{"title": "Black History Month 2026: Bobbin ‘n’ Weavin – Mending Workshop", "start": "2026-10-31T12:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Oxford House", "address": "Derbyshire Street, E2 6HG London", "price": "£10", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "10.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2002619783682?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/sewing", "society/identity"], "description": "Bobbin ‘n’ Weavin is a hands-on mending, patching and sewing workshop where guests bring their own garments to be repaired and adorned with cultural symbols, exploring heritage, identity and material culture. It is led by artist Martin King, who also offers alterations, and treats the mending as both a material and a cultural repair. Participants receive a reflective prompt beforehand and an encouraged reading list spanning works by authors such as W. E. B. Du Bois and Audre Lorde. Taking place on Halloween, the workshop invites thought on how we may mask or unmask our identities.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/black-history-month-2026-bobbin-n-weavin-mending-workshop-41800/", "official_url": "https://www.oxfordhouse.org.uk/event/black-history-month-2026-bobbin-n-weavin-mending-workshop/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/63f8977d09e2de904d1050e189a2120f200b42057b9c341a9ea3597ecfd66149-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-31T12:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Oxford House", "address": "Derbyshire Street, E2 6HG London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "MONDAY MENDING CLUB", "start": "2026-11-02T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Big Penny Social", "address": "Priestley Way 1, E17 6AL London", "price": "Free entry", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.instagram.com/monday_mending_club/?hl=en-gb", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/repair/textile-repair"], "description": "Monday Mending Club is a monthly drop-in gathering where you bring something to mend, with shared tools and guidance for beginners. It was set up by Walthamstow-based textile artist Mika Sembongi as a reaction to the climate crisis with an emphasis on positive action. Since February 2022 it has introduced complete beginners to traditional invisible mending and the Japanese craft of Sashiko, where a repair becomes a creative stitched design to wear with pride. 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It is facilitated by Caroline Lacoma, a London-based self-taught visual artist born in Guadeloupe whose work explores transformation, rebirth and the self. The workshop invites participants to consider the photographs they have inherited, collected or taken and the stories they tell about family, identity, memory and belonging. No previous artistic or zine-making experience is required, all materials are provided, and participants may bring printed photographs to work on.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/reclaiming-the-archives-38782/", "official_url": "https://www.stmargaretshouse.org.uk/events/reclaiming-the-archives", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ea9c53d56c3c2aafda236f2ac05744c2a292f8c209d434c19caef2c2a88ed03f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Nokshi Katha", "start": "2026-10-30T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-30T13:00:00Z", "place": "St. Margaret's House", "address": "Old Ford Road 15-23, E2 9PJ London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts/textile-crafts"], "description": "Nokshi Katha is a free 10-week workshop series teaching one of the oldest forms of embroidery in the world, a meditative craft from Bangladesh that upcycles old cloth into elaborate embroidered pieces. It is led by sustainable textile artist Shama Kun, an expert practitioner, who teaches the techniques used to create individual and collective works. Participants make colourful, detailed pieces inspired by a theme, such as \"Women's Empowerment\", which can be added to clothing or used as decorative art. No prior embroidery experience is needed, all materials are provided, and the group forms a vibrant and welcoming community.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/nokshi-katha-38777/", "official_url": "https://www.stmargaretshouse.org.uk/events/nokshi-katha", "image": "https://noky.io/images/44cb1b49ceb445708056eec93b1e2d41ed8f683ce4b38e53933d20122d6270e8-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Made By Hands: The Fabric of Creative Action", "start": "2026-10-20T00:00:00+01:00", "end": "2027-01-26T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Showroom", "address": "Penfold Street 63, London", "price": "Free, booking essential. Donations welcome.", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/2000576910393?aff=oddtdtcreator", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/textile-art", "society/sustainability"], "description": "Made By Hands: The Fabric of Creative Action is an intergenerational textile workshop series held fortnightly at The Showroom in London. It is led by artist Kim Chin, a multidisciplinary artist, designer, facilitator, curator, and community organiser. Through textile banner-making, silk-screen print and conversation, participants will explore themes such as connection to place, re-claiming 'waste' within circular economic frameworks, and inspiring agency and action within communities, in the context of The Showroom's annual Mural Commission by Bahar Noorizadeh. No previous stitching or printing experience is necessary, and materials and refreshments are provided.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/made-by-hands-the-fabric-of-creative-action-39706/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/218baf90a22d4c481c50073b49e562b8cbeaca6a2bf4f04f3cee3bc39fe56bfe-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Monday Morning Crafting", "start": "2026-11-02T10:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-02T13:00:00Z", "place": "St. Margaret's House", "address": "Old Ford Road 15-23, E2 9PJ London", "price": "Free to attend, registration essential; all materials provided", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts/textile-crafts"], "description": "Monday Morning Crafting is an open, group-led textiles workshop at The Create Place, where members sew, knit and alter clothes with mutual tutoring, cake and plenty of chat. Run for over 10 years by long-standing volunteers Sheila and Julia at St. Margaret's House, the group often turns discarded textile scraps into tote-bags for the charity shop with Ayoka, and has collaborated with the house's Arts & Wellbeing initiatives, including the Artist in Residence programme. Anyone can come along to work on their own textile project with like-minded crafters.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/monday-morning-crafting-38770/", "official_url": "https://www.stmargaretshouse.org.uk/events/monday-morning-crafting", "image": "https://noky.io/images/c7ab59c37ebc6b98edd6bdac3ac50755d216c205df66c12bb735f623261e1b92-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Talk and draw: Celebrating Black History Month", "start": "2026-10-30T16:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "National Gallery", "address": "London", "price": "Free (booking required)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://my.nationalgallery.org.uk/13665/13666", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing", "society/identity"], "description": "An online talk and draw workshop marking Black History Month, hosted on Zoom. It is led by artist and Gallery Educator Joanna Conybeare together with Articulation alumnus Jacob Panchoo. Participants explore representations of Black and minority figures in the National Gallery's collection, reflecting on identity, visibility and lived experience, and respond creatively through relaxed drawing activities. No drawing experience is needed; the session lasts about an hour and is accompanied by live speech-to-text transcription.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/talk-and-draw-celebrating-black-history-month-49217/", "official_url": "https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/events/workshop-talk-and-draw-october-celebrating-black-history-month-30-10-2026", "image": "https://noky.io/images/8161ecc473d4d5dfbf2907ca5a8ba57f8570484451a44a16df7bf7b029aadf1f-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Mandem & Nandem: Intergenerational Craft", "start": "2026-11-02T16:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-02T19:00:00Z", "place": "Prince of Peckham", "address": "Clayton Road 1, SE15 5JA London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts/knitting"], "description": "Mandem & Nandem: Intergenerational Craft is a knitting and crochet gathering where creativity brings people together. It is hosted at the Prince of Peckham and welcomes everyone, whatever their age, skill or experience level. Guests share skills, swap stories and learn from one another across generations while keeping traditional craft skills alive. Bring your needles, hooks and yarn for a relaxed session of conversation, creativity and connection.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/mandem-nandem-intergenerational-craft-43533/", "official_url": "https://princeofpeckham.co.uk/listings/mandem-nandem-intergenerational-craft-13/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d6cd6be31f33c7b6e30168d448f81855f4e8e1d5660c4f27c64e5a87ea393893-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Grenfell Memorial Quilt sewing bee", "start": "2026-11-03T00:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Kensal Library", "address": "Golborne Road 20, London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/sewing", "occasion/memorial"], "description": "The Grenfell Memorial Quilt sewing bee is a gathering where people add their touch to the Grenfell Memorial Quilt by sewing together. Tuesday Greenidge leads it, and it is a celebratory memorial project where participants sew together and support each other. No experience is needed, and supplies and machines are provided. There is no need to book a place, just turn up.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/grenfell-memorial-quilt-sewing-bee-36773/", "official_url": "https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/events/grenfell-memorial-quilt-sewing-bee", "image": "https://noky.io/images/46b84fe8b0376d7cca891283127ccbe91bccfc25bc41b04e4624616ca9bc123b-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Introduction to Bobbin Lacemaking with the Croydon Lacemakers", "start": "2026-11-11T18:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T21:00:00Z", "place": "Museum of Croydon", "address": "", "price": "£10 (individual) or £15 (for two)", "price_from": "10.00", "price_to": "15.00", "tickets_url": "https://tinyurl.com/3bz9ey3z", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts"], "description": "An after-hours, relaxed and inclusive introduction to bobbin lace making, with a new beginner-friendly technique each month and all materials provided. It is run by the Croydon Lacemakers, and those who wish to continue learning can enquire about getting involved with the group by contacting Sharon Lidbury. The sessions take place every second Wednesday of the month until March 2027, including light refreshments.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/introduction-to-bobbin-lacemaking-with-the-croydon-lacemaker-37216/", "official_url": "https://museumofcroydon.com/whats-on-listings/introduction-to-bobbin-lacemaking-with-the-croydon-lacemakers-zest5-ex4d8-337b8-4ap6g-4c4h5-cbst7", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b43ee1519f01dbe90f66a8a4ac592280712c581d6c8f57f094a54568ca040094-2000.webp"}]}