Kiri Cottage Crafts is very happy to announce we are participating in the hugely popular Creative Peninsula again this year!
This is happening up and down the Peninsula between 27 July – 13 August 2023.
The Creative Peninsula is Northern Ireland’s premier celebration of professional Art and Craft.
Now in its 22nd year, and with some exciting changes afoot, this thriving annual event features exhibitions, workshops and demonstrations, all taking place in the picturesque Borough of Ards and North Down.
Our Borough is well knows for its many resident Artists and Makers and during Creative Peninsula visitors have the opportunity to view their work, make a purchase or a commission or try their hand at making something unique.
Follow the below links to explore the workshops I am running for this event.
Thrumming in knitting is a technique that involves adding small tufts of unspun wool or roving into your knitting to create a warm, insulated fabric. This technique is commonly used in mittens, slippers, and other cold-weather accessories. It can also be used with crochet.
Nålebinding is an ancient textile technique that predates knitting and crochet by thousands of years. It involves using a single needle and short lengths of yarn to create fabric through looping and knotting, making it distinct from knitting, which uses continuous yarn.
I had the opportunity to get involved with a textile event last Saturday as part of the NI Science Festival. The event was the ‘Textile Metatronics Challenge,’ and was essentially an information share and brainstorm exercise to consider how flax and other fibre processing could once again be carried out on a small scale, as e.g. a farm diversification scheme, or by individual or small group textile crafters.
Kumihimo is a traditional Japanese braiding technique used to create decorative cords. These cords are often used for jewelry, obis, and samurai armor.
