Create a seamless felted pouch – half day wet felt workshop on Wednesday, 01. July 2015, 10am-1pm

You’ll learn to create a seamless pouch, using colourful sheep’s wool fibres, warm water, glycerine soap, and friction and felt around a template. It’s great fun to experience the process of wet felting.

Felted pouch

You’ll start with fluffy soft wool fibres and transform those into a firm, felted useful item. Children from 10 years on and teenager,  when accompanied by an adult are welcome! Cost: £18/£15 concession. Max. 5 participants. Please, book in advance to secure your place! Please pay the fee at start of the workshop.

Venue: 63 Crowhill Road, G64 1QY, Glasgow/Bishopbriggs (near the train station and Bishopbriggs town centre).

Connect to nature and create with wool fibres - Needle felt workshop on Sat. 23rd of May, 2-5pm in Glasgow

Peace fairy

In this afternoon workshop you can create your individual needle felted ornament related to the natural realm. To connect with the natural realm we'll start with a guided inner journey. During this guided inner journey you can connect with nature and it's colours, fragrances, textures, sounds, qualities, energies and beauty. This journey prepares us for the following felt project. You might receive ideas and images, which may inspire you for your individual needle felt project. It's fine as well, to have already an idea in mind before you arrive and just receive the atmosphere and energy of the natural world.
As an experienced fibre craft artist and workshop leader I'm happy to share my skills and expertise with you.
You will then use colourful sheep's wool fibres and a special felt needle to create a nature related ornament e.g. a fairy, a mushroom, a gnome, an elf, a mermaid etc.
It's fun to get creative in this way and you can easily get hooked!
Craft experience is very welcome and needle felt experience too, but not necessary.
Please, feel free to invite friends. A complementary cup of tea will be served. Booking in advance is essential! Places limited to 4 participants. Please, pm or text me to secure your place: 07503210416.
Cost: £18/£15 conc.
Venue: 63 Crowhill Road, Glasgow, G64 1QY
Please, check out my blog and website: www.laryna.com

Having fun with a dragon

Needle felted dragon

It was great fun to create this dragon, even though it took me many hours to finish it, with all the triangular shapes on its back and tale. The core wool is a coarser white wool then covered whit a blend from many greens merino wool. The dragon is about 30cm long and 10cm tall. It is a friendly dragon and actually quite funny :-) No reason to be scared!

A closer look

...and from the side

This dragon has already found a new home and friend, who's happy to look after it, feed it etc. and maybe even writing about its future adventures.......

A workshop in the woods in Pollok on Saturday, 14th of February

After a very successful and exciting needle felt workshop in Govan's Moogety Garden at the Big bed hand over last Saturday, I'll be in Haughhill Secret Woodland, Cornalee Gardens, Pollok G53 7GG tomorrow to MEET THE DRAGON. The event is on from 12 noon till 3pm. You will get introduced to a new resident of the woods, a dragon! Apart from the needle felt workshop, which I'm running, there will be other activities like wood carving and stone carving. All activities will be free! So, come along families and friends and enjoy friendly company, magical stories, craft activities, a hot drink and a walk in the woodland, if you fancy.
For more information please, see the poster below.

Needle felt workshop in Govan's Moogety Garden

Tomorrow, Saturday, the 7th of February Big bed hand over in Moogety Garden- Elderpark, Govan, corner Nimmo Drive/ Uist Street corner
Come between 12-2pm for a fire, music and shenanigans in the garden, and the bed handover at 1.30pm.
Come between 2-4pm for the workshop programme in the community centre - learn needle felting with Laryna, join in making Moogety Marmalade with Anne or print your own tote bag to take home.

Related to the growing of food, I'll show you how to needle felt fruits and vegetables. It's great fun and absolutely free!