultures.

Meet local designers and makers, learn a new skill at a craft workshops, buy unique and exclusive products and the materials to make your own, and visit the gallery to see textile art created by local school children and professional artists.

We can’t wait to welcome you to Woodlands Farm to help us celebrate the very first South East London Textiles Festival. There are lots of great workshops, talks, artwork and stalls for families to explore.

Bless This Mess London - Open Studio Weekend

May 26, 2018 Hanna Tuukkanen

It is time for our annual Open Studio Weekend. We open our doors to visitors on 9-10 June, 12-6pm. We are located in the Thames Side Studios which is the largest single-site studio provider in the UK. This is a unique opportunity to meet us and our fellow artists, makers and designers and talk about what we do. A possibility to buy beautiful handmade items and wool craft kits directly from the studio. Also our new workshop schedule for the autumn will be announced during the Open Studios. You will find us in unit 2 studio 55. Come and join us for this wonderful event!