Reviews for Elka

A very pleasant, calm relaxed day with lots of enthusiasm
Looking forward to giving it a go
Thank you Claudia and fellow classmates for a lovely day

Coming to your workshop - an oasis of calm and because it was so well organized each moment was creative. I learnt such a lot about natural dyes and your knowledge about the subject was exemplary. You created a comfortable and friendly atmosphere and we benefitted greatly by there just being three of us. It was a real treat. Thank you

I've never done a workshop like this before, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Ellie was fantastic.....really friendly and welcoming and explained everything as we went along, making it easy to understand and do the weaving. I was so pleased with my finished piece....the three hours went quickly! If you're thinking about having a go at weaving, and you've never done it before...do this workshop....it's brilliant!

What a lovely way to spend the weekend with like minded ladies doing what we all enjoy, Ellie’s new premises are very welcoming and she has made it look so attractive, she was such a help guiding us all through each stage of our work.
I went home very pleased with my sample piece of weaving and would recommend anyone to treat theirselves to one of Ellie’s weaving workshops.

What a fantastic day. A chance to learn, a chance to chill, and a much needed chance to forget the stresses of the last 18 months. Ellie is an amazing teacher, so knowledgeable and patient, and supportive of our varying choices, experience and ideas. And yet very laid back and inclusive. I shall be going back soon!

Thoroughly enjoyed the day!

Lovely environment so friendly and welcoming. I learnt so much and it was so great to be introduced to a subject that I had previously very little knowledge about, but going forward will certainly be pursuing.

Thank you Claudia for a very memorable day!

This is an excellent course. The videos are clear and instructions easy to follow. The kit provided is of good quality and adequate for the beginner to learn the basic techniques. Highly enjoyable.

We loved doing this! My kids are 10, 8 and 4 and it’s great how you can adapt the difficulty according to their abilities. My disabled daughter loved choosing colours and weaving in grasses and yarn too. We displayed the finished branches together as a « weaving tree » on the wall and were really delighted with how it worked out. Highly recommend !

The teacher's preparation was wonderful, everything supplied for our natural dyeing day . So much information was imparted both by sampling the various dyes in practice, understandable verbal explanations, and written sheets to take home. Also provided a folder to keep all our samples in .

Fantastic course if you're a bubbly personality of similar age with family stories to share. Terrible if you're over 60 with a disability, hearing problems and a little bit word shy. If that is the case, be prepared to sit waiting for nothing to happen and wasting your money.

Would highly recommend this course.Ellie is a very knowledgeable & enthusiastic tutor and made us all feel very welcome. The materials supplied were very good and the information sheets were very helpful enabling us to complete the project at home if we hadn't finished.
It was a very enjoyable time and I left inspired to do other weaving projects in the future.

This course has sparked a new hobby for me, and those are rare. Ellie was clearly very knowledgeable and passionate but explained everything in a clear and easy to understand way. She even spent ten minutes cutting thread for my tassles so I wouldn't be short on weaving time. It was the perfect balance of guidance and letting me go at it, and I enjoyed it immensely. I would recommend this course to absolutely anyone interested.

This was given to me as a birthday gift and I persuaded a friend to accompany me. We had a delightful evening. Ellie was a talented weaver and also a good communicator as we learned from scratch and produced a piece of work to take home. I appreciated her attitude to recycling and use of organic materials, some of which her mother had naturally dyed. I would definitely recommend this as a good introduction to weaving.

Ellie is a great teacher, well prepared and clear in her instructions yet relaxed and able to respond to individual needs. We came away with enough knowledge to carry on with our weaving and some even finished their first wall hanging piece. She also gave us a worksheet and resources for future weaving.
It was an excellent morning and well worth the effort to go on Sunday!

Loved the course! It was fun and informative and I came away with a piece I want to finish and carry on with some new ideas.

Highly informative, well resourced and a really well taught course on natural dying. Really recommend. Also some pretty amazing food and venue was in a wonderful location.

A great venue with lovely food and an excellent introduction to natural dyeing.
An enjoyable and inspirational day which I would highly recommend.