Come along to the GalGael Winter Fair on Sat 21st of Nov. 2015, 11am - 4pm

Enjoy a great day at Galgael in a lovely atmosphere!

Glasgow-Ibrox

15 Fairley Street, G51 2SN 

You find me there with my felted goodies: felted angels,  fairies, gnomes, wrist warmers, brooches, Santas, scarves and more. Kids can try out needle felting and make a Christmas tree hanger for £1. 

 Please, come along and visit me at Galgael's Winter Fair and find as well many more craft stalls and delicious roasted chestnuts, soup and cakes, coffee and tea.
Please, feel free to check out the event on facebook or visit GalGael's website

Find more felted angels and fairies and gnomes

Events, exhibitions, felt workshops and more...past and future

After a fabulous Winter fair at GalGael, about 10 days ago, I've been in Edinburgh for a day. I was asked to decorate two windows for the Restaurant Henderson's Of Edinburgh.with my needle felted goodies. I very much enjoyed doing it!  A dear friend looked from outside of the restaurant, while I was decorating being inside. That was very helpful. Here you see the result. It's a little magical!

Window with crystal dwarfs, wood gnome, fairies and angels

Crystal dwarfs

Window with felted vegetables, mushrooms, fruits, fairies and dwarfs

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You can find a couple of my needle felted items in the Christmas Art & Craft Exhibition in the beautiful Auld Kirk Museum in Kirkintilloch open till 20 of December, 10-2pm  & 2-5pm. (Closed Sundays and Mondays) 

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A couple of photos from today's needle felt workshop in Edinburgh. Four talented women created angels and fairies, and one of them created a Mary for a nativity scene. It was a lovely relaxed atmosphere and everyone of the participants seemed to leave happy and grateful for improving their needle felting skills. More workshops in Edinburgh will follow next year. 

4 ladies created beautiful angels

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And last but not least:
Looking for a handmade with love Christmas present? 
Please get in touch and we can see what I've got in stock or you can still commission and receive in time.

Felt workshops before Christmas in the Glasgow area

Starry angel

Make your own and very personal Christmas presents! 

I am running felt workshops in Glasgow's Westend every second week on Wednesday 4-5.30pm (Next dates: 7th and 21st of Dec. 2011) Suggested donation: £5
Felt workshops in GalGael in 15 Fairley Street/Ibrox: Every second week on Thursday 3.15-4.45pm (Next date: 15. of Dec. 2011). Suggested donation: £4/£3

Needle felt workshop in Bishopbriggs: Wednesday, 14th of Dec 10-11.30am. Suggested donation: £5

Interested in participating in a felt workshop? 
Please send an email to the following email address, to book
your place and receive the details for the venues: laryna108@gmail.com 

Felted baubles

Felting workshop with women and kids, making christmas deco and gifts

Felted brooch

Monday before Christmas we had a lovely felting workshop in a friends house in Glasgow's Westend. We were 4 women and 5 kids. First I showed dry felting with a cookie cutter, shaped like a holly leave or a snowman. The kids enjoyed it very much! The next step was a wet felted flat felt in the size of about 20cm x 25 cm, for either a brooch, a picture or a cushion cover. Everybody was choosing one colour of unspun wool for the first and the second layer of wool and then smaller amounts of coloured wool in different shades for the pattern or embellishment of the flat felt piece. We covered the wool with a fine netting and sprinkled very warm soapy water over it. Now the process of felting started with gentle movements of the hands gliding over the covered wet and soapy wool. Mmmm, what a tingling feeling in the palms of our hands,and the soap started to foam more or less. After the gentle gliding we could start to put a bit more effort into the movements. That was good fun! Lifting up the netting in between so that it doesn't connect with the felting wool was important. Then flapping the already slightly felted piece over and felting it from the back. Then making the pinching check. if the wool has already been felted properly. If the answer was "yes", we could roll the flat piece in a bamboo mat, at first still covered with the netting. The fulling process started and the piece got stronger and was shrinking. When the piece had been rolled in the mat for a while and it felt strong enough it had been rinsed with cold water, or even alternating in warm and cold water to improve the felting process. Now the felted piece needed to dry on the radiator before anything else could be done with it. The result of this workshop was many different lovely felted pieces. We had good fun and the participants were proud about their successful felted flat piece. We will have another workshop on Monday the 3rd of January in the afternoon.