OK, so its not exactly fibre, but its colour and it sounds like fun!
The organisers of the hugely successful Belfast Mela present Holi - Festival of Colours
For more info check out www.artsekta.org.uk
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Patchwork Exhibition
President McAleese is set to launch the “Hands Across the Border” exhibition in the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin on Wednesday February 25th.
The exhibition which is held every two years, is named in honour of the co-operation between the Irish Patchwork Society and Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild.
'A Journey'
Visitors Centre
National Botanic Gardens
Glasnevin
Dublin 9
Thursday 26th February until Sunday 15th March from 10am until 4pm each day.
Those exhibiting will be using their own personal journeys through life, for inspiration in designing their quilts. As the quilts are made from those expressing their individual memories, each quilt will be different and tell its own story.
The exhibition which is held every two years, is named in honour of the co-operation between the Irish Patchwork Society and Northern Ireland Patchwork Guild.
'A Journey'
Visitors Centre
National Botanic Gardens
Glasnevin
Dublin 9
Thursday 26th February until Sunday 15th March from 10am until 4pm each day.
Those exhibiting will be using their own personal journeys through life, for inspiration in designing their quilts. As the quilts are made from those expressing their individual memories, each quilt will be different and tell its own story.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Guerilla Knitting in Dublin
Guerilla Knitters Unite
New Knitting Group in Dublin
For more info:
Email: calin.glas@gmail.com
Tel: 087 6350138
Meets every Wednesday from 7-9pm
Update:
Meeting on Wednesday the 25th ofFeb (tomorrow) at 7pm
in the Lord Edward pub across from Christchurch.
The address is 23 Christchurch Place and here is a google maps link....
Friday, February 20, 2009
St. Patricks Day Celebrations-the BIG BIG YARN PRIZE
I do try to keep this blog separate form my own personal blog, but sometimes, something too interesting is happening and I have to cross-post. Sorry folks, I am busy (and lazy) so this is copied over directly..
If you want to blog about this competition (and please do) feel free to copy this as well...
If you are into crochet or knitting, you are probably a member of Ravelry, but if you are not, then here's a reason to join...
On behalf of The Woolly Way of Ireland, I have gotten together with some members of different Irish groups to organise a competition for one lucky person to win HUGE GOODY BAG FROM IRELAND!!
The Prize includes:
This competition is exclusive to Ravelry. So, if you are not in, come and join up, its free. Rules and details of the competition are in St. Patrick's Day Celebrations Group
I apologise to anyone not in Ravelry, I would have liked to make it a more public event, but its the easiest way to manage it. Maybe if its successful we will think of doing it differently next year. For now, this was enough to manage..
So if you are in Rav, here are the details:
Competition Rules:
So, you have a month to start making something, take the picture, 3 days to post the pic, then a week to vote...the winner will be announced on the 27th March.
I've just heard the Dublin Knit Collective are going to run a St. Patricks Day Knit-A-Long (KAL). So, if your a knitter, join up both for the chance to get something Irishy knitted, and enter two competitions at once..More details here
Stitchlily
If you want to blog about this competition (and please do) feel free to copy this as well...
If you are into crochet or knitting, you are probably a member of Ravelry, but if you are not, then here's a reason to join...
On behalf of The Woolly Way of Ireland, I have gotten together with some members of different Irish groups to organise a competition for one lucky person to win HUGE GOODY BAG FROM IRELAND!!
The Prize includes:
-
1 KG (20 balls) of Kilcarra donated by StephaniesYarn of The Yarn Room
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A CD of Donal Donohoe, Ceol ‘s Rann donated by WonderWanda
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A Skein of Sock Yarn donated by This is Knit and the Dublin Dye Company,
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A Skein of Hand-Dyed Yarn donated by GaietyGirl and her up and coming Etsy Shop…
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400g of undyed Aran Wool, directly from the Kerry Woollen Mills… and a bar of pure Kerry Lanolin soap, donated by Stitchlily of the Woolly Way of Ireland
- A large Skein of hand-dyed, hand-blended, hand-spun yarn from RockPoolCandy.
This competition is exclusive to Ravelry. So, if you are not in, come and join up, its free. Rules and details of the competition are in St. Patrick's Day Celebrations Group
I apologise to anyone not in Ravelry, I would have liked to make it a more public event, but its the easiest way to manage it. Maybe if its successful we will think of doing it differently next year. For now, this was enough to manage..
So if you are in Rav, here are the details:
Competition Rules:
- You simply have to make something with an Irish theme, and take a photo of it on St. Patrick's Day.
- Any textile craft is allowed, e.g. crochet, knitting, weaving, mixed, as long as it has an Irish theme. Any Irish theme, so it doesn't have to be the colour green…
- Post the photo in the Competition thread, which will be open from the 19th of March until 6pm on the 20th March 2009 (Irish time)
- Voting will open on the 21st March 2009
- To vote for your favourite, simply click on the LOVE button
- Voting will close on 6pm (Irish time) March 27th 2009. There is only one winner so the person with the most LOVE votes wins! If there is a tie, the donors of the prizes will cast the final votes
- The winner will be announced and contacted by PM. We will then get your BIG IRISH PRIZE in the post…
So, you have a month to start making something, take the picture, 3 days to post the pic, then a week to vote...the winner will be announced on the 27th March.
I've just heard the Dublin Knit Collective are going to run a St. Patricks Day Knit-A-Long (KAL). So, if your a knitter, join up both for the chance to get something Irishy knitted, and enter two competitions at once..More details here
Stitchlily
Saturday, February 14, 2009
UN International Year of Natural Fibre
2009 has been designated by the UN as International Year of Natural Fibres
Objectives:
Check out the website for a wealth of information, and also for a Calender of Events
They also give some great links to other major textile websites.
Competition
It was while looking for info on this I came across Keep the Fleece
They are organising an international competition, The Longest Scarf, to raise 250K for the largest fiber flock in the world in partnership with Heifer International.
A team is made up of five or more knitters, crocheters, felters or weavers. Each team needs at least one captain (someone to take responsibility for signing the team up on Keep the Fleece and Heifer International and for making sure the money raised gets sent to Heifer International). Start by signing the team up on Keep the Fleece(www.keepthefleece.org) and Heifer International (www.heifer.org, follow the link to “Team Heifer.")
Anyone interested is to email them to register your team. more info here
Heifer International is very similar to our own Bother, but on a bigger scale.
They run programmes to help people around the world obtain a sustainable source of food and income.
Objectives:
- Raise awareness and stimulate demand for natural fibres;
- Promote the efficiency and sustainability of the natural fibres industries;
- Encourage appropriate policy responses from governments to the problems faced by natural fibre industries;
- Foster an effective and enduring international partnership among the various natural fibres industries.
Check out the website for a wealth of information, and also for a Calender of Events
They also give some great links to other major textile websites.
Competition
It was while looking for info on this I came across Keep the Fleece
They are organising an international competition, The Longest Scarf, to raise 250K for the largest fiber flock in the world in partnership with Heifer International.
A team is made up of five or more knitters, crocheters, felters or weavers. Each team needs at least one captain (someone to take responsibility for signing the team up on Keep the Fleece and Heifer International and for making sure the money raised gets sent to Heifer International). Start by signing the team up on Keep the Fleece(www.keepthefleece.org) and Heifer International (www.heifer.org, follow the link to “Team Heifer.")
Anyone interested is to email them to register your team. more info here
Heifer International is very similar to our own Bother, but on a bigger scale.
They run programmes to help people around the world obtain a sustainable source of food and income.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
another 'Pick up your Needles'...
'Pick up your Needles' was a resounding success. 30 people had the opportunity to learn knitting, crochet, felting and spinning and all wanted the opportunity to come back and learn more. So, the organisers have planned another event
21st March 2009
Tinahely Courthouse Arts Center, Tinahely, Co Wicklow
For more info and booking
check out the Workshops at www.theyarnroom.com
Tuition will be given in:
Knitting:
Tutor: Stephanie Kennedy
Crochet:
Tutor: Irene Lundgaard
Wet Felting:
Tutor: Nicola Brown
Spin Your Own Yarn:
Tutor: Catherine Cronin
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
World Community Arts Day 2009 - Mar 17th
"ART AS A CATALYST FOR CARING AND SHARING"
Do an arts project, however small or big. Be creative about an issue that you believe promotes "caring and sharing". Song, dance, theatre, draw, paint, write, make, poem, photograph, lecture, walk, tour, talk, art class anyway that you feel you are creative! It maybe an ongoing project you wish to highlight.
This is the aim of World Community Arts Day, and event being promoted by Comunniversity
A list of events can be seen here
The only Irish event I can find is being organised by CAF.
A diverse range of art forms are represented with music from Beyond Skin, ethnic dance and drama displays from ArtsEkta and CAM, readings from Shalom Writers and film projects from Belfast Trust and Trans Urban. The event will close with a special performance from Afresh Players, with members blending the traditional music from their home countries of Zimbabwe , Poland, Slovakia, and Ireland.
Alongside the performance space, a variety of stalls will also provide information on groups such as Groundwork, Island Arts Centre, Studio NI, Trans and Springboard. Homely Planet, the community education and grassroots music radio station will be recording the event for broadcast as well as taking part in a world record breaking online jam event with other community arts groups across the world.
Green Room
Waterfront Hall
from 2pm
Tel: 028 9024 2910
Email: hfloyd@caf.ie
This is the aim of World Community Arts Day, and event being promoted by Comunniversity
A list of events can be seen here
The only Irish event I can find is being organised by CAF.
A diverse range of art forms are represented with music from Beyond Skin, ethnic dance and drama displays from ArtsEkta and CAM, readings from Shalom Writers and film projects from Belfast Trust and Trans Urban. The event will close with a special performance from Afresh Players, with members blending the traditional music from their home countries of Zimbabwe , Poland, Slovakia, and Ireland.
Alongside the performance space, a variety of stalls will also provide information on groups such as Groundwork, Island Arts Centre, Studio NI, Trans and Springboard. Homely Planet, the community education and grassroots music radio station will be recording the event for broadcast as well as taking part in a world record breaking online jam event with other community arts groups across the world.
Green Room
Waterfront Hall
from 2pm
Tel: 028 9024 2910
Email: hfloyd@caf.ie
CAF
We all sign up for this newsletter and that, and it builds up so fast you are getting too many to read....but there is one arts newsletter I would definitely recommend, especially if you live towards the North of the country..
Community Arts Forum is a membership organisation that spans all art forms and all areas and aims to provide greater access to the arts to all people in Northern Ireland.
Their newsletter and website is simple, to the point, and has none of the unnecessary frilly bits that generally put me off arts websites. When we were starting up this blog, we contacted them to get out name down on their links list, and they couldn't have been more helpful...
So, here's a tout for CAF...
Community Arts Forum is a membership organisation that spans all art forms and all areas and aims to provide greater access to the arts to all people in Northern Ireland.
Their newsletter and website is simple, to the point, and has none of the unnecessary frilly bits that generally put me off arts websites. When we were starting up this blog, we contacted them to get out name down on their links list, and they couldn't have been more helpful...
So, here's a tout for CAF...
Monday, February 9, 2009
Coptic Textiles
Did you know that Ireland holds the greatest collection of Coptic Textiles?
Coptic, to quote Wikipedia, is the term used either for the art of Egypt produced in the early Christian era or for the art produced by the Coptic Christians themselves.
"The collection of Coptic textiles from the National Museum of Ireland is the only one of its kind and unique to the world. It opens an opportunity to research Egyptian artistic and cultural treasures. The collection consists of 109 remarkable examples of Coptic textile fragments. They were excavated at the burial-places in Akhmim (ancient Panopolis) in Upper Egypt."
This is taken from an abstract from the All Academics website, on a paper written by Anna Kadzik-Bartoszewska, about the Irish hoard...I discovered this interesting article some months ago while browsing online. I saved it in my bookmarks folder, than my computer died, and I lost all my stash of bookmarks. And forgot most of the things I had safely stashed there...
So, you can imagine my surprise when this pops up...
The Hunt Musuem in Limerick is going to host a talk by the very same Anna Kadzik on Tues 12th May 2009
Here is the details:
* ‘Intimate artifacts: their symbols, imageries and classification. Studies of Coptic textiles in the collection of the National Museum of Ireland’ Speaker: Anna Kadzik, Winner of the 2008 John Hunt Memorial Bursary.
Anna discusses the role, which the history of textiles can play in understanding Egyptian societies (in terms of historical and religious changes during the Roman, Byzantine, Coptic and Arab periods), and the analysis of the dress and its decoration reflecting attitudes to political changes and moral propriety.
I'll see you there...
Coptic, to quote Wikipedia, is the term used either for the art of Egypt produced in the early Christian era or for the art produced by the Coptic Christians themselves.
"The collection of Coptic textiles from the National Museum of Ireland is the only one of its kind and unique to the world. It opens an opportunity to research Egyptian artistic and cultural treasures. The collection consists of 109 remarkable examples of Coptic textile fragments. They were excavated at the burial-places in Akhmim (ancient Panopolis) in Upper Egypt."
This is taken from an abstract from the All Academics website, on a paper written by Anna Kadzik-Bartoszewska, about the Irish hoard...I discovered this interesting article some months ago while browsing online. I saved it in my bookmarks folder, than my computer died, and I lost all my stash of bookmarks. And forgot most of the things I had safely stashed there...
So, you can imagine my surprise when this pops up...
The Hunt Musuem in Limerick is going to host a talk by the very same Anna Kadzik on Tues 12th May 2009
Here is the details:
* ‘Intimate artifacts: their symbols, imageries and classification. Studies of Coptic textiles in the collection of the National Museum of Ireland’ Speaker: Anna Kadzik, Winner of the 2008 John Hunt Memorial Bursary.
Anna discusses the role, which the history of textiles can play in understanding Egyptian societies (in terms of historical and religious changes during the Roman, Byzantine, Coptic and Arab periods), and the analysis of the dress and its decoration reflecting attitudes to political changes and moral propriety.
I'll see you there...
Beginners Felting Day
with Nicola Brown on Saturday 28th February
Clasheen,
Ballybrack,
Borris,
Co. Carlow
Price:€75
All materials, lunch and hot drinks are included in the price.
Details:
In the morning explore the basic techniques used to make a piece of flat felt. Using wool, silk, fabric scraps, animal hair, pre-felts etc.
Learn how to add texture and movement to your work creating a beautiful landscape or alternatively create a piece of felt suitable for sewing into a small bag or book cover.
After a tasty light lunch embark on your choice of first 3 dimensional piece, either a bag or a bowl using the resist method. Discover how you can adapt this basic 3 dimensional shape to create all sorts of different bags and bowls and learn how to make a simple rolled cord to add as a handle or sliced embellishment.
For more info check out Nicolas lovely blog
EMAIL: clasheen@gmail.com
Clasheen,
Ballybrack,
Borris,
Co. Carlow
Price:€75
All materials, lunch and hot drinks are included in the price.
Details:
In the morning explore the basic techniques used to make a piece of flat felt. Using wool, silk, fabric scraps, animal hair, pre-felts etc.
Learn how to add texture and movement to your work creating a beautiful landscape or alternatively create a piece of felt suitable for sewing into a small bag or book cover.
After a tasty light lunch embark on your choice of first 3 dimensional piece, either a bag or a bowl using the resist method. Discover how you can adapt this basic 3 dimensional shape to create all sorts of different bags and bowls and learn how to make a simple rolled cord to add as a handle or sliced embellishment.
For more info check out Nicolas lovely blog
EMAIL: clasheen@gmail.com
PHONE: 087-2789740
Dont forget about the other great Felting workshop in Nicolas's Studio in March:
Felting and Embellishing Workshops with Shelia Smith.
More details in the Felt section here
Friday, February 6, 2009
Join Di Gilpin on a 2-day Knitting Retreat in the West of Ireland
Held at EOM studios in Mulranny, Co Mayo, Di offers this class for those who want to further their knitting and design skills.
Here is what she has to say about her class:
People will need to bring their own knitting needles and some inspirations for them to work from...this may be a poem, fabric, drawing, painting, fashion piece, music, object, but all working towards creating a special piece to take away.
We will be working on a 'knitting diary' and including a lot of colour and stitch work. We will cover fair isle, intarsia, knit weave, lace and textured knitting. I will have a large stash of yarn with me for the class to work with and will be showing a slide show of work and the inspirations behind my latest pieces.
I will also be bringing latest designs and talking about each piece and the construction and shaping of designs. This is a highly creative class and very rewarding to all who take part.
Dates: 3rd-4th April
April 3rd - 6 pm: gather/dinner/preparation
April 4rd & 5th - Workshop only: E250 (includes lunches and Fri eve meal)
April 3rd - 5th Retreat: E350 (includes accommodation, tuition & meals)
Please contact Cheryl Cobern Browne:
CherylCobernBrowne@gmail.com
00 353 (98) 361920
00 353 (87) 207 1641
For more info on Di Gilpin, check out her website www.digilpin.com
Here is what she has to say about her class:
People will need to bring their own knitting needles and some inspirations for them to work from...this may be a poem, fabric, drawing, painting, fashion piece, music, object, but all working towards creating a special piece to take away.
We will be working on a 'knitting diary' and including a lot of colour and stitch work. We will cover fair isle, intarsia, knit weave, lace and textured knitting. I will have a large stash of yarn with me for the class to work with and will be showing a slide show of work and the inspirations behind my latest pieces.
I will also be bringing latest designs and talking about each piece and the construction and shaping of designs. This is a highly creative class and very rewarding to all who take part.
Dates: 3rd-4th April
April 3rd - 6 pm: gather/dinner/preparation
April 4rd & 5th - Workshop only: E250 (includes lunches and Fri eve meal)
April 3rd - 5th Retreat: E350 (includes accommodation, tuition & meals)
Please contact Cheryl Cobern Browne:
CherylCobernBrowne@gmail.com
00 353 (98) 361920
00 353 (87) 207 1641
For more info on Di Gilpin, check out her website www.digilpin.com
Free First Issue
The 1st Issue of Journal of Modern Craft is being given away for free.
What we like about this, (apart from it being free) is that each article, review etc, is available as a separate PDF, so you can just download what articles you are interested in..
Here is some of the details, and their blurb...
Edited by Glenn Adamson, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK
Edward S. Cooke, Jr., Yale University, USA
Tanya Harrod, Royal College of Art, UKV
Print ISSN: 1749-6772
Online ISSN: 1749-6780
Frequency: 3 times per year
The Journal of Modern Craft is the first peer-reviewed academic journal to provide an interdisciplinary and international forum in its subject area. It addresses all forms of making that self-consciously set themselves apart from mass production—whether in the making of designed objects, artworks, buildings, or other artifacts. The journal covers craft in all its historical and contemporary manifestations. It starts in the mid-nineteenth-century, when handwork was first consciously framed in opposition to industrialization, through to the present time, when ideas once confined to the ‘applied arts’ have come to seem vital across a huge range of cultural activities. Special emphasis is placed on studio practice, and on the transformations of indigenous forms of craft activity throughout the world. The journal also reviews and analyses the relevance of craft within new media, folk art, architecture, design, contemporary art, and other fields.
What we like about this, (apart from it being free) is that each article, review etc, is available as a separate PDF, so you can just download what articles you are interested in..
Here is some of the details, and their blurb...
Edited by Glenn Adamson, Victoria & Albert Museum, UK
Edward S. Cooke, Jr., Yale University, USA
Tanya Harrod, Royal College of Art, UKV
Print ISSN: 1749-6772
Online ISSN: 1749-6780
Frequency: 3 times per year
The Journal of Modern Craft is the first peer-reviewed academic journal to provide an interdisciplinary and international forum in its subject area. It addresses all forms of making that self-consciously set themselves apart from mass production—whether in the making of designed objects, artworks, buildings, or other artifacts. The journal covers craft in all its historical and contemporary manifestations. It starts in the mid-nineteenth-century, when handwork was first consciously framed in opposition to industrialization, through to the present time, when ideas once confined to the ‘applied arts’ have come to seem vital across a huge range of cultural activities. Special emphasis is placed on studio practice, and on the transformations of indigenous forms of craft activity throughout the world. The journal also reviews and analyses the relevance of craft within new media, folk art, architecture, design, contemporary art, and other fields.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
ARTSWOP in Belfast
Thanks to rockpoolcandy for letting us know about a great event happening in the Blick Studios in Belfast. If you're up that side of the country, check it out...
ARTSWOP THE IDEA: you bring along a piece of work you are happy to part with and take home someone elses.
Thur 12th Feb 2009 7.30pm
BLICK Studios, 51 Malone Rd
£10 / £7 blick member
Participants are invited to register one piece of their work and drop it off at BLICK the Friday before the event - clearly labelled with contact info on the back.
At the ARTSWOP everyone's work is displayed and following warm-up drinks, you are given the time to browse the showcased work and choose your favourite pieces. Then during a short ten minute time-slot guests rate their top three with the BLICK ARTSWOP tagging system and the bartering begins!
All guests will be treated to drinks and the laid back beats of dj sofakid.
If you would like to register for BLICK's artswop please send an email to: events@blickstudios.org
The nitty-gritty:
There are 50 spaces available for the art swopshop and places are allocated on a first come first served basis with a waiting list system operating. All participants must register before Wed 4th Feb and then bring the work of art they wish to swap to BLICK Shared Studios on Wed 11th Feb between 1am and 6pm
The art should be labeled with the owner's name, email and contact number.
BLICK events reserve the right to remove unsuitable works from the artswop.
Any verbal agreement's made during the evening should be honoured.
All agreements made are 'gentlemen's agreements' and BLICK do not accept responsibility for any broken contacts. Do NOT agree to swop priceless or irreplaceable artwork; bring along artwork you are willing to part with. Swopped artwork is taken away on the night by the new owner.
Do NOT be offended if your work is not chosen first time round as all art is subjective.
Art is not necessarily swopped from person to person but on an event basis.
If you do not appear on the evening without prior notification your art will not be removed from the swop.
All artists can bring one guest, cost £5
Paintings, photographs, sculpture, 3d all welcome
To participate £10 / £7 BLICK members / £5 artist guest
Blick Studios
51 Malone Road
Belfast
BT9 6RY
General:
E: info@blickstudios.org
Get your art out...
If you are an artist who would like to get your hands on someone else's original work or you are an art aficionado with more art than you know what to do with - then BLICK ARTSWOP is just the ticketARTSWOP THE IDEA: you bring along a piece of work you are happy to part with and take home someone elses.
Thur 12th Feb 2009 7.30pm
BLICK Studios, 51 Malone Rd
£10 / £7 blick member
Participants are invited to register one piece of their work and drop it off at BLICK the Friday before the event - clearly labelled with contact info on the back.
At the ARTSWOP everyone's work is displayed and following warm-up drinks, you are given the time to browse the showcased work and choose your favourite pieces. Then during a short ten minute time-slot guests rate their top three with the BLICK ARTSWOP tagging system and the bartering begins!
All guests will be treated to drinks and the laid back beats of dj sofakid.
If you would like to register for BLICK's artswop please send an email to: events@blickstudios.org
The nitty-gritty:
There are 50 spaces available for the art swopshop and places are allocated on a first come first served basis with a waiting list system operating. All participants must register before Wed 4th Feb and then bring the work of art they wish to swap to BLICK Shared Studios on Wed 11th Feb between 1am and 6pm
The art should be labeled with the owner's name, email and contact number.
BLICK events reserve the right to remove unsuitable works from the artswop.
Any verbal agreement's made during the evening should be honoured.
All agreements made are 'gentlemen's agreements' and BLICK do not accept responsibility for any broken contacts. Do NOT agree to swop priceless or irreplaceable artwork; bring along artwork you are willing to part with. Swopped artwork is taken away on the night by the new owner.
Do NOT be offended if your work is not chosen first time round as all art is subjective.
Art is not necessarily swopped from person to person but on an event basis.
If you do not appear on the evening without prior notification your art will not be removed from the swop.
All artists can bring one guest, cost £5
Paintings, photographs, sculpture, 3d all welcome
To participate £10 / £7 BLICK members / £5 artist guest
Blick Studios
51 Malone Road
Belfast
BT9 6RY
General:
E: info@blickstudios.org
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Share your photos...
Check out our new Woolly Way of Ireland Flickr page. OK, there's nothing up there yet, but as we traverse the country in search of yarn news and goodies we will show them there...
Also, there is now a Woolly Way Group Pool,so you can share your photos with us.
Also, there is now a Woolly Way Group Pool,so you can share your photos with us.
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