Regain ancient crafts of your ancestors which have been lost in today’s world of synthetic fast fashion. Learn how to make clothing textiles from plant fibres and sheep’s wool.
Cost: €90 to €230
1 and 2 day tickets available
PLANT FIBRE: We will harvest nettles and process it into spin-able fibre using the technique Astrid has developed through years of experience. We will harvest bramble and learn how to make cordage with it. Other examples of fibres will be discussed and displayed and their uses explained.
ANIMAL FIBRE: We will prepare wool from raw sheep’s fleeces. We will clean, card, spin and ply the wool on hand spindles and spinning wheels. We will look at how to determine quality and whether the wool is usable for wet felting.
The wool will be from local sheep and the nettles and brambles foraged on site.
DETAILS
Price includes organic catering. Ingredients are locally sourced where possible.
Sliding scale is to accommodate people on lower incomes. Please pay what you can afford to help balance our costs.
ACCOMMODATION
We can offer some accommodation, subject to availability, for a suggested donation:
Camping: free
Glamping (caravan or yurt): €5
Indoor bedrooms (limited availability): €10
Please contact us if you need help finding more accommodation options locally.
ABOUT THE FACILITATOR
Astrid has been spinning, dying and knitting wool since she was 14 years’ old.
She also has many years’ experience making clothes and cordage from flax, nettles, brambles and lime fibre.
5 years ago, Astrid decided never to buy clothing again. She is passionate about repairing her clothes as well as producing her own fabrics from the natural materials around her.
If you prefer to pay in cash, please phone or text PJ: 0874162268
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