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Skye Textile Experience 2026
8-17 April 2026: Textile tour with workshops, talks, visits and stories all about textile and fibre art & crafts on the Isle of Skye
This 10-day creative experience combines a series of workshops with local makers, talks and tours of textile studios, with exploring the island and learning about its history and heritage.
With its wealth of long established as well as new enterprises the Isle of Skye, the largest of the Inner Hebrides, has grown into a textile destination buzzing with creativity.
This unique textile adventure includes:
> Full-day weaving workshop using hand-dyed wool/silk yarn at Skye Silks
> Half day at a croft including croft tour (meet the sheep!) and spinning demonstration
> Full day workshop at The Handspinner Having Fun – felting and peg loom weaving
> Half-day Plant fibre art workshop with Caroline Dear
> Dorset Button making workshop with TJ Frog
> Talk at Skye Textile Mill
> Gaelic history session with local expert Coinneach Maclean
> Private viewing of the Skye Story
> Visits to Skye Skyns, Skye Weavers, Shilasdair Yarns
> Visits to Armadale Castle, Dunvegan Castle and a whisky distillery
> Touring different parts of the island>
and for your comfort:
> 9 overnight stays at tasteful, high quality accommodation in Portree
> 9 breakfasts
> 3 lunches
> 8 evening meals
> All workshop materials
> All transportation during tours
> Admissions to sites during tours
> Handmade travel journal
> Personalised service and detailed pre-travel information by email
> Support of 2 tour leaders throughout
> Financial protection insurance
A partire da £3690 per adulto
Giorni di partenza
- Lunedì
- Martedì
- Mercoledì
- Giovedì
- Venerdì
- Sabato
- Domenica
Aprile — Aprile
Contatti
Dunoon
Argyle & Bute
Scotland
PA23 7SB
Tour information
Tappe del tour
Informazioni sulla compagnia
Wild at Art Ltd
Are you an artist looking to develop your skills, with the stunning Scottish scenery, colours and light as inspiration? Or maybe you’ve always wanted to learn how to draw, paint, take fine art photographs, make your own silver jewellery – why not do it while on holidays in Scotland? Experience Scotland differently with Wild at Art, with guidance from some of the best Scottish artists: Art vacations / Kreativurlaub / painting / drawing / stonecarving / jewellery / silversmithing / singing / printmaking / creative writing / knitting / pottery / photography / weaving
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