There never seem to be enough hours in a day to fit in all the things that I really want to do. Luckily my flu is now 90% over so I am starting to plough through all the paperwork and outstanding letters/emails etc. that built up over the 4 weeks while I was away from home. My [...]
Posts Tagged ‘swap’
Exciting news re. felting wool, Clasheen Autumn Swap and last chance to view Sculpture in Context
Posted in Felt, Swaps, nuno felt, tagged Felt, Felting, Nuno, merino, wool, embellishing, nuno felt, wet felting, fibre, sculptural felt, embellishment, swap, exhibition, clasheen Crafty Swaps, Filzrausch, felt vessel, Sculpture in Context, felt bag, Icelandic wool, Clasheen Autumn Swap, felting kit, findings, felt purse, felt necklace, felt brooch, Dublin, Iceland, Icelandic on October 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
At last ‘Cascade’ is installed and Clasheen Autumn Swap
Posted in Exhibitions, Felt, Swaps, submissions, tagged Felt, Felting, wet felting, swap, wet felt, exhibition, Autumn Swap, flowers, Clasheen Crafty Swap, Sculpture in Context, National Botanic Gardens, felt flowers, Cascade, Clasheen Autumn Swap on August 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Well at last ‘Cascade’ is installed in the Great Palm House at the National Botanic Gardens thanks to a lot of help from Alan! Thanks also to everyone who sent me emails and comments with suggestions about the stringing and transportation of the felt flowers. I eventually wound the strands around old election posters of [...]
Felt vessels and great swap package
Posted in Exhibitions, Felt, Swaps, tagged Clasheen, Clasheen Crafty Swap, cowl, Felt, felt vessels, Felting, fiber, fibers, fibre, fibres, Flickr, goodies, krobin, natural, Ravelry, swap, vessels, wet felt, wet felting on June 17, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I have now uploaded some images of the felt vessels that I made for the Blueprint exhibition to my Flickr account. With the exception of one bowl I decided to use all undyed fibres and keep the theme simple and stylish. Probably the vessel that I am most satisfied with is a grey and white bowl with [...]
Brilliant new felting book, wonderful swap package and new Clasheen swap news!!
Posted in Felt, Swaps, tagged bag, book, Clasheen, Clasheen Crafty Swap, Felt, Felting, felting book, Flickr, Nuno, nuno felt, nuno felting, Ravelry, swap on May 12, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Wow, I got some GREAT packages in the post last night!! Check out Lizzie Houghton’s new book ‘Felting Fashion’, it is brilliant but especially if you are interested in creating wonderful nuno felt wearables!
I first read about this book approximately a month ago (it was pre-publication at that stage) and then members of Feltmakers Ireland who [...]
Nuno felted tote
Posted in Felt, Swaps, workshops, tagged bag, chiffon, Clasheen, Felt, felt bag, felt tote, Felting, fibre, merino, Nicola Brown, Nuno, nuno felt, silk, swap, tote, wet felt, wet felting on April 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Felted tote bag with detatchable corsage
I am really exhausted this evening as I have had another training session for my tourism course and have been trying to tidy my house in preparation for tomorrow morning’s workshop, obviously it is the tidying up that has worn me out!! The weather has been really unsettled as well making [...]
Romney and mohair, a totally new experience!
Posted in Felt, Swaps, tagged Felt, Felting, fibre, mohair, romney, scarf, swap, vessel, wet felt, wet felting, wool on February 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Wow, I recieved my swap parcel from Dawn Edwards and it was fantastic! It is amazing to post a friend part of your stash and in return receive part of theirs, you never know what will come out of the exchange!! Check out these gorgeous goodies (much better picture in Dawn’s Flickr images), don’t they look [...]
Seamless felt bags and New Year swap update
Posted in Felt, Swaps, workshops, tagged bag, batt, Castlecomer, Felt, Felting, reg, resist, roving, seamless, South East Textile Group, swap, wool on January 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
The South East Textile Group held our first meeting of the year last Saturday and it was my turn to share some skills and facilitate the workshop. We met at the Demanse Yard in Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny and as usual started the morning with a coffee and chat in the beautiful light filled restaurant/coffee shop. Our [...]
New design of felt rings and swap update
Posted in Felt, Swaps, tagged Bannier, borrch, Clasheen, Felt, felt ring, Ingrid, Nuno, swap on December 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Here is an image of a felt ring that I made using the technique that Ingrid Bannier generously showed me last weekend, I am also going to load a few more images of rings and a spiky brooch in the same theme up to my Flickr account. Obviously yesterday I must have been having a [...]
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Comments, felting problem discussed and Clasheen New Year Stash Swap
Posted in Felt, Swaps, tagged Clasheen, Clasheen Crafty Swap, comments, Felt, Felting, fibres, layers, merino, New Year, sign, stash, swap, wool on December 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Thanks everyone for responding to the last few posts that I have published in relation to the road sign. I have to agree with those of you who said that it did NOT explain what I was doing, I know it doesn’t but I also agree with those of you who said that it would stand [...]
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