Feis Cothlam: Gaelic Wool Festival 2014

Looking forward to a weekend of all woolly things!

 

On Thursday you can find me at the market demonstrating needle felting and displaying my needle felted fairies, dwarfs and more felted goodies. Friday morning and afternoon I'll facilitate a 2,5h needle felt workshops. You'll learn to needle felt a gnome, or a fairy or other nature related items. On Saturday 10am - 4pm there will be a market with all wool- and wool craft related items and stalls where you can see and buy all the goodies around wool, sheep & textile craft. You can find me there at a stall with my felted fiber craft goodies.

Here you can find out more about the event:

lorn.org.uk/woolfeis2014 
Here's a link to an article about the event: 

Needle felted ornaments

Needle felting a leaf

The dwarfs say "Hello"

My needle felted dwarfs in my garden and out and about

Dwarfs in my garden

During the last months my passion for needle felting unfolded, when I needle felted woolly dwarfs. As I first worked the dwarf's body from coarse white or brown sheep's wool, shaping the head, body and limbs the little being became slowly alive. Mostly I used natural or dyed Shetland wool for the clothes, which I needle felted on the body, related to the unique character of the dwarf. 

Ah. it is fun, to experience the process of creating a little Nature Being! The most exciting part of the process is, when I create the face: the nose, the mouth and the expression of the eyes. That's just amazing, how the dwarf becomes alive, with a very unique expression of it's being! 

If you would like to buy one of the little woolly dwarfs ( They sell quickly!), or would you like me to create a very personal dwarf for you, please get in contact!

Would you like to create your own woolly needle felted dwarf or fairy, please feel free to contact me, as I run regular felt workshops in the Glasgow area.  

One day I took the dwarfs and went out for a walk to show them a lovely spot, North of Glasgow: Campsie Glen. I hope they liked it; I definitely did :-)    

You can see them here:

Little dwarf holding a bag with a treasure

Stone dwarf

Dwarf with mushrooms

On the roots of a big beech tree

Here they gather in the grass

 

Gathering dwarfs

Gathering dwarfs on a rock near the river

Here the dwarf family has expanded by a dwarf lady!

All the present members of the dwarf family are gathering in my garden

Witches and some fairy folk

Herb witch

I got inspired and had fun to create a couple of needle felted figures related to Autumn time, Samhain and Halloween. 
I love to share my skills and experience in felt workshops in and around Glasgow. Interested? Just send me an email and I will come back to you with more information. 
Otherwise I am happy to make a personalized fairy or other figure for you, a friend or family member. 
Email: laryna108@gmail.com

Little flying witch

A very special fairy folk and witches

A little elf is sitting in my flower pot

Autumn woman with harvest

Imbolc, first signs of Spring

Tree spirit

Inspired by a long countryside walk this  needle felted tree spirit was created.

Brigid with ewe and lamb

The celtic festival of Imbolc or Candlemass called in the christian tradition is the time of the first signs of Spring. Snowdrops, here on Brigid's dress are the first signs of early Spring. Newborn lambs are related to Imbolc, which means " in the belly" or "ewe's milk". Bride or Brigid is the young maiden, announcing the time of faster increasing daylight. 
Below I posted an ivy fairy and a sun angel. It must have been my longing for more sunlight that made me creating this wooly angel.

Ivy fairy

Sun angel