TurnAcre Ryeland Wool Products

29/04/2025

CHANGE OF OPENING TIMES 10th & 11th May.

Everyone at the museum is looking forward to welcoming Leeds Steampunk Market back for another of their very successful markets on the 10th & 11th May.

There will be the usual selection of amazing stalls selling a wide range of items and exciting activities including coffee jousting and the Birds of Prey flying display.

For this weekend of 10th & 11th May, only our opening times will be 11am - 5pm. The cafe will be open these times too, but selling a slightly reduced range of food. This will include sandwiches, cakes and hot and cold drinks. Due to the arrangement of the stalls it may be a bit difficult to see all the museum exhibits as clearly as normal but our volunteers will still be around to talk to you about the collections and help you make the most of your visit. The whole of the top floor will be accessible and so you will get the opportunity to see the progress we are making up there.

07/04/2025

This is a great opportunity to meet new like minded makers and use the fantastic facilities at The Making Mill and for free. I’m hoping to get there myself this month too.

Thanks to funding from CultureDale we are able to offer our April Sewing Cafe & Makers Meet for FREE to a limited number of you.
We hope to see lots of you there with your projects on 26th April!

Our Sewing Cafe & Makers meet is an opportunity for creative folk to meet and be creative in our cosy workshop. We invite all crafters to bring along their projects to swap ideas, learn new skills and make new friends along the way.

It's also the perfect place to pick up some mending skills, like how to take up trousers or patch a garment or pick resident seamstress Jinny's brains about some of your sewing projects you're stuck on.

Our sewing machines and haberdashery will be available to use. Snacks and beverages provided, everyone welcome. Come for as long or little as you like this session runs from 11am-2pm. Saturday 26th April.

Book your place at here:
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18/03/2025

10/11/2024

Another fab photo from yesterday’s spindle spinning workshop in Hebsden Bridge. Love this pic. Everyone was so happy to be learning this ancient craft.

10/11/2024

Yesterday I had the pleasure of teaching a drop spindle workshop at the fabulous in Hebden Bridge. We all had a great time and everyone went away with their own skeins of hand spun 2 ply yarn. If you’re interested in learning to spin on a wheel or spindle get in touch with me. I’ll be setting some dates for the new year soon.

29/10/2024

We are delighted to announce that the brand new exhibition in the Terry Sutton Gallery at Calderdale Industrial Museum will be a photographic exhibition featuring the work of David R Williams. It's title is "A 21st Century Look at Calderdale's Industrial Heritage - Changes in use of our historic workplaces". The exhibition opens on Thursday 31st October 2024, and runs until 2nd February 2025.
All are welcome. Admission Adults £7.50, Concessions £6, Children Free.
We are open every Saturday 10am to 4pm, and also open on Thursday 31st October for the Calderdale schools half term. Don't forget to visit our cafe and shop while you are here.
Find out more about visiting the museum at https://calderdaleindustrial.co.uk/

26/10/2024

How beautiful. Love Autumn colours.

25/10/2024

Lots of fun was had learning to hand spin with TurnAcre Ryeland Wool Products at The Making Mill 😃👏

Learning to hand spin can be such fun.

21/10/2024

Learning to hand spin can be such fun.

13/10/2024

A parliament of owls. We had great fun creating these fabulous birds at Hebden Bridge WI Rag Market on Saturday. Many thanks for organising such a fantastic event and with added workshops this time. Comments from the needle felting sessions I ran include “I can’t believe what we all achieved” “well thought through and fun” and “a fab teacher” Hope we can do it all again next time.

12/10/2024

Today is the day for the workshop. We’ll be making these cute owls using wool fibre from our family Ryeland and coloured Ryeland sheep from the Calder Valley. There’s still a few spaces so you can book on at the market today.

11/10/2024

Aren't these cute little owls wonderful?
If you would like to spend a mindful hour or so creating one for yourself then why not sign up to our Needlefelting with Julie Turner workshop at our Rag Market tomorrow? As we've had a bit of a glitch, tickets can't be purchased online but we do still have spaces available. You can book a place for both this and Mini Hand Embroideries with Saima Kaur tomorrow as you arrive at the Rag Market Town Hall venue. Just ask one of our WI volunteers who will direct you to our workshop organiser, Jane.

Profit from both our workshops and Rag Market goes to the Overgate Hospice Big Build.