25th - 27th November 2022
Our Christmas Market is back, but with a twist. We’re moving to the beautiful 1912 Mill for this year’s Market, to make room for more brilliant ceramics, jewellery, prints, homeware, original artwork and more! Expect over 50 local Artists and Makers a day, a children’s play space, print workshops, mulled wine and lots of Christmas spirit. We’re dog friendly too!
10-4pm each day.
Each day, more than 50 local makers and artists will fill the first floor of our iconic 1912 Mill with hand crafted jewellery, ceramics, textiles, prints, homeware, cards and more. It’s a day out for the whole family. There’s a children’s sensory play area and children’s craft activities, and you can pop into the Arctic Café for mulled wine and homemade cake.
Our workshops are great fun! You can weave your own Christmas baubles with Agnis in the Weaving Shed or join our Natural Dyeing workshop in the Spinning Mill Studio. Book now via our website. You can also pop in and chat to some of our artists who will have original work on sale. In the Twisting you can visit Nel Whatmore, Bronte Adam, Jo Woffinden, Jaynie Batty and Eilidh Gilmour; and in the Spinning Mill Studio Mel Davies (Sat/Sun), Penny Pendle Hayes and Maya Stigner.
Elsewhere, the inspiring Art Makers from Henshaws Arts & Craft Centre in Knaresborough are exhibiting in the Art Gallery. The .artmaker exhibition showcases the artists’ incredible talents and will fill the Gallery with colour and fun. Henshaws supports people living with a range of disabilities to discover their talents, helping them to develop a creative practice and realise their full potential.
On Saturday our textile Archive will be open for guided tours as usual and includes a children’s activity area and mill office, with an Archive trail and hidden sheep to find! Book now via our website.
We’ve also a special guest appearance by Commoners Choir at 2pm on Saturday. They’ll be singing irreverent Christmas carols that you may well have sung yourself in the playground, inside the 1912 Mill. Join us for some naughty carolling fun!
Many of the Mill’s independent businesses will also be open over our festive weekend. You can visit The Art Rooms and Just Lovett Designs in Red Lane Mill, The Emma White Jewellery Studio in the Twisting, Ewe Neek/ Lili of the Valley and Pampas & Bloom in the Mending Rooms, Mill Creations School of Sew, SCRAP (Fri/ Sat) and Arlington Interiors in the Spinning Mill, Beckett & Beckett in the Festoon Rooms as well as our food and drink outlets – Amity (Fri from 1pm; Sat/Sun from 12pm), Botanic Request, Farsley Fire & Smoke (pop up outside the 1912 Mill), Grumpy’s, Mill Kitchen, and Saint Jude.
There’s something for the whole family.
Entry to the Market is £2 (under 12s free).
NO PRE BOOKING REQUIRED
Free Parking
Please note – the venue in on the first floor, so is accessible via one flight of stairs or a lift. We will have attendants on hand to offer assistance. If you have any queries, please email [email protected].
THINGS TO SEE & DO
FRIDAY STALLHOLDERS
SATURDAY STALLHOLDERS
SUNDAY STALLHOLDERS
AROUND THE MILL
Some of our Artists’ Studios will be open over the weekend. In the Twisting, visit Nel Whatmore, Bronte Adam, Jo Woffinden, Jaynie Batty and Eilidh Gilmour; and in the Spinning Mill Studio Mel Davies (Sat/Sun), Penny Pendle Hayes and Maya Stigner.
Visit .artmaker, a new exhibition in the Gallery showcasing the incredible talents of Henshaws’ artists. Henshaws supports people living with a range of disabilities to discover their talents, helping them to develop a creative practice and realise their full potential.
On Saturday our textile Archive will be open for guided tours as usual and includes a children’s activity area and mill office, with an Archive trail and hidden sheep to find!
Many of the Mill’s independent businesses will also be open over our festive weekend. You can visit The Art Rooms and Just Lovett Designs in Red Lane Mill, Ewe Neek and Pampas & Bloom in the Mending Rooms, and School of Sew and SCRAP (Fri/ Sat) in the Spinning Mill, as well as our food and drink outlets – Amity, Botanic Request, Farsley Fire & Smoke, Grumpy’s, Mill Kitchen, and Saint Jude.
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![We're thrilled to welcome author and maker Nerrisa Pratt (@theeditbynerrisa) to the Mills during Threads 2024 to run a pair of exciting workshops in the Weaving Shed!
Join Nerrisa on the Friday of Threads for an introduction to Bargello, where you will leave with your own colourful needlepoint bag. This session will be based on her most popular book project ‘The Barbara bag’.
If you're keen to incorporate a bit of quilting into your future textile projects, book onto Nerrisa's Saturday morning English Paper Piecing workshop, and begin to create your own cushion cover.
Both of these workshops are between £25 & £30 and are suitable for ages 14+.
Threads Textile Festival runs from Friday 7th to Sunday 9th June. Book your talk & workshop tickets now via the link in our bio!
[Image 1 shows Nerrisa, a young woman with brown tight curly hair wearing a red top, smiling as she works on a piece of patterned bargello needlepoint at a plywood desk. There are balls of yarn and other examples of bargello positioned on the desk to the left of the frame. Image 2 shows the Weaving Shed at Sunny Bank Mills. The space is an old industrial room with high ceilings containing large skylight letting in lots of natural light, and red brick walls. In the foreground is an old wooden dobby loom, and further in the background is a pair of large wooden tables with stools tucked underneath, which are used for workshops. Image 3 shows a variety of colourful bargello needlework samples in various chevron patterns. They have been stitched with bright thread in shades of orange, pink, purple, yellow and blue, and are laid out on top of a sheet of raw plywood. Image 4 shows sections of brightly coloured patterned fabric laid out on a lilac background, which have been cut into hexagon shapes and sewn together, beginning to resemble a quilt. There is a small bobbin of bright red thread in the centre of the image.]
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