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All Things Raffia  

Claire Richards has been working with raffia since the early 1990s when she was taught by a visiting Australian. 

Claire's mission is to make raffia craft accessible and fun through teaching, making and selling, and to help people create and buy beautiful, sustainable and vegan accessories and homeware.

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BlueBarn.Life www.bluebarn.life

Fast Fashion clothing (mass produced using cheap labour and poor quality, man-made textiles) is intended to be cheap and thrown away after a few weeks. It is bad for the planet. At BlueBarn.Life we believe in Slow Fashion. Our designs are timeless, often based on traditional workwear. They are loose so you can layer up to wear them through the seasons. We choose natural fibres and often make use of vintage textiles.  Our makers are based locally and are highly skilled. We hope you'll wear our clothes for years and years and that none will ever end up in landfill.​​​

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Harvard Farm www.harvardfarm.co.uk

Harvard Farm is an organic farm run according to regenerative principles. Their rare breed sheep such as Dorset Downs and Teeswaters alongside our Gotlands are used to restore soils and grasslands, and to promote biodiversity. The wool of all our fibre breeds is stunning and they seek to use it in as many ways as possible: they sell to crafters and spinners; get it spun into yarn to make garments and for knitting/crochet projects; make peg loom rugs; and they put the waste wool on our hedgerows and trees to protect from weeds and weather. 

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Hawkers Re-Creatives   www.hawkersfarm.org/hawkers-recreatives

A hub for sustainable sewing with an abundance of resources, Hawkers Barn hosts drop in mending and sewing sessions on Thursday mornings and the space can be booked for taster craft and sewing parties.  There is a permanent swap rail and the  Wear Me Out library of clothes as well as Second to None, a curated collection of natural fibre second hand clothes and much more.​

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Joanna Jacobs    @joannavictoriajacobs

Selling vintage clothes collected on her travels such as beautiful embroidered Mexican pieces.

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Joanne Rutter  @joannerutterceramics

​Joanne Rutter makes stoneware fired buttons individually cut from rolled sheets of slip decorated porcelain in her studio in Stour Row,

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Made by Jules   @madebyjulesindorset

A sustainable maker based in Sherborne Julie uses the ancient craft of wet felting to create an array of hand made items including; baby booties, buttons and bags. She is passionate about using materials sourced locally and is presently developing methods to use alpaca fibre from local, small scale producers which would otherwise be wasted.

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Purple Guava @purpleguava

Purple Guava creates eye catching upcycled clothing and accessories alongside handmade jewellery.

“Everything we do is centred around sustainable techniques and resources, seeing the potential in every discard and scrap.” Recent additions include crochet jumper designs and hand stitched Dorset button jewellery.

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Rails Farm www.railsfarm.com

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Second to None  www.hawkersfarm.org

A curated collection of natural fibre second hand clothing, with an emphasis on British makes and hand made items. You will also find bags and scarves in addition to alpaca and cashmere jumpers.

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Stour Lacemakers 

The Stour Lacemakers’ aim is to promote the craft of bobbin lacemaking and for their members to exchange ideas and further their skills in the craft. 

The Lacemakers meet on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month between 2-4pm at Manston Village Hall, all levels are welcome.​​

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Vintage Maid   www.facebook.com/VintageMaid

A stall full of stitchy wonders - vintage & reclaimed fabrics, lace, patterns, haberdashery & tools for making all sorts of things from reclaimed & re-purposed resources!

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Woolcraft with Wensleydale   www.juliadesch.com

Mixed wool supplies including; Washed Locks, Combed TOPS Single Roving, Worsted Spun Yarns, Designer Handknits and collector's items. The fibre is in uniquely graded natural shades: Silver/ Steel Grey/ Bitter Chocolate and Cream.

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