Wool Crafts

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SPINNING TO KNIT -Gotland wool can be spun very fine or chunky most hand spinners love the silky fleece and  the soft carded ‘clouds’ are easy to hand spin, the long locks can also be spun with out carding if required. Lambs wool which is shorter and very soft can be use in long draw spinning to make a fine light springy yarn for lace knitting.

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We hope to have machine spun Gotland yarn for sale later this year so watch this space for more details………

UK Knit Camp and Ravelry weekend is from 9th to 14th August 2010 in Stirling, Scotland. I will be there to learn about lace knitting my fine hand spun Gotland yarn look at the web site re tickets and courses still avaliable. www.britishyarn.org.uk

 

 

  FELTING is my main craft  I really enjoy to experiment with the different technique’s , Gotland wool produced wonderful felt from soft light nuno to strong structural peices. The curls give texture and locks can be added as a fringe to projects.

Felted tree by Nickie Kirkby C&G final peice.

This was my final felt peice for the City and Guild’s in Feltmaking and design which I completed in 2007.

These vessels where on the Felt Makers Stand in 2007 .

Needle felted trolls Gotland Medieval fair 2008

Gotland felt bags with fringe

My visit to Sweden and the Island of Gotland in 2008  helped to both inspire me and teach me new felting skills ,I discovered felting with locks which has given a new dimentions to the use of Gotland fleece in my felt projects. 

Weaving. New Zealand Gotland wool was used to make the cloth for the Hobbit cloaks in the lord of the Rings films …………so you could say…..as worn by Hobbits !