WOOL: A MERL LATE

About this event

JOIN US FOR A LIVELY EVENING OF DRINKS, LIVE MUSIC, ACTIVITIES AND TALKS ON THE THEME OF WOOL!

Book in advance via Eventbrite or buy on the door (subject to availability)
£4 in advance (£3 students and concessions) / £5 (£3.75) on the door
Please note this event is suitable for ages 18+ only

LIVE MUSIC FROM AMBER & THE PROFESSORS  – COCKTAILS BY MILK READING – SILENT DISCO

• ‘Wear your wool’ – check your labels and see how high you can go with your % wool content!
• ‘Cheese & Yarn’ tasting by The Grumpy Goat and Felicity Ford
• Learn to knit with the Mewes Knitters & see their creations in our Shepherd’s Hut
• Discover wool-related archives & objects from our collections
• A Woolly Wedding display by Felicity Ford
• Try wool crafts – make a felted ball and have a go with a drop spindle
• Craft demonstration by the Berkshire Guild of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers
• Wool-themed gallery trail – win a £10 MERL shop voucher!
• Explore sheep and shepherding collections with our Object Handling volunteers
• Meet jelly artists Suzanne Stallard and Emma Bradbury to learn about designing using wool

More MERL Lates

15th March – Dig it!
19th April – Digital Takeover II