I was given about 20 fleeces this morning from a local farmer – a very welcome gift.
The first job to do is to ‘skirt’ the fleeces which involves removing both the very dirty fleece, and the shorter and weathered parts of the fleece as using these would create a poorer quality yarn once spun.
We have now renamed our club ‘The Makers’ Moot’, and are setting it up as an unincorporated constituted group and hope to be able to apply for grants, once our bank account has been finalised, so that we can access craft courses and learn new skills.
Be a creator, not just a consumer.
I was up at Equine Halfway House, a charity that I support, (and a number of my crafting friends also support it) this morning with a friend who is looking to adopt a pony as companion for her horse. Her old horse had passed on recently.
Discover art at its finest in ๐๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐๐ผ๐๐ป โ Our Borough is well known for its many resident Artists and Makers and during the Creative Peninsula visitors can view their work, make a purchase or a commission or try their hand at making something unique!
As part of Ards & North Down Council’s Creative Peninsula season I ran a ‘learn to crochet’ workshop today. The four ladies who participated had never crocheted before. They did really well, picking up the basics, and learning how to include beads into their work.
On the evening of Monday 5th August, I ran a Nalbinding workshop in Ards Arts Centre, a great venue for workshops. Five lovely ladies came along and got to grips with Nalbinding very quickly and plan to keep practicing at home.
After a spinning and a peg loom workshop the third of my creative peninsula workshops was all about making bracelets with beads, using a number of different techniques.
As part of the Ards and North Down Council run Creative Peninsula, I ran a spinning and a peg loom weaving workshop.
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
