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Event: The 5th Annual European Wool Day – Member Sharon Wells is Presenting in Rome

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The 5th European Wool Day will be celebrated on Sunday, the 6th of April, from 10 AM to 5 PM CEST at I Casali del Pino in Rome, Italy. The event will also be live-streamed on EWE’s YouTube channel – https://www.youtube.com/@ewefoundation-europeanwool255

The event will feature presentations, demonstrations, and interactive workshops led by wool enthusiasts from across Europe. Attendees of all ages can explore various wool-related activities, including washing, dyeing, spinning, felting, crochet, weaving, and even painting with wool, while learning about best practices and creative techniques.

Feltmakers Ireland member Sharon Wells will be in Rome to present her experiences of recovering from trauma in her talk ‘Healing through Wool,’ at 11 AM. Additionally, she will facilitate a European landscape textile workshop to be created by representatives of EWE member countries.

To see the event’s complete program, visit their website: https://www.ewe.network/european-wool-day-2025

Their Instagram – @ewe_foundation_

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Open Call: European Wool Day 2025 – 6th of April -Rome, Italy

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European Wool Day is an event dedicated to celebrating wool’s versatile and sustainable benefits, a natural fibre with a rich heritage and an important role in our future. The event has a particular focus on wool’s therapeutic and health-related uses.​​​

​Applications are now open for wool producers, health professionals, and sustainability advocates to share their woollen stories contributing to our health and the planet’s health at the 5th European Wool Day.

There are three ways to participate:

-Presenting in person on 6th April from Rome, Italy
-Presenting live joining online on 6th April
-Contributing with a pre-recorded presentation.

The deadline for applications is the 16th of February, 2025.

For more information, visit their website – https://www.ewe.network/european-wool-day-2025

Their Instagram – ewe_foundation__

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News: Fourth Annual European Wool Day

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The Fourth Annual European Wool Day will be held in Greece on April 9th, from 2:30 to 7:30 Central European Time. This year’s theme is ‘New Routes of Wool towards a Sustainable Future’.

WoolinSchool will present as part of the Wool in Education section at approximately 18:30 CEST.

You can watch the presentations live on EWE Foundation’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ewefoundation-europeanwool255

Local programs will run from 6th to 7th April 2024 as part of the Celebrating Wool Weekend, so you are more than welcome to attend in person and enjoy the series of workshops, exhibitions, lectures, and roundtable discussions taking place locally in Metsovo, Greece.

For more information, visit their website – https://www.ewe.network/european-wool-day-2024

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Happening Today: 3rd European Wool Day

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The 3rd EUROPEAN WOOL DAY starts Sunday, April 9, in Zlatibor, Serbia, at 14:00, Central European Time.

If you cannot make it to Serbia, this hybrid event can be watched via live streaming at the EWE Foundation‘s YouTube channel: HERE.

A PDF of a schedule of the day’s events can be found HERE.

The film ‘The Legacy of Brigid: Irish Women in Wool’ by Deirdre Lane, ShamrockSpring, Ireland, is scheduled to be screened at 19:10, Central European Time. Feltmakers Ireland and our upcoming book, ‘Exploring Irish Wool for Feltmaking’ will hopefully be included, as we were part of the event in March.

Also included are presentations by Sandra King of Irish Fibre Crafters on the Wool Shop and Mandy Nash, who will share the International Feltmakers Association’s book ‘British Wool for Feltmaking.’