Eden Wool Gathering

28/02/2026

Bowmont merino, wool neps, loose bamboo and silk laps...all went through the classic carder like a breeze😀 I highly recommend you get one!

28/02/2026

I am highly delighted to be taking part in The Eden Wool Gathering again this year! Last years event, the first one, was wonderful. There was so much lovely fleece and fibery stuff to see and buy and other beautifully crafted non fibre yet wool related work too. The standard of craftsmanship was excellent. Fellow stallholders, volunteers and organisers were a really friendly bunch of folk to hang out. I felt so at home 🥰, and, despite it being a busy event, the atmosphere was really laid back.
I had great time and thoroughly enjoyed myself!
I am so glad Wendy, Eden Textile Studios is going for it again and with even more fluff and stuff! 😃1st & 2nd August, Whithorn.
With lots of kindred wool lovers to hang out with, crafts, artwork sheep, alpaca's, great food, music, waulking, beer...and much more on the menu for this year's event, I am sooh looking forward to being there, and, inspired by the anticipation, I'm beavering away blending batts, trying out different fibre combinations and making some experimental handspun yarns...to be seen later...if they work🤣

Bowmont merino, wool neps, loose bamboo and silk laps...all went through the classic carder like a breeze😀 I highly recommend you get one!

23/02/2026

Before the gathering I decided to treat myself to an Ashford e-Spinner.

I’ll be honest — I didn’t expect to like it as much as I do. I’ve always preferred a traditional wheel, but this has completely won me over. It’s smooth, steady, and just makes spinning feel effortless.

No regrets at all.

21/02/2026

It was feeling more like Spring this morning. We are all looking forward to the Eden Wool Gathering : planning meetings already going ahead!

21/02/2026

Eden Textiles and Galloway forest fibre .

❄️ Winter Fibre Retreats in Galloway ❄️

Spinning, Wool Prep, Felting & Varafeldur Weaving — Private Tuition in Your Own Holiday Cottage

Escape to the winter tranquillity of Galloway, where your group can enjoy a fully immersive fibre experience in the comfort of your own holiday accommodation. Choose from our curated list of cosy winter cottages and have a visiting fibre artist deliver weekend or full-week tuition directly to your home.

No classrooms. No strangers. Just you, your group, and wooly creativity

🐑 Workshop Highlights

Spinning & Wool Preparation
• Skirting, sorting, and washing raw fleece
• Carding, blending, and prepping fibres
• Spinning on wheel or spindle
• Plying and finishing your own yarn

Felting
• Wet felting for functional and sculptural pieces
• Surface textures, layering, and design
• Working with natural fleece

Varafeldur Weaving
• Icelandic long-pile weaving techniques
• Warp preparation and setup
• Textured wall hangings or panels
• Working with locks and fleece

All tuition is tailored to your group’s level — beginner to advanced.

📅 Retreat Options

Weekend (2–3 days) – Focus on selected skills or small projects.
Full Week (5 days) – Deep dive into spinning, wool prep, felting, and varafeldur weaving, with open studio time.

🌿 Why Winter in Galloway?
• Cozy cottages with log burners
• Quiet rural roads and wild winter landscapes
• Sheep in the fields — inspiration at every turn
• Time to slow down, craft, and immerse yourself fully

20/02/2026

Welcome to OmeTeotl!

We are Mat and Stacey and this is our family run business bringing you the best cacao and ClariTea from the Ecuadorian Amazon, and handwoven shawls and ponchos from Oaxaca, Mexico.

We moved to Galloway from Central America four years ago but have kept close ties with the Indigenous Kichwa communities of Ecuador and the Cooperative de Tejidos de Mujeres de Mitla (CTMM), both of whom we have worked with for many years.

Our mission is to support these communities by providing an income that conserves their way of life and also brings benefit to people in the UK who value high quality handmade products.

Our cacao and ClariTea are wild harvested from traditional ‘chakras amazónicas’, an ancient non-invasive agroforestry system that sustainably manages diverse crops, trees and medicinal plants within intact rainforest. This traditional practice enhances food security, biodiversity and resilience against climate change.

We utilise the wild ceremonial cacao to mak

20/02/2026

19/02/2026

KINGDOM OF CRAFT. local based bespoke wood turner. Will be supplying peg looms from 2 foot to 4 foot, drop spindles, top and bottom whorls, various sizes, weights and woods. Nostepinnes , deaglans and other wool related wooden hand made items.

19/02/2026

Hi I'm Beth, I'll be bringing SOW Blooms and Brews to the Eden Wool Gathering again this year! 💐☕
We're delighted to be heading back to Whithorn and to this fabulous event in aid of the Stranraer Cancer Drop-In Centre and all things wooly!
Pop by and see us in our new trailer and pick up some bonnie blooms, a brew and some delicious home baking!
Exclusively for the Wool Gathering we will also be selling dye plants again this year, including Madder, Woad, Weld, Japanese Indigo and more!
See you all in August for a wooly good time! 🐑💐☕

Beth x

19/02/2026

🎉 Eden Wool Gathering Giveaway! 🎉

To celebrate, we’re giving away a beautiful hand-felted collar 🐑✨

How to enter:
✔️ Share the Eden Wool Gathering page
✔️ Like this post
✔️ Comment “DONE” below

Entries close at 6pm on Sunday 8th March 2026.
The winner will be chosen at random and announced on our page shortly after.

Eligibility:
Open to UK residents aged 18+.

Prize:
One handcrafted felted collar in the winner’s chosen colour.
The prize will be made and sent out shortly after the winner is announced.

This giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by Facebook.

All proceeds from Eden Wool Gathering support Stranraer Cancer Drop-In Centre and the Whithorn Trust 💛

Good luck everyone — and please share!

19/02/2026

, I am very excited about Eden Wool Gathering! Its wonderful to have a proper woolly goings on do in Wigtownshire...at last! About me...I'm Roz Plant a.k.a Spinessthezia, I am a textile artist/ maker who makes batts from natural raw sheep and alpaca fleece. I dye fleece, process, card and blend them with a range of plant fibres which I also hand dye. I spin yarns, artyarns and make one off items I.e net shawls, loom knitted cowls, hats and crocheted items. I also do batik artworks, clothes and accessories and make textile based jewelry ...but my real passion is FIBRE! I love blending different fibres into batts ❤️ and talking 'fleece n fibre' with anyone who will listen 🤣 I landed in Wigtownshire in 1989, so Eden Wool Gathering feels like a sort of homecoming to me. I now live in Castle Douglas and do my stuff in a very cramped yet cosy fleece lined workshop at home. Looking forward to meeting fellow fibre fans! Thank you for reading. Roz 🙂

19/02/2026