31 Oct Yummy yak!
Tha yak was absolutely yummy to felt with! If I remember Blas correctly it was an 80% yak 20% merino mixture but I am going to check this out again. Although the fibre is quite a bit more expensive than merino it is worth every...
Nicola Brown | 2009 October
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October 2009
30 Oct Off to tangle with some super soft yak (and short film to watch)
It's wet and windy outside today and I can quite see why those yaks need to grow a soft undercoat during the winter months to keep themselves all warm and snug! Luckily I was able to buy some beautiful soft yak fibre from Blas and...
29 Oct First destash items up for sale!
With the studio to tidy, wool to unpack, kits to prepare and other sundry orginisational chores to get through today it was a toss up this morning to know exactly which task to get stuck into first. As soon as I started unpacking the wool it became...
28 Oct Ready to prepare the felting kits at last!
I was supposed to be going to a finance workshop (associated with the tourism course) tomorrow but as my fever is definitely back with a vengeance I have decided to stay at home. Initially I was thinking of laying out and starting a larger garment flu...
27 Oct Mystery of the lost post, incorporating pongee silk and the Clasheen Winter Swap
Well, I have just spent an extremely frustrating and puzzling time trying to locate my blog post and images of the printing on felt from yesterday. I knew that it had gone live thanks to your welcome comments so imagine my surprise this morning when I was giving...
26 Oct Pictures of the collagraph on felt and thanks Alan!
A big thanks to Alan who has decided this morning to give my old laptop a spring clean and has given me a bit of time to take some long overdue pictures (with his camera, mine is still awol!) to upload here and to Flickr. [caption...
25 Oct Printing is fun ….. collagraphs on felt! Pictures of the nuno, silk and linen wrap
What an exciting day I had yesterday. Because I really didn't know exactly what we would be doing at the South East Textile Group monthly workshop I was totally floored to discover that we would be learning how to print collagraphs on to paper and felt using intaglio plates,...
24 Oct Printing on felt
Printing on felt is one surface decoration that I have not tried yet but hopefully today will change all that! I am just off now for my monthly workshop (have missed all during the summer unfortunately) with the South East Textile Group and apparantly printing is what...
23 Oct Merino, silk and linen combination, an experiment in nuno felt, fantastic necklace arrives in the post
Well, my package of fibres and fabric was every bit as good as anticipated! In particular I was delighted with both the dark grey and the zebra striped 16 micron merino as well as the dyed linen (or flax) fibre and the ponge silk. I have worked with raw...
22 Oct Felting supplies, winter workshops at Clasheen and computer problems ….. again
My first really large order of wool and fibre arrived this morning and in a couple of minutes I have the great task of opening the box and delving into all the yummy contents! A lot of this order is actually for myself and not...
21 Oct Check out some of the great fibre related blogs that I follow!
Kreativ Blogger AwardThanks so much to my friend Irene Lundgaard who has given me this Kreativ Blogger Award. The rules for receiving this award mean that you link back to the person who nominated you, list 7 things that you love, link to 6 more kreative bloggers...
19 Oct My nuno felt skirt!
I thought it was about time that I uploaded some images of the nuno mosaic skirt that I made during German felter Sigrid Bannier's visit to Ireland during August. [caption id="attachment_1027" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Felt skirt and wrap outside Kilkenny Castle"][/caption] The main body of the skirt is made...
17 Oct Wonderful scents wafting through Clasheen, felt laptop cover
Some wonderful scents are wafting through Clasheen this morning as felting friends have joined me for a home made cosmetic workshop facilitated by Anna Brown. The morning session is well underway as I write this post and the most delicious scents are courtesy of fresh herbs from my...
16 Oct Wool and silk on order, felting kit update!
Following on from my last post, the Icelandic wool that I have ordered is on its way and I am also now waiting for some silk chiffon and ponge silk to get here in preparation for a nuno felting marathon in the run up to December...
13 Oct Exciting news re. felting wool, Clasheen Autumn Swap and last chance to view Sculpture in Context
There never seem to be enough hours in a day to fit in all the things that I really want to do. Luckily my flu is now 90% over so I am starting to plough through all the paperwork and outstanding letters/emails etc. that built up...
11 Oct Cropped felt top, submission for ‘The climate is Changing’ and recommended magazine to buy
My flu appears to have abated somewhat so I am taking this opportunity of posting about the very exciting top that I felted for myself this week while getting fed and minded like a baby at Carmen's! I really hate sewing and for a long time have wanted...
09 Oct Felt, fever and frustrating flu!
Apologies for not writing sooner my promised post about Yosemite, Castle Air Museum and our wonderful whale watching trip but since arriving back home on Saturday evening I have been absolutely felled with some virus. Carmen has been brilliant, dispensing gorgeous chicken soup and amazing...
05 Oct Fantastic nuno mosaic felting workshop at Urban Fauna Studio
I had a WONDERFUL time at Urban Fauna Studio on my last full day in the States! Blas and Jamie have a superb set up, wonderful fibres, yarns, books and notions etc. all neatly laid out in a small but practical space in a quiet part...