Creative Peninsula Beads and Bracelets
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.
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Creative Peninsula Craic
As part of the Ards and North Down Council run Creative Peninsula, I ran a spinning and a peg loom weaving workshop.
Creative Peninsula 2023
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
Mourne Alpacas
I ran a couple of craft sessions in collaboration with Mourne Alpacas, Dromara this month, with groups of students from local schools.
The teenagers spent the mornings being introduced to the alpacas (and all the other animals on the farm), learning about alpacas, about their fleeces and all the things that can be made from it.
I ran beaded bracelets sessions with them, using pony beads and alpaca charms, and was amazed at their creativity and how engaged they were with the craft.
Ballywalter Seniors
The very creative ladies and gentleman of Ballywalter Seniors Club made a herd of alpacas at their meeting last Monday.
Armed with felt, beads, ribbon and a rainbow of embroidery threads, they stitched their way through the session, most not even stopping to have their tea and sandwiches (well, until the pineapple delights arrived…).
Great, enthusiastic bunch – thank you all for an entertaining afternoon!
Rag Rug Workshop
This Rag Rug workshop take two, with Portavogie seniors a couple of weeks, ago saw us making rag rugs on Hessian sacking with crochet hooks and rug latch tools.
There was lots of chat, and hard work helped with the creativity. A cup of tea and a biscuit was very welcome!
Crafts from the Lower Ards
This workshop offered an insight into traditional craft industries that provided an income for women on the Ards Peninsula in the 1800s.
Portavogie and Ballywalter Senior Clubs
I have been commissioned to provide a number of craft sessions for both Portavogie and Ballywalter senior clubs. The first of these workshops ran this week with a lovely group of ladies in Portavogie.
Exciting News!
I have been working very hard putting together a programme for the next couple of weeks. These are workshops, both old and brand new, being run from my premises at Kiri Cottage.
Make Along Week 1
I decided to make something for myself for a change, and came across a ‘Make Along’ from the Danish wool sales company Hobbii:
https://hobbii.co.uk/noshadesofgrey-make-along-for-knitters
Interestingly, they don’t let you see the final garment, but release parts of the pattern every week over a six week period. There is both a knitted and a crochet option, and you can buy a kit from them, or buy your own wool and access the pattern for free.