Event: Festival of Botanical Colours – Co Kerry

The Festival of Botanical Colours is a textile event which includes workshops and demonstrations, including the following: indigo dyeing, land art, ink making, Fair Isle knitting, spinning, storytelling, block printing, solar dyeing, pigments, peg loom weaving and more

When: From Friday, the 24th, through Sunday, the 26th of October.

Where: Tech Amergin (arts centre), Spunkane, Waterville, Co Kerry.

Guild member Sharon Wells is teaching two workshops at the festival. The one on ink making is fully booked, but as of today, her workshop this Sunday on Peg Loom Weaving has spots – https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/festival-of-botanical-colours-peg-looming-tickets-1680692940829

For more information and to register – https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/festival-of-botanical-colours-4629633

Their Instagram @festival_wool_cloth

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

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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