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Grand Reopening Weekend: Join Us for Heritage Open Days, 19–20 September
Heritage Open Days is England’s largest festival of history and culture, with thousands of places across the country opening their doors for free every September. This year, we’re delighted to be taking part for the very first time. The Bonsall Framework Knitting Workshop is finally ready to welcome visitors again. Our last known knitter worked…
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Project Talk: The Story of Our Restoration
19-20 September 2026 | Limited spaces | Booking highly recommended. Hear the story behind the restoration. As part of our Grand Reopening Weekend for Heritage Open Days 2026, join Adam and Sam for an informal talk about how the Bonsall Framework Knitting Workshop went from a derelict building to a fully restored working museum piece.…
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Framework Knitting Demonstration
19-20 September 2026 | Limited spaces | Booking highly recommended. Watch traditional framework knitting in action. As part of our Grand Reopening Weekend for Heritage Open Days 2026, join Martin, the last commercial framework knitter working in the UK today, for a live demonstration on our beautifully restored late-18th-century knitting frame. See traditional framework knitting…
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History Talk: Framework Knitting in Bonsall
19 September 2026 | Limited spaces | Booking highly recommended. Explore the story of framework knitting and its place in the history of Bonsall. As part of our Grand Reopening Weekend for Heritage Open Days 2026, join Jeanette for a fascinating talk on the history of framework knitting in Bonsall, and how this once-thriving cottage…
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Three months in: the restoration takes shape
It has been three months since work began on the Bonsall Framework Knitting Workshop, and the building is transforming in front of our eyes. Here’s where things stand. Repointing The repointing work is simply beautiful. Seeing the stonework brought back to life- carefully repaired using lime mortar in keeping with the original build – is…
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Sold Out in Two Hours: Our Heritage Building Sessions with DHBT
Friday 13th March turned out to be a very good day for us – our first heritage building skills session with Derbyshire Historic Buildings Trust sold out within two hours of going live. We hadn’t even had time to put it on our own website.
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Lunchtime Talk at Ruddington Framework Knitters’ Museum
We’re speaking at Ruddington Framework Knitters’ Museum about restoring our 1737 workshop – from neglected outbuilding to heritage site.
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New website live – come have a look!
We’ve just launched the new website for the Bonsall Framework Knitting Workshop, and we wanted to share what’s on there. It’s been a fair bit of work pulling everything together – all the research we’ve been doing, the photos from the restoration, and the stories about the building and the people who lived and worked…
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Breaking ground
We have started work on restoring the Bonsall Framework Knitting Workshop. After months of planning and permissions, we are now on site. The first phase focuses on stabilising the building and making careful repairs to the historic structure. Our aim is to protect the workshop’s character and preserve its place in Bonsall’s industrial history. At…