FAQ's - Natural Dye Workshops

TirGlas Limited, Unit 29 Willcox House, Dunleavy Drive, Cardiff Bay, CF11 0BA

Workshop Location

• FREE parking on site.
• Located on Floor 2.
• Coffee and lunch bars on site.
• Disabled Access and lifts.
• Male, female and disabled bathroom facilities.
• Workshop Location.

Yes, there is ample free parking available on-site.

Workshops can be booked online throughout the year - subject to specific Christmas candle and wreath making workshops.

If there are no suitable dates for you, please contact us and we can be flexible and will try and accommodate your requirements. Browse Workshop Dates and Prices

While many UK workshops specialise in either wool (protein) or cotton (cellulose), TirGlas is known for its intensive 2-day workshops that cover both. Because animal and plant fibres require entirely different chemical preparations and mordants, learning both simultaneously from a tutor with 20+ years of experience (who has been featured in industry staples like The Knitter magazine) makes it a highly efficient masterclass for serious crafters.

• Dedicated, purpose-designed Dye House.
• Great on-site facilities; café, FREE parking and disabled access.

More information on Natural Dye Workshops, CLICK here…

A lot of independent dyers host workshops in pop-up spaces, galleries, or community centres. We have a purpose-built Dye House in Cardiff Bay. This means we have the dedicated infrastructure to run heavy-duty, multi-day vats safely and consistently, which is a major draw for people traveling from outside of Wales to learn.

• Natural dye workshops starts at 10.00am and finishes at 16.00pm.
• Expert tuition in a professional in a purpose designed dye studio environment. 
• One Tutor and a maximum number of eight students.  
• 6 hours of guided tuition.
• Guided tuition on the basic principles and practice of natural dyeing using, for example, madder, cutch, logwood and others.
• After the theory part, the practical hands-on bit where you can hand dye yarn or cellulose fibres yourself.
• The workshop includes all the necessary materials, including yarn, cellulose fibres and equipment.

You will take away from the Workshop a number of skeins of yarn or cellulose fibres that you have personally dyed. You will also have a printed file of information covering what you have learnt during the day.

We offer a range of 1 and 2-day courses.

• A one-day course introducing you to hand dyeing protein fibres – (animal fibres) wool, yak etc.
• A one-day course introducing you to hand dyeing cellulose fibres – (plant-based fibres) cotton, linen, bamboo etc
• A 2-day combined Protein and Cellulose fibres

No. All yarn and other fibres on this website and Workshops are dyed ONLY with natural dyes.

The Workshops are designed for complete beginners and also for those with a little or maybe 'lapsed' experience in natural dye.  As there is a maximum of four students to one Tutor on this workshop, tutoring can be tailored to each student to ensure that you get the best out of each workshop.

There maximum number depends on the workshop - 8 for Natural Dyeing unless there is a pre-booked group booking. Group bookings must be organised in advance prior to booking on-line.

All materials are provided - the courses include all the necessary materials, including yarn, cellulose fibres and equipment. A printed file to take home is part of the Workshop so you can go over the Workshop material at home.

There are café facilities on-site but you are welcome to bring your own packed lunch.

The tutor has over 20 years' experience with natural dyes. All the hand dyed yarn, scarves and other products on this website has been dyed by the Tutor.

She has recently been featured in the Knitter Magazine in the series on Artisan Yarn makers.

Links to the booking pages can be found from the Main Menu (Workshops) at the top or after the last FAQ below.

Payment can be made with all popular debit or credit cards, by PayPal or TirGlas Gift Vouchers.

If you are having difficulty booking a course, please contact us and we can help you through the process by telephone.

If you cancel your booking:

1. Within 14 days of the original booking, we will refund the full Workshop fee. 
2. Less than one week before the Workshop, no refund is available. (Subject to point one above).
3. A 'No-show' on the day with no notice is not refundable
4. More than two weeks but less than eight weeks before the Workshop, if we are able to resell your place, we offer refund of the Workshop fee less an administrative fee of £25.
5. Over eight weeks before the Workshop, we will refund in full.
6. If you decide to postpone your booking to a later date, the dates referred to in points 1 to 5 above apply to the original booking date. 

We do not cancel Workshops for any reason except entirely unavoidable events such as if the Workshop Tutor is physically unable to teach the Workshop through sickness or injury or extreme weather conditions.

Should we have to cancel a workshop, students will be offered an alternative Workshop date or a full refund.

If a Workshop is cancelled by us, we regret that we will not accept responsibility for travel, accommodation or any other related expenses.

Yes, up to £5 million.