A Weekend of Colour – Devon Weavers Workshop – 10-11 May 2025

About this course:

Led by dye expert Debbie Tomkies, this weekend workshop covers a wide range of techniques with plenty to entertain and inspire more experienced dyers as well as complete beginners. On day one we’ll be working with cellulose yarns. Day two will focus on protein-fibre yarns.

Each day begins with making samples to develop skills in immersion dyeing, hue/saturation and colour blending. Each participant takes home sample cards with recipes and samples of all the colours produced. The day then moves onto practising a range of dyeing techniques. I usually cover dip-dyeing, hand-painting, simple self-striping, low-water immersion.

Participants are encouraged to bring along pictures, colour swatches and other items to explore colour-matching and creating colour schemes.

Course Costs: £250.00

For more information and to book your place, please visit the Devon Weavers Workshop website.

About your tutor:

Debbie has been a hand-dyer for over 25 years and teaching hand-dyeing for over 12 years so you’ll be in good hands!

Debbie has designed yarn collections for a number of companies and for many years ran monthly fibre and sock clubs, producing hand-dyed yarns and fibres to her own unique colourways. She has been a tutor on the Association of Guilds of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers Summer Schools and has produced workshops for the Online Guild.

Debbie is the author of four knitting books: Hand-dyed Yarn Craft Projects, How to Knit (with 27 online videos), Knitting – Learn it.Love it. and 250 Knitting Stitches.

Debbie says…

“I love teaching workshops and courses – part of the pleasure of doing something I love for a living is in knowing that other people have shared my passion and enthusiasm, learned something new, had lots of fun and generally had a good time! Teaching is a learning process for the tutor as much as for the students so I like to keep a comments book for feedback. Here are some of my favourite excerpts…

What our students say:

‘What a wonderful hand dyeing course. Really supportive, patient and ready answers. Cannot wait to get home and try it out for myself. One of the best training sessions I have been on if not the best’.

‘Fantastic time, well worth the visit. Debbie was a fabulous person – her knowledge and information was second to none. Thank you! ‘ Janet

‘Loved this workshop. Thanks for your patience and your calm and relaxed style was great. Looking forward to trying out some of these techniques!’ Jo

‘Great fun, great class size, Debbie on hand to help whenever I got stuck. Liked the pace and felt very at ease. I am so pleased at learning these techniques! Thank you!’ Rose x

Any questions?

If you need any information about this course, please don’t hesitate to get in touch by email or phone.