More about Running With Scissors 

The rise of the self-sufficiency movement and less affluent times mean that people are increasingly approaching craft in order to hand make something they would have previously bought. Emma’s environmental background meant that she is fully aware of the limited resources we have available. Wherever possible we try to recycle, reuse, re-fashion and re-craft things into a new (and hopefully infinitely funkier) existence. Why go ‘multi-national high street’ when you can go ‘your street’?

Running With Scissors is about opening the doors to your creativity and having a go at making something with your own hands with like minded people. We promise not to ask you to sign up to a £400 course over 30 weeks in a craft that you have never tried, that’s just not what we’re about.

Craft education has been slowly strangled and progressively more and more under valued (don’t get me started…) so that school leavers don’t know how to do the most basic things (… like sewing on a button that’s fallen off).

Running With Scissors believes that crafting is a valuable and life affirming skill for both adults and children. We welcome people of all ages and encourage some of the older ones amongst you to share your hidden skills with those younger than you. There are many, many, superb crafters who learnt their skills back in the good old days. Why not take a traditional craft and use (or re-use) contemporary materials to create something for you, or your home, that will be the envy of all your friends.

Crafting helps you go with the ‘Flow’. It’s been scientifically proven that engaging in a creative activity like crafting can help you relax. (‘Flow’ is that feeling you get when you totally absorb yourself in a creative process and don’t notice 3 hours have gone by). This is often referred to as Mindfulness and is the solution to an overly full mind! In between all the demands of modern life finding time for creativity is difficult so why not make space in your life for craft and get with the flow! You might even meet some new friends along the way.