This evening was the first get together of the Kiri Cottage Craft Club. A small but select group of 5 crafters crocheted, embroidered and spun, shared stories and craic, coffee and cake.
We agreed that the club would meet one evening and one morning a month, as especially coming into the dark evenings, not everyone wants to venture out.
This evening was the first get together of the Kiri Cottage Craft Club. A small but select group of 5 crafters crocheted, embroidered and spun, shared stories and craic, coffee and cake.
We agreed that the club would meet one evening and one morning a month, as especially coming into the dark evenings, not everyone wants to venture out.
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
My wool spinning workshop last month was one stop on a craft trail that a daughter had put together for her mother’s 75th birthday.
Mum didn’t know what she was coming to do until they arrived with me on a lovely sunny bank holiday afternoon.
The two ladies had visited a number of places and attended other craft related talks and workshops during their travels, and it was great to hear their experiences. They were visiting from where they lived in Devon, and have been over to Ireland a few times, following family connections and locations.
Neither had spun on a spinning wheel before, but both picked it up very quickly and went home with a ball each of their own hand spun wool.
This workshop offered an insight into traditional craft industries that provided an income for women on the Ards Peninsula in the 1800s.
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.
I am participating in the Ards and North Down Borough Council “Experience AND 2023 Programme of Unique Immerse Experiences, Guided Walks, and Tours” this year. The first workshop I am running is “Bonnets and Lace” on 28 May 2023. This can be booked through this link:
https://www.visitardsandnorthdown.com/whats-on/bonnets-and-lace-28-may-experience-and-2023-p822631
I have been working with alpaca wool for many years now, but, a number of clients asked me to spin their own alpaca’s fleeces for them over the last few months.
I have been spinning and dyeing wool for many years for my weaver friend, Marion. This weekend I completed another 10kgs for her.
