Mac Rating: 5.00 | Votes: 1 | Date: 02/07/2026 23:44:00

A faint, pleasant smell of sheep meets anyone stepping through the door of Hedestrik on Lundtoftegade in Norrebro. The association - founded in Svendborg in January 2024 and moved to Copenhagen later that year - works with raw Danish wool, the fleece that normally lies unused as a waste product at Danish sheep farms, and pitches local wool, dogme knitting and free knitting as a counterweight to the commercial yarn industry. The workshop functions as shop, classroom and social hub at once. Weekly programming includes workshops in dogme knitting - a technique working directly from unprocessed raw wool, without carding or spinning, that takes beginners from fleece to finished wrist warmers in a session - plus wet felting courses producing everything from bags and vests to small fleece rugs, plant dyeing, a six-week autumn wool evening school, communal dinners and a summer school in the countryside. Bookable group workshops can be held in the Lundtoftegade rooms or out at a host's location. Run by a small team of young women whose "wool rebellion" has drawn national press attention, the venture has become a magnet for Copenhagen's new wave of craft enthusiasts, who come as much for the community around the tea kitchen as for the naturally coloured fleeces on the shelves. Contact goes through mail or phone, and the calendar on the website lists upcoming sessions. National press has framed the project as a small rebellion against the accelerating yarn industry: hip Copenhageners queue for natural fleece for felted vests and wrist warmers, and the founders - in their mid-twenties - talk openly about wanting to inspire others to shortcut the commercial supply chain by working with what Danish sheep already produce. Teaching is the mechanism; every course is designed so participants leave able to work raw wool without specialist equipment.