During this workshop you will learn the traditional wet felting technique to take a fleece to a beutiful hand crafted rug.
We welcome Trish O’Meara, from Wormit Woolies. Trish is a local fibre artist specializing in making hand felted rugs and decorative wall hangings using natural raw fleece.
This is a practical workshop, come prepared for an upper body workout and wear your old clothes, felting is splashy, messy and physical. Then we’ll get stuck into felting using warm water and soap along with a few different tools like rolling pins and paint rollers etc. This is followed by some throwing and fulling which is when the real magic happens! You will be provided with an apron along with everything else needed to create your very own one of a kind felted rug/throw. Each participant will need to bring along a couple of large towels and a bag to carry your damp rug home in. Trish will provide you with an instruction sheet for follow up care of your rug!
Delicious cakes and nibbles, along with hot drinks provided throughout the duration of the afternoon, held in 'The Barn' at Oakfield Farm.
