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23 Nov How much felt is enough, stock that is!

Posted at 17:11h in Craft Fairs/Events, Dying, Fairs/Events, Felt, Felt for sale, Natural printing and dyeing by Nicola 2 Comments

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How much felt is enough for a display table or booth, enough that is to create a good display, have a selection of different items in different colours yet not have so much out that things look messy and don't create a good impression??? [caption id="attachment_4172"...

14 Nov My pine needle scarf and some more natural printing/dyeing

Posted at 12:17h in Dying, Natural printing and dyeing, workshops by Nicola 7 Comments

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I had a lovely day yesterday learning Leiko Uchi's pine needle technique. My biggest worry was that I would find laying out the 'needles' difficult and time consuming, instead, while they did take a lot of time in preparation the task was neither boring nor...

25 Oct Felting retreat update and pictures from 2 great workshops!

Posted at 20:50h in Dying, Felt, Felting Retreat, workshops by Nicola 3 Comments

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I've been out of my mind trying to get my paperwork sorted for the accountant, many, many apologies for the lack of blogging this week but I should be back to speed again once I get the next couple of days out of the way! [caption...

10 Oct Home, natural dyeing/printing, unexpected presentation taking up my time…..

Posted at 14:35h in America 2012, Dying, Eco bundling and dyeing, Felt, workshops by Nicola 6 Comments

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I'm home safely after a wonderful time in California! It was great to be back at The Tin Thimble catching up with old friends both before, during and after the three days of workshops plus put faces to the friends I've previously been in touch...

23 Aug Creating my own eco prints to use for nuno felt

Posted at 18:33h in Duckett's Grove, Dying, Eco bundling and dyeing by Nicola 4 Comments

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I had intended to blog today and share pictures of todays nuno felt scarves but the internet connection has been poor, the weather deteriorated and I didn't get them photographed so instead I'll share a couple of pics of my latest eco bundling experiment. [caption id=""...

09 Aug Marie’s wonderful bag is finished and our relaxing creative retreat is underway!

Posted at 06:56h in Dying, Eco bundling and dyeing, Felt, nuno felt, workshops by Nicola 5 Comments

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02 Jul Portugal, the fruits of our labours!

Posted at 00:15h in Dying, Felt, Portugal 2012, workshops by Nicola 3 Comments

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I promised you some pictures of the result of our felting extravaganza in Portugal and here the first few. Sometimes I have problems uploading more than 3 images in a post if I don't have a lot of text so I'm going to try adding...

28 Mar Dyeing felt with turmeric, a Clasheen style diy project!

Posted at 18:34h in Book with Chrissie, Dying, Felt, nuno felt by Nicola 6 Comments

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Amongst everything else I got up to yesterday I had the strongest urge to felt one of Chrissie's new designs from our upcoming book and then decided to dye it using turmeric from my larder! [caption id="attachment_3559" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Lovely yellow as I dip the felt...

22 Sep Nuno felt scarf and wrap pics at last!

Posted at 16:32h in Dying, Felt, nuno felt by Nicola 3 Comments

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Today I managed to take some pictures of the nuno felt scarf and wrap I felted using some of Kool-Aid dyed merino and ponge silk from the weekend. [caption id="attachment_3035" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Peaches and cream nuno felt wrap"][/caption] No, we don't have Kool-Aid here in Ireland but...

19 Sep Kool-Aid dyed ponge silk and merino roving = nuno felted scarf!

Posted at 21:28h in Dying, Felt, nuno felt by Nicola 2 Comments

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Yesterday I spent almost all day dying merino roving and ponge silk in the microwave using a variety of Kool-Aid colours/flavours, check out my Facebook page to see some pictures of the work in progress. Although I am not going to go through a step...

25 Jul More printing info from Felt in Focus

Posted at 16:32h in Dying, Felt in Focus, workshops by Nicola 3 Comments

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This short post is mainly in response to those of you who have been emailing and otherwise asking questions about Kirsten and the binders/pigments we used during the workshop she facilitated at Felt in Focus. Many of you (most of you!) may need to...

12 Jul Textured and stitched, the addition of machine embroidery to felt adds another dimension!

Posted at 10:37h in Dying, Felt, Felt in Focus, workshops by Nicola 18 Comments

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It is just not going to be possible to blog comprehensively about all the new techniques learnt and information absorbed at Felt in Focus, firstly there is definitely not enough time and secondly a lot of it is in my head and will be transmitted...

01 Jul July workshops and saffron wrap plus a rare recommendation for the weekend!

Posted at 08:04h in Dying, Felt, Felt in Focus, nuno felt, workshops by Nicola 3 Comments

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This July I am teaching 2 workshops in the wonderful new space at The Yarn Room in Ashford, Co. Wicklow. 'Revisiting the Basics of Wet Felting' takes place on Saturday July 16th and 'Nuno Felt Scarves' the following week on Saturday 23rd, full details available...

29 Jun More dying and Horst style felting!

Posted at 11:53h in Dying, Felt, Horst by Nicola 12 Comments

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I got a bit sidetracked yesterday, having mentioned that I was going to felt 100s of attachments for a new wrap I decided instead to adapt and finish a Horst style jacket and matching bag! This jacket was another 'blank' which Horst was good enough...

28 Jun Dye bath on the cooker, felt almost ready …..

Posted at 13:39h in Dying, Felt, Horst, nuno felt, workshops by Nicola 1 Comment

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My new HUGE dye bath is on the gas cooker, pot and cooker both purchased in advance of Horst's large felt garment workshop and now taking pride of place in my kitchen for the last few days! I'm not 100% sure whether I like the...

25 Jun Felting and dying fun with Gerda!

Posted at 14:32h in Dying, Felt, Horst by Nicola 10 Comments

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After Horst's workshop Gerda had a few extra days to stay over in Ireland before flying home to South Africa on Sunday so I invited her to stay at Clasheen for a couple of days, boy did we have some fun felting and dying Horst...