Felt workshops in November and December 2014 in Glasgow

As we are getting closer to the festive season you might like to get creative with wool fibers. Make an individual gift for a friend or loved one or create an item, an ornament for your festive decoration. Lots of opportunities and great fun!
Here you can find wet felt and needle felt workshops, run by Laryna in Glasgow and surroundings. For all workshops please, book in advance as places are limited. No previous experience needed. All workshops are open to all felt skill levels.
Enjoy and hope to see you soon!
With warm wishes
Laryna

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Thursday, 13th of Nov. 4-5.30pm at GalGael 15 Fairley Street, G51 2SN, Glasgow/ Ibrox

In this felt workshop we will use colourful fluffy wool fibers to create balls, hearts, beads and other small compact shapes.
The aim of this workshop is:

● to learn-or improve wet felting and/or needle felting skills
● to experiment with colours, shapes and design
● to take home a unique piece of handmade felt.
At the end of the workshop you will have your own felted item and have learned or improved a new and traditional skill.
Cost: £5 including material

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Saturday, 15th of Nov. 10.30am-1.30pm at Laryna's.  63 Crowhill Road, G64 1QY, Glasgow/Bishopbriggs

Creating a seamless felt item either a pouch or wrist cuffs.
In this wet felt workshop you will:

• experiment with colours, shapes and design
• learn to create a seamless pouch (e.g. for a mobile phone or a pair of glasses) or a pair of wrist cuffs.
• use a template and colourful sheep's wool fibers, warm water, soap and friction to create a firm seamless fabric.
• take home a unique seamless felt item.

It's a fun and creative process! No previous experience needed. All material will be included in the costs of £18. Tea and biscuits provided. 

Wrist cuffs

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Wednesday, the 19th of Nov 10-11.30am &
Wednesday the 3rd & Wednesday the 17th of December 10am-12noon at Laryna's,  63 Crowhill Road, G64 1QY, Glasgow/Bishopbriggs
In these needle felt workshops we will use colourful wool fibers to make seasonal decorations, ornaments or jewelry related to winter and the festive season e.g. a woolly sparkling fairy, a gnome, a tree hanger, a Santa and more. Or bring your own ideas, what you would like to create from wool fibers.I
In these workshops you will:

• learn how to use a felting needle for dry felting.
• experiment with colours, shapes and design
• learn how to make a flat felt
• learn how to felt a compact three dimensional felt item
• learn how to sculpture with wool fibers and the felt needle

Sessions can be booked separately.
A cup of tea and biscuits are provided.
Cost: £6 for 1,5hours and £8 for 2 hours

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Thursday, 11th of Dec. 4-5.30pm at GalGael 15 Fairley Street, G51 2SN, Glasgow/ Ibrox
In this needle felt workshop we will use colourful fluffy wool fibers to create festive ornaments and decoration.
The aim of this workshop is:
● to learn-or improve  needle felting skills        
● to experiment with colours, shapes and design
● to create a unique handmade needle felted ornament or item for decoration.
Cost: £5 including material

Needle felted woolly angel

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I was asked to facilitate a few more felt workshops in the area of Glasgow in December. If you would like to know more about an event in Renfrewshire on Sat.13th of December 12noon-3pm and a workshop in Helensburgh on Tue. 9th of Dec,starting around lunch time. (This workshop has to be confirmed.), please get in touch with me.
For all felt workshops please book here!

I warmly invite you to GalGael's Winter Fair on Saturday, the 22nd of November, 11am-5pm,
15 Fairley Street, G51 2SN, Glasgow/ Ibrox
A fantastic selection of traditional craft and art stalls.
Hot chestnuts, delicious cakes, hot stew, mince pies, coffee and tea on offer.

Free entry!
I'll be there with a stall.

 

A needle felted crystal dwarf

Yesterday I spend a couple of hours being creative with needle felting. The outcome was a little crystal dwarf, who is looking a little bit surprised or curious. I had started to needle felt the body a little while ago. This time it took me some time before I knew what kind of nature being he will become. A dwarf, a gnome or even a troll? I looked through my growing range of coloured fluffy sheep's wool. The bright blue caught my awareness and I thought what character what nature being could have this blue as clothes. As a friend of crystals and crystal healer I realized the closeness of this particular bright blue to the colour of the blue lace achate. So, it was clear then, the character of  a blue lace achate dwarf will take shape. When I create a dwarf or a gnome, I am usually in silence, completely absorbed in my work, which I love. The little being then develops its very special character, and takes on its own life.    
Can you see it? There he is!
If you were interested to learn needle - and/or wet felting  I'm running felt workshops in Glasgow and surroundings. Here you can find out more or send me an email.
     

Two felt workshops for the "Journey on" participants in GalGael

I know GalGael in Glasgow-Ibrox for 6 years and I love this place! Here people are trained in traditional crafts, boats are built and an open hearted community is created over many years. 
I am a wool craft volunteer in GalGael, joining the clan on most Thursday late afternoons till late.
In February and March I facilitated 2 felt workshops on Fridays for participants of the "JOURNEY ON" program. 
It was good fun and everybody went home with a mostly colourful self made item from felted wool. 
During the first workshop the participants learned about the basics of wet felting and applied it. They created a firmly felted solid ball or stone shaped item and a flat felt from colourful fluffy sheep's wool. 

Firmly felted balls and stones

Colourful flat felts

In the second felt workshop those, who had learned and applied the basic wet felt skills in the first workshop went on learning how to felt a seamless felted pouch. 

Seamless pouches and more balls and flat felts

Good fun to make the pouches firm and strong by banging them on the table. Yes, that helps! 
To find out more about Galgael, please check out their website: www.galgael.org

Good fun at today's needle felt workshop

When I prepared the room for today's needle felt workshop I felt already excited. I very much enjoy to share my love for felting with others. To inspire the participants, this little robin was sitting in a display with a couple of other needle felted items, related to this time of year: Imbolc - the promise of Spring. 

Needle felted robin

What a great fun we had! Everybody had already well established experience in different kinds of craft. Even though half of the participant group were needle felt beginners, they picked up the main principles very quickly and got creative with the colourful wool fibres. 
Everybody, the needle felt beginners and the already experienced felters, who took part in previous workshops and have developed there own individual style in needle felting was happily needling along. The noise of needles, poking in the wool and the underlying sponge was filling the room: s s s s s s s s 
There was a lot of chatting, of laughter and sharing stories and experience in craft making. A cup of tea and biscuits were enjoyed while the felting went on.
After 3 hours a bunch of happy women left my house: A new skill had been learned or the expertise in felt making had been improved.  
What a fantastic morning!

Crocus, leaf and ladybird

White and green Snowdrops and butterflies

Thistle blossom and butterfly

My latest projects: Needle felted dwarfs, slippers and a vessel



Little dwarf with a treasure bag

It's such great fun for me to needle felt these little dwarfs. They are little characters! While I'm creating them they develop this character and then I know what colour shade to use and what tool or item they'll carry. I'm happy to teach how to create these and other little figures in my felt workshops in Glasgow and surroundings. Here you can find out more about felt workshops:
http://creativefibercraftbylaryna.blogspot.co.uk/p/workshops-and-bespoke-fiber-craft.html



4 dwarfs in my garden

These are my first felted slippers, made from white shetland wool and triangular pre-felted colourful scraps. I used a cardboard template much bigger than my feet to felt these seemless slippers. The felting and especially the fulling was hard work and took me a couple of hours.  
Eventually it was rewarding and I love to wear them on my feet and feel the warmth and coziness.


Wet felted slippers
 

 

This vessel was felted around a template like the slippers above. This time it was interesting for me to see how I would manage to shape it and will the shape stay the way I wanted it. I worked from the inside and outside of the vessel to shape it nicely. Because of the four layers of wool the vessel is strong enough to keep it's shape, as you can see in the photo below!  

The vessel in progress, just after cutting out the opening. 
You can see the black template.







The finished and shaped vessel, still damp

Wet felt class in Glasgow's West End on Saturday the 23. of March 10.30am-1.30pm, for beginners+

Felt making is an ancient technique to create a woollen fabric. I love it and like to share my experience and skills with you, if you are interested.   

In this wet felt class you will 

• learn about the process of wet felting
• experiment with colours and design
• use a template to create a seamless, hollow vessel e.g. a pouch, a  little bag or wrist cuffs.

Felted pouch 

Felted case for a pair of glasses

Please bring a towel, a bar of glycerin soap (e.g. pears) and a plastic bag for your finished items.

Tea will be provided.
Cost: £18/£15

Venue: Between Charing Cross and St Georges Cross

For 4-6 participants only.
Please book in advance to secure your place!
 
Email: laryna108@gmail.com
Mobile: 07503 210 416
The following link leads you to a post of one of my workshops earlier this year. There you can find the finished projects from participants and a testimonial.
http://creativefibercraftbylaryna.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/felt-classes-in-glasgows-west-end-and.html

Participant's work from the Nuno felt workshop on Sunday, the 2nd of Sept. 2012 and my own latest Nuno felt scarf

We had a happy craft day with nuno felting. I love it and I'm happy to share my experience in felt making. Here you see 2 Nuno felt scarf projects from workshop participants and one of my latest Nuno felt scarves:

The fabric is cotton muslin, the wool is Merino and a little grey Shetland wool. For the embellishment hand spun wool in grey and moss green has been used.

Finished, but still wet Nuno felt Scarf

Detail from finished Nuno felt scarf

The fabric is silk chiffon and the wool is Merino and Corridale. A little bit of Angelina fiber was added, trapped with a thin layer of wool 

My last Nuno felt scarf, using silk chiffon, Shetland wool in white and grey and a little swartbless wool, embellished with hand spun wool of the same qualities

Felt workshops in January and February in the Glasgow area

New wet felt and dry (needle) felt workshops for January and February in the Glasgow area

Come along to a felt workshop for some creativity with fluffy coulourful sheep's wool and make something beautiful! Beginners and advanced felters are welcome. The felt workshops are suitable for all age groups from 5 years onwards.

Workshops in Glasgow's Westend: Wednesday, the 8th of February 2012,  4-5.30pm in Carnavon Street, Suggested donation: £5/£4 

On Wednesday,  22/02/2012, 3.30-5.00pm, in the Steiner School 
in 52 Lumsden Street, G3 8RH, Yorkhill, near Kelvingrove Gallery.
Please watch this space for any changes in venue and/or time or contact me.

Workshops in Glasgow's South: in GalGael /Ibrox, 15 Fairley Street.
On Thursday, the 19/01, 02/02, 16/02/2011 at 3.30-5pm. Suggested donation: £5/£3

Workshops in the in Glasgow's North: in Bishopbriggs,
on Wednesday, 18/01, 01/02, 15/02, 29/02/2012 at 10-11.30am. Suggested donation: £5/£4

You are welcome to participate on either a regular base or whenever you can make it.

By booking in advance you can secure your place.
You can either send an email:to:laryna108@gmail.com  or book by phone: 07503210416 (mobile)

See  a couple of felted items below, made by participants (children and adults) in different felt workshops.


Wet felted picture



Little felted dog

Needle felted butterfly

  

Woolly fairy



Wet felted rainbow spiral

...another woolly fairy 

Testimonial from a mum of one of the participants: E. has been attending Laryna's felt workshop since last summer and thoroughly enjoys it . It always amazes me the beautiful pieces she brings home every time. Laryna is a marvellous, patient, kind and generous teacher . The workshops are very reasonably priced. All ages would enjoy this colourful and creative pastime..