{"id":17746,"date":"2019-08-27T15:50:56","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T14:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=17746"},"modified":"2019-08-27T15:50:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T14:50:57","slug":"spinning-yarns-festival-a-darn-good-day-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2019\/08\/spinning-yarns-festival-a-darn-good-day-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Spinning Yarns Festival \u2013 A Darn Good Day Out!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Spinning Yarns Festival returns to the award-winning Antrim Castle Gardens on Saturday 31 August &amp; Sunday 1 September celebrating the wonderful world of all things wool &amp; linen. This two day event has something for all ages to enjoy. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/press-15-1024x832.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17747\" width=\"512\" height=\"416\"\/><figcaption>Amy Cosby, Lucy Cosby, Lauryn Hill and Evie Cosby from Newtownabbey<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Weave\nyour way through our marketplace, offering an array of country craft, textile\ntraders and food stalls including The Sewing Drawer, Fabric Affair, Down on the\nFarm, Flossy Treats, Baked in Belfast and Parlour Yarns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chef,\nPaula McIntyre MBE will be rustling up some tasty treats during her cookery\ndemonstrations from \u2018field to fork \u2018whilst Angeline Murphy, fashion designer,\nwill show you how to create a dress from a duvet in her sustainable sewing and\nreuse of textiles talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New to this year\u2019s line-up, we are delighted to\nhave Louise Kelly, doll maker and soft toy designer who is based in County\nLondonderry join us for Spinning Yarns. Louise will be holding classes\nthroughout the event on the art of doll making, you can often see her on \u2018The\nSewing Quarter\u2019 craft TV channel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our\nlocal Craft Group, Hookery, will be hosting a drop-in knitting and crochet\nspace where you can learn new skills. Find out how crafting can improve both\nyour mental and physical well-being with Joanne Lee and her team of mindful\ncrafters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nendearing Alpacas, a mobile farm, glitter tattoos, face painting, balloon\nmodelling, arts &amp; crafts will keep the little ones amused whilst the\ngrown-ups can kick back and enjoy the live music from Connor Taggart.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So\nif you needle little inspiration or simply a \u201cdarn\u201d good day out join us at\nSpinning Yarns where we have it all sewn up!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For\nmore information and details visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spinningyarnsfestival.com\">www.spinningyarnsfestival.com<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spinning Yarns Festival returns to the award-winning Antrim Castle Gardens on Saturday 31 August &amp; Sunday 1 September celebrating the wonderful world of all things wool &amp; linen. This two day event has something for all ages to enjoy. Weave your way through our marketplace, offering an array of country craft, textile traders and food &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2019\/08\/spinning-yarns-festival-a-darn-good-day-out\/\">Continued<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17746"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17748,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17746\/revisions\/17748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}