Kilgrimol Crafts
Led by local living history specialist Heather Brewster, this group explores and learn heritage craft skills from a variety of historical periods, many of which are on the Heritage Crafts’ Red List of Endangered Crafts.
Kilgrimol is all about increasing confidence by learning specialist skills and connecting with other people through a shared interest in Heritage.
In the spirit of The Red List of Endangered Crafts, we shine a light on some of the heritage craft practices that are in danger of vanishing in the North West. By introducing or welcoming back an old friend Heather hopes to inspire the community to think about these crafts and how much they mean for creativity and wellbeing.
Kilgrimol often welcomes guest heritage craft expert facilitators, who help to bring to life traditional crafts from the North West; demonstrating the slowly vanishing skills that went into producing our clothing using natural materials.
The Crafts
Crafts that we have explored include;
- Drop Spindle and Nalbinding
- Bast Fibres-The Humble Nettle
- Natural Dyes
- Tablet Weave and mini looms
- Wet Felting
- Leatherworking
- Coiled Straw Basket Making
- Straw Hat Plaiting
- Pigment Making
- Block Printing
Kilgrimol Kids
Heather also runs special young people’s sessions which include:
- Storytelling: Viking tales with her puppet friends.
- Exploring the different ways we can use natural materials to produce clothing using traditional craft skills.
How do I join?
Kilgrimol Crafts sessions take place once a month, take a look at our What’s On page to see what’s coming up.
Kilgrimol Crafts was originally supported by Know Your Neighbourhood funding from Historic England, and is now fully self-sustained.
Date:
9 April 2025