Join us at Calverley Old Hall Community Space to try something new in this full day workshop. Led by rag rugging tutor, Kim, from Darn It! Workshops, come along to join like-minded people to learn new skills, or develop your existing skills.

In this beginner friendly session you'll learn two versatile rag rug techniques which you will use to make a piece of wall art, homewares, a brooch or more. Kim will guide you through the techniques, advise you on your final piece design and support you throughout this friendly, sociable session.

Rag rugging is a technique traditionally used to turn rags into textural rugs. It is eco-friendly, often using recycled or re-used fabrics, whilst producing wonderful, colourful final pieces which can bring joy to your home.

As rag rugging can take some time to complete you may not finish your piece during the session (but if you opt to do a brooch you will do) but you will leave with the tools and skills to be able to complete it at home. There will be a wide range of fabric scraps, recycled materials, colourful rope, buttons and other things to choose from to make your own unique piece.

What to expect on the day 

All equipment and materials will be provided.

Tea/coffee will be available, but all participants should bring their own packed lunch.

There are no food heating facilities, but there is a fridge to store your packed lunch in beforehand. 

This workshop is for adults aged 18+. 

Student/Low income/NHS worker discount

In order to make this workshop as accessible as possible for all, we are offering a £5 discount on the ticket price for students, people on low income or income support and NHS workers. Please use the code DISCOUNT5 in the promo codes field on Eventbrite when booking your ticket. Unfortunately we are only able to offer this discount on a limited number of tickets. If the code is rejected on Eventbrite, or you can’t add more tickets using the code, it is because we have reached our limit on discounted tickets and only full price tickets are available. 

Getting here 

There is no parking on site, the building is in the centre of Calverley, on Woodhall Road, so we encourage visitors to use Leeds and Bradford’s excellent public transport to travel to the event. Please check local travel information for full details. 

If you need to drive, there is ample on street parking in the surrounding area. Please park considerately for our neighbours. 

The address is: Calverley Old Hall Community Space, Woodhall Road, Calverley, LS28 5NL. 

What3Words: ///police.hunt.moons. Full information and meeting location is provided with your booking confirmation. 

Accessibility 

Calverley Old Hall Community Space has been designed to be as accessible as possible, however it is still a historic building with restrictions. There is level access to the main front door, the pathway from the road is a combination of gravel and paving slabs. In the Community Space there is level access throughout, with a small 2cm metal ridge across the threshold of the external doorway. 

Please consult our Access Guide for further information about access in the Community Space. 

We do all we can to enable access wherever possible; please let us know of any access requirements at the time of booking. If you have any access concerns that you’d like to discuss before booking, please contact us via email here.

Thanks to National Lottery Players, and the National Lottery Heritage Fund, who have made this restoration and this event possible.