WRAP UP WARM
with
EAST NEUK KNITS
Saturday & Sunday
28—29 Nov 2026
Bowhouse
St Monans
Fife
What are we doing?
We are working in collaboration to bring a festival to rural Fife at a traditionally quiet time.
Come and support farmers, makers and the local tourism industry, squish yarn, snuggle a goat, eat cake, and purchase lovely Christmas gifts.
Please be aware there will be photography and filming at the event.
Please let photographers know if you don’t want to be included
Locations
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Bowhouse
Bowhouse is our hub for the weekend, with vendor marketplace, lots of great food, pop-up talks, mini-exhibitions and our community decorated Drifter herring boat sail.
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Scottish Fisheries Museum
Workshops will be held in the Education Room at The Scottish Fisheries Museum -we’ll be concentrating our gansey related offerings here, with the opportunity to handle and discover more about this aspect of heritage knitting.
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Di Gilpin Studios
Classes will be held at Di Gilpin’s Studios - in her cosy first floor bothy and wonderful new ‘Wool Hoose’ just next door.
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Kellie Castle
Our Children’s Knitting Workshops will be held in the Kellie Castle Undercroft (right next to the tea rooms).
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Meeting Place @ Ardross Farm Loft
Ardross Farm Shop have kindly offered their Loft event space above the shop for people to gather, sit, knit, chat and have hot drinks and cake during the day.
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Pittenween New Town Hall
PTH is the venue for our Saturday Night Big Knit In! (Parking facilities by the sports field)
Vendors
Our vendors, workshop tutors and speakers are invited by the team so we can offer a balance of exciting local makers and those from further afield.
Heritage, community and ‘farm to yarn’ are key values for us.
Tickets will be on sale early autumn 2026
We will have weekend, early doors, mid morning and afternoon passes available.
There will be an accessible ticket + free carer ticket for those who need it, in addition to a Sunday 65+ ticket.
Children are free, but need a Child ticket to help us manage numbers.
Tickets will be available from the Ticket Tailor website, with links made available here when booking opens.
You will be invited to make a charity donation when buying your ticket - an easy way to give.
Thank you for your generosity in advance.
Speakers and workshop providers in 2025 included Di Gilpin and Sheila Greenwell, Sylvia Watts Cherry, Tania Ashton Jones, Samira Hill, Donna Smith, artist Beverley Carruthers, Gordon Cree and Susan Crawford.
Enjoy demonstrations of weaving, storytelling, and knitting the herring…
Thank you to the Anstruther Rowing Club for lending us their St Ayle’s Skiff in 2025 - we will always celebrate the heritage connections between yarn and fishing in the East Neuk.
What would you like to see us focus on next year?