Last night I decided not to light my wood burning stove first thing this morning and try to get some household chores out of the way as a less expensive way of keeping myself warm! Needless to say it wasn't long before I decided on a little textile...
The first pictures are now being uploaded to our Clasheen Swap group on Flickr and I have to say that there have been amazing packages winging their way to swap partners all around the world. Many of the participants decided to wait until 25th December...
I am just throwing out the idea of hosting a virtual felt-a-long sometime during the first couple of weeks in January. Following on from my last post I thought how much fun it could be for those of us already addicted to felting to share...
This morning my four and a half year old niece and I sat down to create her first piece of flat felt! [caption id="attachment_1322" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Working directly on the wet felt"][/caption] I had brought two large bags of Icelandic wool with me (the same wool as I...
Happy Christmas to all of you who celebrate this festive season! I almost didn't get to travel to my sister's house yesterday as we had such bad ice in Ballybrack that I couldn't get up the hill in my local village and had to abandon my...
As promised here is a picture showing the little felt flower lampshades that I added to my Ikea light. [caption id="attachment_1312" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Felt flower light"][/caption] Apologies for the lack of blogging over the last few days but I have been having huge computer problems and then managed to get a...
Following on from the felt piece I made for Sculpture in Context I had a big bag of extra flowers sitting in my studio. I have been toying with the idea of incorporating them into some kind of felt rug but yesterday I raided the stash to steal 45 to use with an...
Yesterday was ladies day at the Golf Club and as I only had a couple of hours in the morning to attack a felting project I decided to convert some flat felt samples into smart and colourful Christmas ornaments. Using this great tutorial from Betz...
Carmen called over for a cup of tea and a chat this morning, we actually hadn't met for over a week as both of us have been so busy in the run up to Christmas. [caption id="attachment_1296" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="The finished felt bag, new handles attached!"][/caption] I...
Just a quick post this evening as the hours seem to have slipped away and it is now time for bed! The last of the trees were planted this morning and I was lucky enough to plant the final 8, far from the amount I had...
This morning I made some more felt flowers and two cuffs, after lunch (fed five hungry tree planters some home made red Thai curry!) I forced myself to sit down and finish several of the flowers by adding simple brooch backs. The weather has been wonderfully...
At Saturday morning's workshop Hilary made some gorgeous felt flowers and we tried out a super new soap! [caption id="attachment_1281" align="alignleft" width="240" caption="Hilary's gorgeous felt flowers!"][/caption] Because there were only the two of us (unfortunately the other participants were not able to make it) I was able to show...
During the summer I received two balls of a ribbon yarn during one of the Ravelry swaps that I participate in. As I understand it these would normally be used as quirky additions when knitting, crocheting or weaving but for me they make the perfect yarn to use...
My first batch of felting kits are finally up for sale in my Etsy store as of this afternoon. I can't believe how long it has taken to get to this stage, really I am kicking myself they were not up earlier but truthfully I just...
Since I last posted here on Friday it seems that at least two weeks worth of work has actualy taken place so apologies for my lack of communication over the last few days. On Saturday morning as I was preparing for the first of my two planned felting workshops...
At last I have my flat felting tutorial written and can start to put up my felting kits for sale in my Etsy store! It needed the craft fair this weekend to really focus me, not having access to a printer at the moment is...
Just a quick post today as I continue preparations for Saturday's workshops and Sunday's craft fair at Raheen. Yesterday I made two sweet scarflettes using some of the gorgeous printed silk that I bought recently at Threads of Green in Kilkenny. The print is in...
As promised here are some pictures of my new style (loosly based on a Lyda Rump design) fabric and felt neckpiece. [caption id="attachment_1246" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="Printed silver fabric and black felt bead neckpiece"][/caption] The scarves that I have used in my first two prototypes are a 20% silk 80%...
