{"title": "Kente Cloth Crafts", "start": "2026-10-29T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts/paper-crafts", "history/africa"], "description": "Kente Cloth Crafts is a free paper-crafts workshop celebrating Black heritage, inspired by the Kente cloths of Ghana, held at Brixton Tate Library. It is run by Lambeth's Brixton Library, with library manager Isioma Mabatah as the contact. Participants weave colourful paper, add their own geometric designs and patterns to take home, or help weave a big Brixton kente quilt together. It is open to all ages, recommended for 2 to 14.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/kente-cloth-crafts-60864/", "official_url": "https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/events/kente-cloth-crafts", "image": "https://noky.io/images/872eb9080acbc3ba51ef238c673e64014e9c4b9dfffdc82095e35eec9f8e68aa-1200.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-10-29T11:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Cosy Craft (Cre8tive Arts)", "start": "2026-11-01T12:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "", "address": "", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/making"], "description": "Cosy Craft (Cre8tive Arts) is a weekly series of craft workshops held at Brixton Tate Library. Participants can explore and learn both old and new crafts, with weekly sessions including drawing, painting, flower pressing, and more, with materials provided.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/cosy-craft-cre8tive-arts-60877/", "official_url": "https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/events/cosy-craft-cre8tive-arts", "image": "https://noky.io/images/9658f34472ab12b953c79139ffd9736fa04c4e31768697ac4dab5616317d67bb-1200.webp"}, {"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"}, {"title": "Tapestry Weaving", "start": "2026-11-04T12:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T14:00:00Z", "place": "West Ealing Community Library", "address": "Melbourne Avenue, W13 9BA London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/textiles/weaving"], "description": "Tapestry Weaving is a weekly session at West Ealing Library where participants turn yarn into beautiful tapestries. It is run by West Ealing Community Library and happens every Wednesday. The sessions suit all skill levels, teaching new techniques while encouraging people to bring their own designs to life. The library invites everyone to enjoy creating woven art in a welcoming environment.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/tapestry-weaving-40271/", "official_url": "https://wecl.org.uk/activities-and-events/tapestry-weaving-40/2026-10-28/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7473d74a15b3dac36d7ccf8337656d31e114e7eafdf8244aefdf25507fd2fd0b-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Craft time at St John's Wood Library (in-person)", "start": "2026-10-31T10:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Church Street Library", "address": "Church Street 67, NW8 8EU London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy"], "description": "Craft time at St John's Wood Library (in-person) is a weekly craft session held at the library. It is run by the library, inviting people to come along every Saturday and create something new each week. Places are limited and allocated on the day on a first come, first served basis, with no need to book. The event is free and is listed under libraries and for children and young people.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/craft-time-at-st-johns-wood-library-in-person-73887/", "official_url": "https://www.westminster.gov.uk/event/craft-time-st-johns-wood-library-person", "image": ""}, {"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": "Stitch Night", "start": "2026-10-28T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-25T00:00:00Z", "place": "Woolwich Works", "address": "No 1 Street 11, SE18 6HD London", "price": "Free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["diy/making"], "description": "Stitch Night is a free, social craft evening held in the Visitors' Book Café. It is run by Woolwich Works, who invite people to bring their own knitting, crochet, stitching or hand-sewing projects. Makers meet over a cuppa to chat and share their love of craft. It is not a formal class, but help is offered if you get stuck on a project.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/stitch-night-40358/", "official_url": "https://www.woolwich.works/events/stitch-night", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cf004cfdc060de24bf5410ccdb995fab2055b67bc6e9283e63782e49ddacc940-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Saturday Children's Craft Club", "start": "2026-10-31T14:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Deptford Lounge", "address": "Giffin Street 9, SE8 4RJ London", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/weekend-kids-crafts-tickets-1046888099487?aff=ebdssbdestsearch", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/crafts"], "description": "Saturday Children's Craft Club is a weekly craft activity for all the family held at The Library at Deptford Lounge, with children accompanied by an adult. It is run by the library's staff, one of whom guides crafters through a themed activity using a selection of materials. The session lasts one hour and there is no need to book; attendees simply meet at the library.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/saturday-childrens-craft-club-73932/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/49faa8004163e9b44414b5d42575f013867744d5db3e1fb40b487755eb842b83-600.webp"}, {"title": "Create, Draw, Meet", "start": "2026-11-04T13:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Poplar Union", "address": "Cotall Street 2, E14 6TL London", "price": "Donation", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://book.plinth.org.uk/e/Q6ziwPqzIfhA4OnPjDw5", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["art/drawing", "diy/textiles"], "description": "Create, Draw, Meet is a relaxed, informal creative meet up for all, with a cuppa, biscuit and chat while trying drawing, painting, collage and textiles. It is facilitated by Keren, a textile designer and educator who works as a print designer in the fashion industry and is a member of the Learning Workshop Team at the Royal Academy of Arts. All materials are provided, the session is open to everyone, especially newcomers, and it is a 'pay what you feel' event with no financial barriers. Participants can stay for the full two and a half hours or drop in for a creative and social break.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/create-draw-meet-76775/", "official_url": "https://poplarunion.com/event/create-draw-meet-2/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d869284cc51c02eaabdc5a9a650bfadd04395f2fad4debffcc31bfb9614049fa-2000.webp"}]}