Welcome to our exciting new craft space and gift shop in the heart of the Lake District.
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​With a passion for quality, sustainability and ethical work practices, our shop stocks only UK made products, many of which are sourced from Cumbria itself.
Within our integrated, creative space, we offer a wide variety of traditional and modern workshops all designed to demonstrate the therapeutic benefits of crafting.
Whether you come to The Barn Hawkshead to browse, buy or create - you are guaranteed a warm Lake District welcome and a feast for the senses.
Our Story
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Back in 2017 our founder Hanne, took an enormous leap of faith to ditch her career in banking and move to the Lake District, to save her sanity. After immersing herself in the healing benefits of this idyllic part of the world, she then embarked on a personal journey of creativity. This eventually culminated in a successful business hand making and selling her needle felt art, utilising beautiful local wool. Now an experienced craft workshop teacher too, Hanne is passionate about the therapeutic benefits which crafting provides. ​
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The Barn Hawkshead combines all Hanne's skills , interests and passions. From the carefully curated products on sale to the thoughtfully planned creative workshops, all aspects of the The Barn Hawkshead are a reflection of Hanne's new found lust for a good life.
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''There's No Wealth but Life. Life including all its powers of love, of joy and of admiration. That country is the richest which nourishes noble and happy human beings: that man is richest, who having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence, both personal, and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others. ''
John Ruskin, Unto This Last
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