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Events: Festival of Wool and Cloth – July in Waterville, Co Kerry

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Over four days, the Festival of Wool and Cloth will offer workshops and talks on knitting, weaving, spinning, wet felting, needle felting, eco printing, craftivism, and more.

Feltmakers Ireland Guild member Sharon Wells is teaching a taster needlefelting workshop on Friday, the 5th July. Sharon will be working from photographs by local photographer Alice Dennehy.

Piece by Sharon Wells

Where: Tech Amergin Arts & Education Centre, Waterville, Co Kerry.

When: Thursday, the 4th through Sunday, the 7th of July, 2024.

For more information, visit their Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/FestivalofWoolandCloth

To register for Sharon’s class, visit Eventbrite – https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/needlefelting-with-sharon-wells-tickets-919462556257?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&keep_tld=1


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Events: Wet Felting for Children – Wise Wool Project – K-FEST in Killorglin this Weekend

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The Wise Wool Project in Co Kerry, Ireland, facilitates workshops to educate the public on wool waste in Ireland. They will be at the K-Fest Arts Festival in Killorgan, where they will host workshops and have an exhibit this weekend for the June Bank Holiday.

For more information about the Wise Wool Project, visit their Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61558124287526

To reserve a spot in the workshop, visit this website – https://www.tickettailor.com/checkout/view-event/id/4181353/chk/03e3?nc=1716717785

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Event: Feltmaker Needed – Wool and Primary Producers’ Stand – Dingle Food Festival

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The Irish Grown Wool Council, established in April 2023, will be hosting a
marquee at the Dingle Food Festival this Saturday, the 30th and Sunday the 1st, in
association with local Primary Producer Farmers.

They would like a member of Feltmakers Ireland to demonstrate feltmaking to the Food Festival’s visitors. They will also be selling copies of the Guild’s recently published book, ‘Exploring Irish Wool for Feltmaking’. {See the bottom of this post for contact details}.

The Irish Grown Wool Council’s VISION is:
“Bringing Wool stakeholders across the Island of Ireland together to realise the potential of wool as a natural, sustainable and versatile material, by building on its rich heritage, enhancing understanding and appreciation of the characteristics of Irish Grown Wool, facilitating collaboration in product/market research and ultimately applying innovative product solutions to address current challenges and create future opportunities.”

The Wool Council will have various displays on wool products ranging from beautiful textiles handcrafted by local artists, right through to Wool Insulation, which is made using waste wool as part of our circular bio-economy drive under our sustainability slogan – “Waste is a resource in the correct hands”.

MTU Tralee Circular Bio-Economy Southwest Cluster (Catriona Power) hosts the recently created, virtual Wool Research & Innovation Hub and will outline wool research being done by the R&I Hub.

The Dingle Hub, represented by Dinny Galvin, will be doing a display and talk on how, if we had a Biodigester on the Dingle Peninsula or elsewhere in Kerry Irish wool could be scoured locally at scale. Wastewater from washing could be a valuable feedstock for the Biodigester. The UCC team investigating the use of wastewater from a mooted local scouring plant in a biodigester will also attend.

If you are in Dingle for the food festival, call in at the marquee to see our products and meet the makers. Stay for a discussion on how we may develop the wool industry and hopefully get farmers a better price for our wool.

The marquee (stall 56), is based in Orchard Lane, beside Jerry Kennedy Butchers.

For and on behalf of the Irish Grown Wool Council,

Pat Byrne – Chairman

To arrange to demonstrate feltmaking at the festival, email Pat – pat.byrne@theagileexecutive.ie