2025 Incredibusy Salvaged Speed Loom Repair Workshops

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Saturday 25th October 2025 – 10am – 1PM TICKETS HERE
📍Number 11, Ham Common, Richmond upon Thames, London.

Sunday 2nd March 2025 – A day of visible mending and lunch hosted by Costume Designer Rosa Dias TICKET REQUEST HERE – SOLD OUT.
📍St Leonards – Hastings

Sat 22 March 2025 10am – 1pm.
📍Woolwich Works, London – TICKETS HERE – SOLD OUT – JOIN THE WAITLIST.

Thur 27th – Sun 30th March 2025 – Glow Sew 2025 sewing retreat TICKETS HERE #HoleySockAmnesty
📍Fforest, Ty Manorafon, Wales

Saturday 5th April 2025 – 10am – 1PM TICKETS HERE and includes bonus #HoleySockAmnesty (our friends Sock Sisters are giving you a NEW pair of socks for every pair you repair on the day)
📍Number 11, Ham Common, Richmond upon Thames, London.

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Ali will be sharing the fundamentals of how to use the ‘incredibusy’ darning loom, handmade in the UK from salvaged materials, the design inspired by the original 1950s speedweve loom. This is a handcrafted tool designed to simplify the process of darning and repairing small snags in fabric.

We suggest that you bring along with you, a sock, a jumper, or something with a small hole to repair and practice on.

There will also be an option to purchase your own incredibusy salvaged speed loom* at the end of the day.

PREVIOUS WORKSHOPS

2024 – SOLD OUT 3 December Tuesday – Ali Clifford hosted by Renée Materials – TICKETS HERE
🕰️ 6-8pm
📍Renee’s Shoreditch Hub (380 Old St, EC1V 9LT)

2024 – SOLD OUT 21 November 2024 Thursday – Ali Clifford, hosted by Palava, Kings Cross – TICKETS HERE
🕰️ 6.30pm-8.30pm
📍Palava workshop, 98 Caledonian Road London N1 9DN

2024 – SOLD OUT 16 October 2024 Lowie, Herne Hill – Ali Clifford, Beginner workshop – SOLD OUT
📍Lowie store, Herne Hill London – see more from this event on Ali’s @incredibusy instagram feed.

*The speed loom kit comprises: 

• organic cotton ‘task bag’ to keep your loom safe
• metalwork loom with 12 hooks, using reclaimed stainless steel, and repurposed bicycle spokes provided by a Tooting bicycle project
• hand-turned darning disc, made with ash or beech offcuts, hand finished in Berkshire (currently using offcuts from a Maidenhead based globe maker)
• rubber bands x 2
• darning needles x 2
• and a quantity of British mulesing-free wool, enough to repair your first hole
• and you will receive access to a password-only PDF to refer to post-workshop