For everyone involved in making craft in Ireland it is well worth registering with the Crafts Council of Ireland. http://www.ccoi.ie/content/view/143/250/ is the link to the Registration form. Registration only takes a few minutes, the more people who register the stronger the Council’s voice will be. Registration is currently free and the benefits are; • Receive [...]
Archive for October, 2009
What can the Crafts Council of Ireland do for you?
Posted in Uncategorized on October 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
See you in the RDS
Posted in Uncategorized on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Knitting & Stitching Show starts this Thursday October 29th in the RDS in Dublin. Please come along and visit our stand. This year the stand will be decorated with blue felt pieces on the theme “Felt Away the Blues”. There will be ongoing felt making demonstrations, fibre and kits for sale and an abundance [...]
Recession Sessions
Posted in Uncategorized on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We are very conscious that people are experiencing financial difficulties at the moment and so we are planning a series of workshops at absolute rock boton cost. The OPW are providing us with a venue free of charge in the Visitors Centre of the Phoenix Park so this will really help with pricing. We are [...]
Sunday in Lucan
Posted in Uncategorized on October 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We had the third in the Drop In days this month in Lucan making cuffs and fingerless gloves in preparation for the “Learning Curve” at the Knitting & Stitching Show in the RDS. On Sunday last we had four brand new felters from Northern Ireland who did a fantastic job – under the guidance of [...]
Keep on Smiling
Posted in Uncategorized on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I thought Feltmkers Ireland came up with some crazy ideas until I saw Extreme Shepherding on You Tube – have a look: Also…..this is for all our members who ahve their own sheep. Holly send us some great images from an Exhibition in the Museum of Communication in Frankfurt Aren’t they beautiful? I love their [...]
Knit & Stitch 2009
Posted in Uncategorized on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The evenings are getting darker earlier and Halloween is in the air which must mean it’s time for the annual Knitting & Stitching show in the RDS. The event is always a very busy time for Feltmakers Ireland. We have a stand on the balcony for the duration of the four day show with ongoing [...]
Anna Gunnarsdottir workshop
Posted in Uncategorized on October 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We were proud to have guest tutor Anna Gunnarsdottir with us for a two day workshop on the 3/4th October. Anna is an internationally renowned flet sculptor fanour for her beautiful felt pods. We worked on making sculptural hats using beautiful Icelandic wool and fish skins/sea leather. We were very luck to have received a [...]
