Join Make & Share Sessions in Ravensthorpe

A display of knitted flowers and insects in bright colours

Ravensthorpe communities are getting ready for WOVEN 2025 by creating a giant textile / knitted floral display for…

Call for Community Partners and Stitch Enthusiasts!

Two people sitting next to an embroidered red dress

Join us for WOVEN in Kirklees — a month-long celebration of textiles this June! This year, we’re thrilled…

Bringing the Community Together with Beautiful, Bold and Brilliant Bunting!

Bunting decorating a gazebo

Unite, Respect, Connect and HD5 Community Hub have a super-sized mission for this year’s WOVEN Festival – to…

WOVEN 2025 Secures Arts Council England Funding

A group of three people smiling and standing in from of dyed textiles drying on a washing line outside

We are pleased to announce WOVEN has secured funding from Arts Council England (ACE) to enhance community activity…

WOVEN Consultation Events and Survey

Have you seen the WOVEN and Thread Republic team out and about spreading some festive cheer? Are you…

Tell us what you thought about WOVEN 2023

On 9 July, the WOVEN 2023 festival came to a close after a five-week celebration of the rich…

Do you wear a uniform? STRUT needs you!

Are you proud of wearing a uniform? Are you part of a local sports team or club? Do…

WOVEN 2023 Fundraising Opportunity

WOVEN logo in purple

We’re looking for a freelance fundraiser who can work with us to develop a fundraising strategy and write …

The Shoddy Factory – January workshops in Dewsbury

A graphic collage pattern in blues, reds and pinks with text of The Shoddy Factory

What is the Shoddy Factory? Come along to a FREE friendly and creative workshop to celebrate the past,…

Tell us what you thought about WOVEN 2021

Front of Huddersfield Train Station in the background showing the knitted rainbow decoration on the pillars with a statue in the foreground wearing a knitted WOVEN2021 scarf

We’d love to hear what you thought about WOVEN in 2021 so that we can start to build…