12th October 2008, From 12noon to 4pm.
People's Park, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
As part of Innocent Smoothies campaign to raise €20,000 for Age Action Ireland, The Yarn Room has organised a Big Knit on the 12th of October. Yarn, needles and inspiration will be provided. We are looking for knitters of all ages and abilities to join us making the cute knitted hats. Join us for one hat, or stay for the afternoon and make as many as you can. This is an outdoor event, so you may need some woollies to keep warm!!
For more info visit the Innocent Smoothie website, or contact stephanie@theyarnroom.com
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
'Festival of World Food'
4 - 5 October 2008 in Marlay Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin
As well as oodles of food from around the world, cookery workshops, origami, and children's activities, the festival will be demonstrating the life story of knitting yarn. On Sunday the Festival will feature sheep shearing. The fleece will then be spun into yarn and knitted up by Stephanie, from The Yarn Room
More info on the Festival here
As well as oodles of food from around the world, cookery workshops, origami, and children's activities, the festival will be demonstrating the life story of knitting yarn. On Sunday the Festival will feature sheep shearing. The fleece will then be spun into yarn and knitted up by Stephanie, from The Yarn Room
More info on the Festival here
Introduction
The Mailing List is temporary on-hold, it is on our vast list of things-to-do!
Apologies to anyone who has emailed to be added to the list, you can be assured, you are not forgotten! As The Woolly Way is completely voluntary, its hard to get round to everything. We are learning as we go.
Hopefully in the near future we will be able to create a little newsletter with updates on what's happening in Ireland. (Any volunteers?...)
Apologies to anyone who has emailed to be added to the list, you can be assured, you are not forgotten! As The Woolly Way is completely voluntary, its hard to get round to everything. We are learning as we go.
Hopefully in the near future we will be able to create a little newsletter with updates on what's happening in Ireland. (Any volunteers?...)
Friday, September 26, 2008
Mad Hatters Tea Party II
An Exhibition of Hats by Lina Stein. Join Westport-based australian Milliner Lina stein for an evening of funand frivolity, style and elegance. Like-minded hat enthusiasts from all over will have the opportunity to dress sharp, wear their favorite hat, enjoy the company with a glass of wine and some nice nibbles!!
Opening - October 9th 2008, 7pm at Linenmill Café Winebar, New Road, Westport, Co. Mayo
Opening - October 9th 2008, 7pm at Linenmill Café Winebar, New Road, Westport, Co. Mayo
Cork Textile Conference 2009 'Transforming Textiles'
Cork Textile Conference 2009 'Transforming Textiles' is a one day conference with lectures from Britain and Ireland's leading contemporary textile artists.
Lectures, workshops and viewing of work
Venue: Coláiste Stiofán Naofa, Tramore Road, Cork
Date: Sat 7th March 2009
Entrance Fee: €80
www.corktextiles.com
Lectures, workshops and viewing of work
Venue: Coláiste Stiofán Naofa, Tramore Road, Cork
Date: Sat 7th March 2009
Entrance Fee: €80
www.corktextiles.com
Kaunas Art Biennial TEXTILE 09
TEXTILE 09 will be held in Kaunas, Lithuania from the 1st October to 30th November 2009.
Deadline for applications is 30th November 2008.
Please contact them directly for further information:
T: +37061256171/ www.biennial.it
Deadline for applications is 30th November 2008.
Please contact them directly for further information:
T: +37061256171/ www.biennial.it
The Golden Fleece Award
The Golden Fleece Award is an artistic fund established as a charitable bequest by the late Helen Lillias Mitchell, who died in 2000. She left this fund in place as part of her legacy to establish an annual award of approximately €20,000 overall.
Please visit the following site for application details:
http://www.goldenfleeceaward.com/site/apply.htm
Closing Date: 30th November 2008
Application details in brief: Applicants must be born or have strong connections with Ireland. Traditional painting refers to representational figurative painting. Traditional craft refers to work with a basis in traditional skills and materials. These include woven textiles, spinning, dyeing, glass making, metalwork, ceramics, stonework and woodwork, etc.
Please visit the following site for application details:
http://www.goldenfleeceaward.com/site/apply.htm
Closing Date: 30th November 2008
Application details in brief: Applicants must be born or have strong connections with Ireland. Traditional painting refers to representational figurative painting. Traditional craft refers to work with a basis in traditional skills and materials. These include woven textiles, spinning, dyeing, glass making, metalwork, ceramics, stonework and woodwork, etc.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Interesting....
So far we've had some good response to the idea of this blog. We're gathering the salt and pepper, the creme, a bunch * of Irish Bloggers, that are willing to devote some time to making this the definitive guide to Textiles in Ireland. It'll take us a few weeks to get out P's and Q's together. Scoops don't come every day you know, so please bear with us...
*(I'm trying to think of a word that describes a group/gathering/collection of Bloggers. Maybe we could come up with a new word. Any suggestions??)
*(I'm trying to think of a word that describes a group/gathering/collection of Bloggers. Maybe we could come up with a new word. Any suggestions??)
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Our First Scoop!!
What a Grand Opening this is. We have our first scoop!
WW has just heard that Innocent Smoothies Ireland has decided
to run the Big Knit 2008 campaign in Ireland
for the very first time.
to run the Big Knit 2008 campaign in Ireland
for the very first time.
What is the Big Knit?
The Big Knit is a campaign where Innocent, Topaz and the charity Age Action join forces to help older people in
What do they do?
They put little woolly hats on their smoothie bottles in Topaz stores from 5th November 2008, and for every hat-wearing smoothie sold, innocent and Topaz give €1 to Age Action.
They put little woolly hats on their smoothie bottles in Topaz stores from 5th November 2008, and for every hat-wearing smoothie sold, innocent and Topaz give €1 to Age Action.
Where does the money go?
The money raised from the Big Knit will go towards providing support to older peopld, including care and repair programmes and advice on how to keep houses warm during the winter
What is the Target?
The Target is 20,000 little woolly hats, which will mean,
€20,000 raised for Age Action Ireland!
When is this happening, and how can I find out more about it?
Keep an eye on their website
They are aiming to put all the info up on their website and blog on Monday 29th September.
There will be knitting news, downloadable resources and a hat-o-meter so you can keep track of how they're doing.
What can I do?
Every hat counts, so dig our your needles, get those odd ends of wool and start making hats. They will have patterns up on the webite, but we're put up a few here to to get you started.
If you are in a knitting group, womens group, book club, or you run the local after-schools club, work at a retirement home, anything, why not devote just a few minuites to making some of whese wonderful little hats, and raise money for a good cause. If you are a beginner, they are a great fun way to practise your knitting. If there are any local knitting groups, go along, and someone will be willing to teach you.
What else?
Its not just knitting, crocheted hats are fine. Any type, colour, shape of hat are all accepted. Be adventerous, why not try to make themed hats, here are a few examples...
What is the deadline and where do I send them?
The deadline for sending the hats to Fruit Towers is the 22nd of October, so get going, and get creative. They even have plans to give out lots of little prizes for the most creative. So, get knitting!!
When you have made your hats, please send your them to:
The Big Knit
innocent drinks
Fruit Towers
46 Mountjoy Square
Dublin 1
If you’re holding a knit-in or have any stories about your hats please do let
Big Knit Jules know at bigknitireland@innocentdrinks.ie
Or call the banana phone on 01 879 6600
she always loves a bit of wool related gossip.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
The Woolly Way is currently looking for fibre-minded people who would like to make this the definitive online textile guide in Ireland. We're looking for folk that would like to contribute their work, love, and chat about textiles in Ireland.So, whether you knit, crochet, spin, weave, quilt, sew, sell, buy, teach, learn, farm, anything to do with Fabric and Fibre, we want to hear from you.
Here's the kind of stuff we are looking for:
Artists/Designers:
Write a small description of yourself, what you do, what materials you work with, where you are located, where do you sell, contact information, etc. Do you provide any other services; teach workshops, exhibitions, commissions?
Blogs/Websites:
You may not work full-time in textiles, but you are a master of your craft and can talk forIreland
If you are looking for textile items, send us details on your charity, what you are looking for, contact information, links to your website/patterns/information. Is your appeal on-going, or a once-off?
Design
Free patterns, projects, illustrations, hints, techniques, tutorials .
Events:
To get an event listed, simply email us the following details, exactly as you would like it to be read: heading, when, where, event, contact information
Editors/Roving Reporters:
Would you like to join the Woolly Way team? We're looking for volunteers to help maintain and update the Woolly Way. Or maybe you'd like to become a Roving Reporter, our South Eastern or Midlands correspondent, with regular updates from your area. Master of you craft? Become our help Doctor, write an advice column on your area of expertise.
Farms:
We want to create a holistic Textile Directory; we want to start from the beginning. If you run a sheep or alpaca farm, grow flax or hemp; why not tell us about it. Get your farm listed, are you open to visitors, to tour groups, where you sell your produce? Write us an articles on the difference between sheep breeds, how you classify wool, how do you prepare flax for spinning.
Group/Guild:
Tell us what you do what kind of members you look for, e.g. beginner/advanced, when, where and how often you meet, membership fees, contact information. Anything else, such as exhibitions, outings, etc
Kid's Section
To help kids, their parents and teachers on their Woolly Way, we'd like to provide a series of projects for them to try their hands at. If you have any ideas, such as making pompoms, fabric collages, paper weaving, we'd love to hear from you.
Reviews:
Got a great book you just have to rave about, a pattern that has to be made? What’s the latest wool/fabric/colour/technique. Write reviews of websites, blogs , interviews with influences, people, personal stories.
Shops:
Write a small description of your business, where you are located, what you sell, opening hours, website, contact information, etc. Do you provide retail or wholesale, any other services, such as workshops, exhibition space, commissions, etc?
We are always on the look-out for interesting articles about Textiles inIreland
One more thing...
Please try to write the information exactly as you would like to see it online. Spell-check it before sending it on, and check all the information, website addresses and links are correct. We would currently like the articles to be submitted as an email, but if you cant, an attached Word Doc is fine, only jpeg photo's will be accepted. We work on a volunteer basis, so editing time is limited and we cannot be made responsible if wrong information is given. Your information should be up within a few days, so check back and see if it is correct. If you have any problems or are unhappy with the article, please contact us immediately.
For more info email us at
woollyway[AT]gmail[DOT]com
Here's the kind of stuff we are looking for:
Artists/Designers:
Write a small description of yourself, what you do, what materials you work with, where you are located, where do you sell, contact information, etc. Do you provide any other services; teach workshops, exhibitions, commissions?
Blogs/Websites:
You may not work full-time in textiles, but you are a master of your craft and can talk for
If you are looking for textile items, send us details on your charity, what you are looking for, contact information, links to your website/patterns/information. Is your appeal on-going, or a once-off?
Design
Free patterns, projects, illustrations, hints, techniques, tutorials .
Events:
To get an event listed, simply email us the following details, exactly as you would like it to be read: heading, when, where, event, contact information
Editors/Roving Reporters:
Would you like to join the Woolly Way team? We're looking for volunteers to help maintain and update the Woolly Way. Or maybe you'd like to become a Roving Reporter, our South Eastern or Midlands correspondent, with regular updates from your area. Master of you craft? Become our help Doctor, write an advice column on your area of expertise.
Farms:
We want to create a holistic Textile Directory; we want to start from the beginning. If you run a sheep or alpaca farm, grow flax or hemp; why not tell us about it. Get your farm listed, are you open to visitors, to tour groups, where you sell your produce? Write us an articles on the difference between sheep breeds, how you classify wool, how do you prepare flax for spinning.
Group/Guild:
Tell us what you do what kind of members you look for, e.g. beginner/advanced, when, where and how often you meet, membership fees, contact information. Anything else, such as exhibitions, outings, etc
Kid's Section
To help kids, their parents and teachers on their Woolly Way, we'd like to provide a series of projects for them to try their hands at. If you have any ideas, such as making pompoms, fabric collages, paper weaving, we'd love to hear from you.
Reviews:
Got a great book you just have to rave about, a pattern that has to be made? What’s the latest wool/fabric/colour/technique. Write reviews of websites, blogs , interviews with influences, people, personal stories.
Shops:
Write a small description of your business, where you are located, what you sell, opening hours, website, contact information, etc. Do you provide retail or wholesale, any other services, such as workshops, exhibition space, commissions, etc?
We are always on the look-out for interesting articles about Textiles in
One more thing...
Please try to write the information exactly as you would like to see it online. Spell-check it before sending it on, and check all the information, website addresses and links are correct. We would currently like the articles to be submitted as an email, but if you cant, an attached Word Doc is fine, only jpeg photo's will be accepted. We work on a volunteer basis, so editing time is limited and we cannot be made responsible if wrong information is given. Your information should be up within a few days, so check back and see if it is correct. If you have any problems or are unhappy with the article, please contact us immediately.
By sending in an article or photographs you give consent for it to be published, and for any minor editing that might be necessary. You will, however, retain full rights to your article and your photographs
For more info email us at
woollyway[AT]gmail[DOT]com
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