Tag: European Wool Festival

Event: Wool Festival in Felletin, France

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The Journées Nationales de la Laine, or The National Wool Days, are three days of immersion in the land of wool to discover the multifaceted secrets of this material. There are 140 exhibitors at the show, which offers a complete vision of the wool industry: breeders, shearers, spinners, mattress makers, weavers, felters, dyers, trainers, etc.

When: the 27th, 28th, and 29th of October.

Additionally, there are guided tours of the Pinton Tapestry Workshop and Terrade Spinning Factory.

As part of the festival, the LAINAMAC Training Center offers classes in several textile techniques, including feltmaking. https://formation.lainamac.fr/ateliers-decouverte/

For more information, visit the Festival’s website – https://www.felletinpatrimoine.com/jnl/

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News: Wool- Legacy of St Brigid in Video

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Irish Grown Wool in Newbridge Event

On the 11th of March, several members of Feltmakers Ireland went to the Newmarket Town Hall in Co Kildare to participate in Wool – The Legacy of St Brigid. The event was organised by Deirdre Lane of Shamrock Spring, with assistance from the AONTAS Adult Learners Festival.

The Irish Wool Book

Member, Annika Berglund, showed felted samples of Irish-grown wool, which will be featured in the upcoming book, Exploring Irish Wool for Feltmaking. The book covers the best Irish wool breeds for feltmaking. Includes sections on sourcing, preparing, and dyeing wool at home using simple ingredients.

Annika with the book’s felted samples and Fiona and Deirdre demonstrating feltmaking

Additionally, Annika was part of the afternoon speakers’ panel at Wool: Legacy of St Brigid.

Further members’ contributions came from Feltmakers Ireland members Fiona Leech and Deirdre Crofts, who demonstrated feltmaking, while Juliane Gorman demonstrated felting hats with Irish-grown wool.

Now on Video!

The Video

During the event in Newbridge, there was a professional crew filming the day’s happenings. A short excellent video of Wool: The Legacy of St Brigid can be seen at the EWE Foundation‘s European Wool Day, which was on the 9th of April. This year it happened in Serbia.

The entire day’s event of EWE can be watched HERE. Note: there are initial technical difficulties with the audio. However, our section from Newbridge, Wool: The Legacy of St Brigid, happens HERE and is EXCELLENT!

Many thanks to all who braved the rain to learn more about wool. Again, huge thanks to Deirdre Lane of Shamrock Spring for organising the event.