Some of you have been having problems with the link in a previous post so please click HERE if you would like to see some pictures of my rug in progress at the Mehmet Girgic course I took at Wollknoll in Germany last week. For those of you still unable to click through here is [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Felt rug and Podcamp Ireland
Posted in Felt, tagged Felt, Felting, Festival, fulling, Kilkenny, Mehmet Girgic, Michaelmas, podcamp, rug, Tinnahinch, Wollknoll on September 26, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Just a quick post to say that the Autumn swap date is 21st October! Hope this suits everyone.
Pictures of felt rug and Autumn swap buddies!
Posted in Felt, Swaps, tagged Autumn, Autumn Swap, buddies, Felt, Felting, Mehmet Girgic, rug, swap, Wollknoll, wool on September 23, 2008 | 6 Comments »
As promised I have uploaded some images of my rug in progress at the workshop I attended with Mehmet Girgic at Wollknoll in Germany. Please click here to access my Flickr photostream and see how the rug was made. We started with a base of ‘kicked’ wool and cotton fabric and built up our outlines using thin strands of wool. [...]
Congratulations to Feltmakers Ireland
Posted in Felt, tagged Autumn Swap, blog, course, Felt, Felting, Feltmakers Ireland, fun, images, Mehmet Girgic, swap on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just a quick note to congratulate Feltmakers Ireland on their great new blog! Check it out and whether you are an experienced feltmaker or just starting out in this fascinating field I would encourage you all join our group. Earlier in the year I participated at a weekend ‘Felt In’ with some of the members and it was a really fantastic experience, [...]
Home from fabulous felting course!
Posted in Felt, Swaps, tagged Autumn Swap, Felt, Felting, Germany, Mehmet Girgic, rug, swap, traditional, Turkish, Wollknoll, workshop on September 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hi everyone, I have finally returned from a week in Crete followed by the most fantastic rug making workshop with Mehmet Girgic at Wollknoll in Germany!! What can I say? Mehmet is a master Turkish feltmaker and every minute spent participating in his workshop was an amazing experience. Twelve of us gathered from as far afield as Spain, [...]
Exciting news re felt and ‘Breaking Out’!
Posted in Felt, tagged Ann Mulrooney, Breaking Out, Craft's Council, curator, Felt, Felting, Kilkenny, merino, neckpiece, opening, photography, profile, spikes, website on September 5, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I am so excited today as my felt is definitely going to be on display at ‘Breaking Out’, the Crafts Council Exhibition to be held in Kilkenny from October 19th until mid January 2009. The curator Ann Mulrooney and I met this afternoon so that she could have a look at the current work I have [...]
Felting techniques and swap update
Posted in Felt, Swaps, tagged Anita Larkin, Australia, Autumn, ball, bamboo, blind, buddies, buy handmade, Christmas, deadline, dry felting, essential textile art, Etsy, Felt, Felting, felting course, fibre, merino, olive oil soap, presents, sewing, supplies, swap, SwapDex, theme, Wollknoll on September 4, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It is amazing how many ways there are to felt a ball. Today I needed to make a couple of felt balls and although they are always trotted out as a beginners project for me they are far from it! I always seem to have difficulty starting them off without getting creases but no more, Australian [...]
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