‘niki & niki’ felting tools are now all back in stock and watch out Plainwell, the felters are on their way!

I’m going to be heading out to Dawn’s studio any minute now but wanted to let everyone know that our ‘niki & niki’ felting tools are back in stock and available from the other Niki’s Etsy store. As soon as I’m home I’ll also be uploading them to my own store but since Niki Collier [...]

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Lexington workshops

Today is the second day of our felting workshops in Lexington, once more Jan Durham has done an amazing job putting everything together! Several Nuno pieces were completed yesterday and this morning it will be great to see the larger projects (vessel, bag, wall hanging etc) reaching fruition. It’s not easy to write a long [...]

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Weekend fun and felting news, I’m off on my travels!!!

Although I still have a mountain of things to get finished before I head off on my US travels later this evening I have been having a wonderful action packed art and felting weekend! On Saturday night Alan and I joined Eileen MacDonagh and close friends old and new at a really great wrap up [...]

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‘niki & niki’ felting tools update, sizes and prices as requested again!

Thanks to everyone who has expressed such an interest in our ‘niki & niki’ felting tools, we’re blown away by all the orders and inquiries and thrilled with the positive response we’re getting from everyone who has already tried them out!!! Our latest batch of prodders has just arrived to be posted asap and the [...]

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CRAFTed, Zwartbles, KY, MI and Portugal felting workshop updates and Dawn’s wonderful visit comes to an end

So much news, yet again so little time! Dawn came with me last week to meet the pupils that I’m working with for my 2012 CRAFTed project, they just loved her hats and in turn she just loved them singing two songs in Irish for her!!! Tomorrow is my last session with the school and [...]

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U.S. flights booked, residential workshop in Portugal filling up nicely, felting tools posted, Dawn’s materials have arrived and CRAFTed is underway!

It’s very busy here this week and will be until Dawn Edwards and Chrissie Day arrive so I’m going to post briefly with bullet points today! I’ve just confirmed my flights a few minutes ago for my U.S. trip in May. I can’t wait to be back facilitating workshops in Lexington KY with Jan Durham [...]

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‘Niki & Niki’ felting tools are on the way plus plenty of other felting news!

Well, everything definitely seems to be happening at once here. The first batch of felting tools that designer Niki Collier and I are having made to our specifications has arrived now and will be available for sale sometime over the next few days! We just need to burn our name on them, measure and weigh [...]

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U.S. workshop updates plus pictures of nuno felt from yesterday

I’m SO EXCITED that my spring trip to KY and MI is really starting to take shape!!! It’s taken quite a while to get a materials list together for the sessions organised in Plainwell MI by Dawn Edwards (25th and 26th May) and in Lexington KY by Jan Durham (11th and 12th May) because with [...]

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Still under the weather but felting today

I’m still trying to shake off the remains of the stinking cold I’ve had. Thanks to a very good cough bottle, horrible but effective black currant Lemsip Max and unlimited quantities of freshly squeezed lemons, oranges and Bulgarian honey I definitely have turned the corner and am feeling quite a bit better. Today I was meant [...]

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My first felting workshop in Portugal is now open for booking and back home from Bansko, Bulgaria!

Booking is now open for my first felting extravaganza in Portugal, Karin has finalised the information flyer for the week long workshop and I have to say if I wasn’t going to be teaching there anyway I think I would be booking the week myself!!! I love the thought of spending time in a rural [...]

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