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20/05/2026

One of the best things about crafting is getting immersed in the hands-on making process, and there are few ways to do that quite so completely as when sitting surrounded by a loom.

Jutta's setting up a new weaving project, working out how the warp needs to be arranged to begin the piece.

We're lucky to have a fair few looms, large and small, in our community textile space at The Old Print Works, so if you'd like to be weaving on a WIP Wednesday, you can learn how at Daily Thread.

18/05/2026

It has long been acknowledged that a tin promising sweet treats may well in fact contain crafting supplies, but if you're a fan of finding either, join us tomorrow from 6.30pm to 8.30pm at The Old Print Works for May's Social Stitch.

At April's, Zoe rummaged out the perfect shade of thread to fix the splitting stitching on a commercial knit, and our collective creativity was fuelled by a bake good or two.

Come along and get stuck in at Daily Thread's evening edition on the third Tuesday of every month.

13/05/2026

Midweek blues? Make them indi-go away this WIP Wednesday with look at these projects from jean genies, Elisabeth and Naomi.

The patchwork quilt had been on hiatus for a fair bit until its outing to The Old Print Works (we're good at getting UFOs back off the ground at Daily Thread). The cyanotype prints needed to be stitched together with more denim to cover the thrifted lampshade, and a craft group callout delivered the goods. That's one of the joys of community textiles: if you don't have something, there's a decent chance a co-maker (or our donated stash) will.

11/05/2026

It's the start of Mental Health Awareness Week, so here's a colourful rainbow of a comfort blanket dropping into your feed, via Naomi's hook.

You can't have this particular one in real life, because it's going to her friends' fresh new human, but you can come and make something cosy of your own with us tomorrow and every Tuesday at The Old Print Works.

This one is in waffle stitch, which is appropriate because we do a lot of both at Daily Thread, with the safe barrier of a project that could demand one's full attention at any moment, should social overwhelm ever hit. Other crafters tend to understand better that busy hands help not hinder concentration and conversation, too.

29/04/2026

My content collection rule during our weekly Daily Thread and monthly Social Stitch sessions at The Old Print Works is that it's only ever with the crafters' consent. Some things never appear here because they're too personal; others are delayed until the WIP is finished and gifted.

In this instance, my hesitation was from the fear that a watched French knot is often a 'not'. No matter how many of them you do, how proficient you are, their success seems entirely arbitrary. Claire allowed me to observe anxiously as the length of embroidery floss wriggled its way through the canvas.

Embrace the uncertainty of creativity with us at the next Social Stitch on May 19th, if evening making is your thing.

27/04/2026

A belated happy hundredth birthday for yesterday to Birmingham's famous number 11 bus route! Though it doesn't pass The Old Print Works on its journey around the UK's 'second city', the locally hand-dyed yarns inspired by it make regular stops at Daily Thread.

If a dose of creativity could be the daysaver you badly need, hop off here tomorrow (or another future Tuesday), and join our stitchy circle.

24/04/2026

The temari takeover is on a roll at Daily Thread. Jutta had experimented with the idea before, gathering tiny 'waste' fabric and yarn scraps from our community textile space at The Old Print Works to create the inner ball and decorating them, but seeing Elisabeth's traditional work inspired her to have a more technical try.

While we aren't a teaching space, a lot of participants are willing to share their skills, and a side-by-side sphere-wrapping and segmenting session resulted in the completed blue ball bouncing onto your feed this Finished Object Friday.

22/04/2026

This is one week's worth of WIP growth from the end of one Daily Thread session here at The Old Print Works to the next.

The window for warm weather knits always seems vanishingly small, and plant-based fibres aren't the easiest on my hands (they don't have the bounce and elasticity of wool), but a lacy kimono-style vintage cardigan would be welcome on any hot days we happen to have.

Slow-making is strange in that although it means having to think of the future, the process itself keeps you in the moment.

21/04/2026

At last week's Daily Thread, we got a sneak preview of the Swiss darning workshop Umamah's hosting here at The Old Print Works tomorrow from 11am to 1pm. At the time of typing, there are still a couple of spots up for grabs: https://tinyurl.com/yv9zj6ry

While our mending was visible to help us learn how the replacement yarn needs to travel to recreate the missing stitches, it's a technique that can be completely invisible with practice and the perfect yarn.

Don't forget we're here today as usual, too, from now until 4pm - and as it's the third Tuesday in April, we'll be back again at 6.30pm for this month's Social Stitch.

15/04/2026

A WIP Wednesday update on Ted's current piece, weaving his way from paint on paper to a more tactile, textural textile interpretation of vegetation reclaiming its place in the buit environment.

Grow your own shoots of creativity with us at The Old Print Works every Tuesday between 10am and 4pm.

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