Bobbin Lace - An Introduction - Stapleford Library - Adult Learning
Schedule
Thu Aug 01 2024 at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Stapleford Library | Nottingham, EN
About this Event
Key details
- Date: 1 August 2024
- Time: 10am - 12pm
- Venue: Stapleford Library and Learning Centre, Nottingham
- For ages: 19+
- Group size: 5 - 12
- Cost: Free
Within this taster session you will start your story into Bobbin Lace Making, a heritage craft with rich and long history; dating from the 1500’s. Within the session you will gain experience of the equipment and have a go at Bobbin Lace Making.
Over the course learners will be introduced to the equipment in bobbin lace. You will get brief look at the history of bobbin lace and some of the styles that are found in the UK and the world,
What will learners achieve by the end of the course?
- Develop/improve their eye and hand coordination
- Develop/Use counting skills & measuring – Be able to measure requirements of cord for a project
- Analyse the benefits of creative activities to improved mental health
- Have understanding of equipment, and be able to identify elements of equipment.
- Demonstrate how to wind bobbins and create slip loop.
- Have the understanding of the basic Bobbin Lace Stitches
Equipment can be used in class from the tutor, but if learners have lacemaking equipment, please bring it along
If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course please visit our webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/
To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:
- Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
- Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.
You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.
To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.
Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).
As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas:
- Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield
- Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
- Greater London
- Greater Manchester
- Liverpool City Region
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland
- Tees Valley
- West of England
- West Midlands
- West Yorkshire
Check the FAQs page, or get in touch:
- By phone: 01623 677 200
- By email: [email protected]
Visit the Inspire website for full details and booking options
Where is it happening?
Stapleford Library, Church Street, Nottingham, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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