3 Bags Full - Wrap Liskeard in Wool

16/07/2026

We were very happy to help in making sunflowers for this, along with The Sewing Shop -Liskeard, Cornwall and Bumblebee Knitting Doesn’t the arch look fabulous? If you’re local do get tickets for Calendar Girls - it sounds like a lot of fun and is for a very good cause.

How beautiful are the crocheted sunflowers that we have made into our sunflower arch? These have all been provided by the amazing crafters and friends of Liskeard Knit and Natter and the Callington Poppy Group. I can't find the Liskeard Group on Facebook to tag, but if you are a member or know anyone, please pass this on. We have many, many more that will be forming a beautiful display that you can see at the Sterts Arts and Environmental Centre performances of Calendar Girls. Tickets in the comments and selling fast.

06/07/2026

The Pryntyr printmaking exhibition at Stuart House starts today !

Do visit it if you’re local. It’s full of pattern, colour and texture which should appeal to fibre lovers. Stuart House, Liskeard garden is also particularly lovely at this time of year and a great place to have some tea and cake.

A group of local printmakers are staging an end of year show of their work, having completed the level 3 Printmaking Course at Laity House run by Cornwall Adult Education.

The exhibition is titled Pryntyr (Cornish for printing) and showcases a wide variety of printmaking techniques, including screen printing, lino printing, collagraph and paper litho.

You can view all the work, including installations designed especially for the space, and buy framed and unframed prints and cards.

The other print artists are Bill Craggs, Emma Earnshaw, Lia Eden Lane, Paul Mockford, Carol Pollard, Francine Read, Carol Reeder and Sue Webster. They are holding a ‘meet the artist’ session at the exhibition on Thursday 9th July from 12-2pm which everyone is warmly invited to attend.

The exhibition as a whole runs from Monday 6th to Friday 10th July from 10am-3pm (closed Wednesday) and Saturday 11th July 10am-12.30pm.

29/06/2026

If you love yarn and fibre you might also like this exhibition which is coming to Stuart House in Liskeard next week.

A group of printmakers are staging an end of year show of their work, having completed the level 3 Printmaking Course at Laity House run by Cornwall Adult Education.

The exhibition is titled Pryntyr (Cornish for printing) and will showcase a wide variety of printmaking techniques, including screen printing, lino printing, collagraph and paper litho.

There will be the opportunity to view all the work, including installations designed especially for the space, and to buy framed and unframed prints and cards.

The nine print artists are Rachel Brooks, Bill Craggs, Emma Earnshaw, Lia Eden Lane, Paul Mockford, Carol Pollard, Francine Read, Carol Reeder and Sue Webster. They are holding a ‘meet the artist’ session at the exhibition on Thursday 9th July from 12-2pm which everyone is warmly invited to attend.

The exhibition as a whole runs from Monday 6th to Friday 10th July from 10am-3pm (closed Wednesday) and Saturday 11th July 10am-12.30pm.

19/03/2026

Liskerrett is an amazing centre which hosts so many wonderful groups and activities. Liskeard knit and natter meets there and we have held many woolly workshops there. Do help if you can.

To support our work over 2026

18/03/2026

Crafters wanted to bring history to life in Liskeard. A chance to demonstrate your craft and sell your work.

LISKEARD UNLOCKED 2026

Can you help bring historic crafts to life?

Every year Liskeard Unlocked brings hundreds of locals and visitors into the town centre to enjoy walks, talks, events and to see behind doors which are normally closed.

This year the national theme for Heritage Open Days is Everyday Histories - exploring everyday working life through the ages. We want to celebrate the crafts which were such an important part of working lives in Liskeard in times gone by.

We are looking for craftspeople who can demonstrate how the crafts would have been done. We are offering free spaces in one of the buildings open for Liskeard Unlocked (outdoor spaces also available). Craftspeople will be able to sell their work.

The main day for Liskeard Unlocked will be Saturday 12 September. Depending on the response from craftspeople we are also considering organising a craft fair, which may be on a different day during Heritage Open Days (11-20 September).

We are also interested in craftspeople who can offer drop-in activities or workshops featuring traditional crafts, and we would pay for this.

Below is a list of crafts we are particularly interested in, based on ones we know were practiced in the 19th century. We are also open to other suggestions if they are crafts which would have been part of everyday working lives.

• Basket making
• Bookbinding
• Carpentry
• Candle making
• Cutlery grinding
• Gansey knitting
• Gilding
• Hat-making
• Lace making
• Leather working - boot and shoe-making, glove making, saddle making, thong making (cutting strips)

If you'd be interested in taking part pop your details in an email and send to [email protected] and we'll get back to you.

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16/11/2025

After the giant community effort to make the poppy cascade and get it in place it’s also been wonderful to have so much appreciation and to know that it really contributed to helping everyone remember the fallen.

There’s one final chapter to this story because we will be keeping the cascade to use again next year and of course it’s sopping wet after all the recent rain. The Royal British Legion branch put out a call for someone with the space and facilities to clean the mud from the bottom and dry it. Immediately, a number of people very generously came forward. This included Liskeard Community Fire Station and today when we took it down they rolled it up and took it away to clean and dry. Firefighters to the rescue!

We took it down not a moment too soon as the Christmas tree arrived minutes afterwards.

Liskerrett Community Centre, where the cascade was put together, have kindly agreed to store it so we can make good use of all the work which went into it by reusing it.

Thanks again to Liskeard Town Council for enabling the use of the Fountain, including taking the cascade down today.