Craftshop Na Méar
52 Church Street, Listowel, Co. Kerry
Official Opening 10th December 2013
Opening Hours: 10am-5pm every day until Christmas
For the past couple of years the knitting group, KnitWits, has met
twice a week in Scribes Café in Listowel.
"Our numbers have been growing
steadily and people coming in to the café were giving us orders for
gloves and sweaters and a couple of weeks ago, when it looked like we
were going to take over the place entirely, Namir Karim, the owner said
(jokingly) he'd have to get a shop for us!
We were over the moon and knew exactly where we wanted to be - 52
Church Street, a historic building going back to the 18th century. It
has flag stone floors and a toasty warm range , which we keep filled
with turf and logs. Everything in the shop is
handmade in Kerry.
For
the schools we hope to give talks combine the history of the house with
the story of wool in Kerry, in English and "as Gaelige" with hands-on
demonstration.".
Mairead Sharry will be demonstrating carding, spinning, weaving (on an inkle loom) and
felting as well as rushwork and they are planning classes in the near
future in knitting and crochet as well.
