Yesterday I had a great day at the Knitting and Stitching Show at the RDS in Dublin. Carmen and I left at 7 o’clock to beat the worst of the traffic and we arrived at the RDS by about 9.30am. Because we were both doing a stint helping and demonstrating on the Feltmakers Ireland stand [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Felt, fibres and findings
Posted in Felt, tagged Art Van Go, Felt, Feltmakers Ireland, fibres, Knitting and Stitching, Knitting and Stitching Show, Pink Pig, RDS, silk, The Yarn Room, tops, Twisted Fibres, workshops on October 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Felted beads, exhibition and Christmas Craft Swap
Posted in Felt, Swaps, tagged Breaking Out, Christmas, christmas craft swap, christmas ornament, craft swap, exhibition, gift, Kozo, ornament, package, post handmade, swap on October 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been making a series of felted beads to incorporate into some new necklaces that I am making for another exhibition that I will be participating in. Yesterday I was contacted by Tunde from KOZO studio and gallery to say that my submission had been successful for the Winter/Christmas exhibition that she is organising [...]
Drum carding machine is magic!
Posted in Felt, Swaps, tagged Add new tag, carding, drum carder, Felt, Felting, fibres, Jacobs wool, merino, mulberry silk, silk, wool on October 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I finally succumbed to the lure of Carmen’s new drum carding machine! To date I have been more than happy with the variety and quality of commercial fibres on offer but finally I have tried mixing my own and have to confess that I could become hooked!! The carder has been left in my possession [...]
Felted rug workshop and beginners feltmaking course
Posted in Felt, tagged beginners, Felt, felted, Feltmakers Ireland, feltmaking course, Knitting and Stitching, Mehmet Girgic, RDS, rug, workshop on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The dates for the 2 felted rug workshops with master Turkish feltmaker Mehmet Girgic have now been set. The first dates are Friday 16th to Sunday 18th January and the second workshop takes place from Tuesday 20th to Thursday 22nd January inclusive. Places are limited to 10 participants per course so if you are interested please [...]
Felt necklaces, Autumn Swap and Flickr
Posted in Felt, Swaps, tagged balls, beads, Clasheen, clasheen Crafty Swaps, Felt, felt balls, felt beads, Flickr, necklace, Nuno, nuno felt, packages, painting, Swaps on October 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I ended last night and started this morning by stringing a few more simple but stylish felt necklaces. Some of them were made entirely from felt beads or balls, some were felt and vintage buttons and one was felt with a beautiful hand painted African button as the feature piece. Probably I am putting off starting to [...]
Finishing some felting items and swap news
Posted in Felt, Swaps, tagged beads, blog, cards, Clasheen, evening classes, Felt, felt beads, Felting, images, Mehmet Girgic, painting, Rayburn, scarf, Studio, swap, Swaps, workshop, workshops on October 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Yesterday I put the last finishing touch to some of the items that I have sent out in the Autumn swap. These necessary but fiddly touches really defeat me sometimes so it was really good to have a deadline to work towards, things like putting poppers on bags and sewing pin backs to brooches, all [...]
First time getting ‘Tagged’!
Posted in Felt, tagged Anna, Cathy, Clasheen, Felt, Felting, Holly, Joni, landscape, Micky, Studio, tagged on October 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hi everyone, I have just been tagged for the first time and had to do a little bit of research to see what this actually involved! Thanks so much for the tag Joni.
Here are the rules:
Link to the person who tagged you.
Post the rules on your blog.
Share six (6) non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself. I think [...]
Felt vessels and Autumn swap reminder
Posted in Felt, Swaps, tagged Autumn Swap, Bheda, Felt, Felting, images, merino, mulberry silk, silk, swap, tussah silk, vessels, wool on October 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I made two more felt vessels, one tall and one a kind of funky shape, it was inspired by a pumpkin! I took a few photos of them and hopefully will upload them here tomorrow if the uploading tool decides to work OK. The fibre that I used was Bheda wool from De Witte Engel [...]
Funky felt neckpieces, button magic, interesting poll
Posted in Felt, tagged Felt, Felting, Feltmakers Ireland, fibres, Flickr, funky, images, Knitting and Stitching Show, neckpieces, Nuno, poll, scarves, vessels on October 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Enjoyed a busy but fun couple of days and still only 15.53 Irish time! Carmen and I drove to Dublin yesterday morning to join in the Feltmakers Ireland Wednesday session, my first time actually managing to attend. It was great to catch up with old friends and meet new like-minded people who all love their [...]
Evening classes and using an electric sander when felting!
Posted in Felt, tagged beginners, Christmas presents, classes, coils, course, evening, Felt, Felting, floor, Rayburn, sander on October 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Started today with a big clean up around the Rayburn, maybe it didn’t like me putting my felted coils in it or something but on Friday the range decided that enough was enough! Anyway, I had just got a delivery of oil so maybe the last dregs were a bit dirty or something but it [...]
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