FELTMAKERS IRELAND

We have just finished the first round of Drop In Days and they were  a great success. Everyone who attended made samples from a huge variety of different wools. The samples came from the Wool Initiative and from Liz Brown in Scotland (some members of the committee attended a workshop given by Liz earlier in [...]

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As if things weren’t good enough with our new felt sign (see below) Colleen brought along our new banner to last Wednesday’s Drop In day. The banner is a composite of a wide variety of photographs of felt work and is to be used at the different events we attend. The banner was designed by committee member [...]

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Our new Drop In schedule has kicked off with a great start. We held the first sessions last Wednesday in Blanchardstown and today in Bray. Everyone who came along got a chance to try working with different fibres to make a felt sample. We plan to join all the samples together to have a permanent [...]

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We had just about the best day ever when we visited the Rare Breeds Show in Gosford Park near Armagh today. We were invited by Freda from the “Wool Initiative” and were warmly welcomed by the Ulster Weavers & Spinners who we shared the marquee with. The Park was jam packed with the most beautiful [...]

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During a wonderful week-end in Connemara a group from Feltmakers Ireland were joined by many friends, including basket maker Kathleen McCormack and green wood chair maker Alsion Ospina. The week-end was fruitful in many ways but one of the results was this fantastic felted sign which we can proudly bring along to all our events. [...]

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Thanks to everyone who came along to visit our studio on Sunday. We had a lovely day despite the inclement weather. About one hundred people came to visit throughout the day, we had homemade baking and elderflower cordial and a great display of felt work. Younger people got a chance to make their own felt [...]

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