Following on from yesterday's post about Carmen's great new book 'Dutch Felt', I did an internet search this morning and discovered that it is available directly from the publishars Zijdar. When I get a few spare hours (whenever that is!) I am planning on trying out Ria's...
Yesterday was an extremely busy 'paper' day, a visit to my accountant followed by financial mentoring followed in turn by a session of business mentoring, little wonder that I didn't actually get to create any felt! On my way back from Wexford however I called in to...
I loved the two felt hats that I made recently with Icelandic wool but I really wanted to wear them myself and unfortunately my head is just too small for hats shaped on my hat block! At the brilliant 'Pick up your Needles' workshop on Saturday Irene had...
I am delighted to announce that Lyda Rump will be facilitating two seperate felting workshops here at Clasheen next February! Lyda is a fantastic textile artist who is gifted at passing on her experience. You may remember that I attended a brilliant workshop of hers at Felt...
This morning I had put time aside to take photos of my new felting kits and put them up on Etsy. I am SOOOO frustrated as I write because now that I have found my camera I can't find it's charging station so uploading them will have...
Tomorrow evening I have to show my face at the Golf Club Captain's Dinner. Being on a budget I was wracking my brain deciding what to wear (it is informal this year which is unusual) when to my absolute delight I found my 'lost' black...
I had great fun yesterday finishing the raspberry ripple felt hat and then was inspired to adjust the template slightly and make another, this time with a fresh green and white colour scheme. I also wanted to try incorporating silk chiffon and silk hankies into the Icelandic wool...
Yesterday afternoon I was just able to grab an hour and a half to try out a felt hat as an experiment with the Icelandic wool. Some of you have been asking how coarse the wool is and is it suitable for wearables, in her...
[caption id="attachment_1148" align="alignleft" width="223" caption="Embellishing the surface"][/caption]One of my favourite things about felting is the variety of textures achievable, both by the addition of surface materials and the way we lay out the wool either evenly or randomly. At the fun flat felt workshop...
In response to some of your comments re. the silk laps I also find that they can 'catch' your skin as you are laying them out but definitely not as much as silk hankies do. What I like to do if my hands are...
As mentioned previously, I was furious with myself for not buying any hand dyed silk laps at the Knit and Stitch Show in Dublin last year. Basically they are like a really huge silk hankie and perfect for adding vibrant colour and texture to any...
I have had a very busy day today rushing around the place and packaging orders but at last I have some time to rush off a quick post. Tomorrow is going to be another tidying up and destashing day in preparation for my first Winter workshops...
I have spent a LOT of today making a large felt vessel using some of my new Icelandic wool and thankfully the weather improved enough in the afternoon for photographing so I am at last starting to put it up for sale on Etsy. In order...
I had an amazing time yesterday at the Knit and Stitch show in Dublin. Unfortunately because of my fever I was only able to attend for the last of the four days but from a consumers point of view it was heaven! Apparantly Thursday and Saturday...
