Darn Your Clothes: Introduction to Darning
Workshop with Darn Good Studio
Tuesday 10 June 2025, 10.30am - 1.30pm
£5 (subsidised by the Green Maker Initiative)
Venue: MAKE Southwest, Workshop Space (first floor)
Suitable for: Adults
Level: Beginners
a Green Maker Initiative workshop - part of the Great Big Green Week
Bring along an item of knitwear to repair with Molly Rooke of Darn Good Studio.
Whether that be a sock with a hole, a jumper with a worn elbow or a snagged cuff, learn the basics of darning that can be used time and time again on your favourite knits.
We’ll be focussing on visible mending and celebrating our repairs using second-hand yarns from Molly’s collection of sourced materials.
Spaces are limited, booking required!
This workshop is heavily subsidised by our Green Maker Initiative.
About Molly
Molly Rooke is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and arts-focused digital strategist with a deep commitment to creative communities. Molly has taught across a range of settings, fostering engagement with printmaking and contemporary creative practices. She currently serves as the Programming and Marketing Manager at Double Elephant Print Workshop, where she curates their studio programming and leads strategic marketing initiatives.
Molly is also the founder of Darn Good Studio, a clothing repair initiative that views mending as both a radical and community-driven act. Through workshops and advocacy, she challenges fast fashion and consumer waste, promoting repair as a form of sustainability, resistance, and storytelling. By bringing people together through shared skills and collective action, her work with Darn Good Studio fosters a culture of care—for our clothes, our communities, and the environment.
Molly’s practice is defined by a passion for accessible, community-driven creativity, bridging the gap between traditional artistic disciplines, digital engagement, and sustainable craft.
On the Day
Bring along any clothing or accessories that you want to mend - all tools and materials will be provided.
Tea, coffee and biscuits are included and will be available on the day. Our Café is also open should you wish to purchase other refreshments during the session.
On arrival, please make your way to the side gate of the Riverside Mill, through the courtyard and up the stone stairs on the side of the building. Please let us know if you require the lift.
Please be aware that you cannot use the Co-op car park for all day parking. The Methodist Church car park and Station Road car park usually have plenty of spaces. Click here for more information on our location and car parking for the day.
This workshop is taking place on Great Big Green Week 2025; the UK’s biggest ever celebration of community action to tackle climate change and protect nature. Discover what else is going on at MAKE Southwest and the rest of Bovey Tracey HERE.
