The Woolsack - Three felt making projects devised for all ages from 5 years to adults. A simple guide to individual or group made pieces.
Prices:
Individual starter kit: £43 (includes 100g each of 4 natural colours)
Educational starter kit:
£93 for 10 pupils to do ALL three projects.
Includes 500g each of 4
natural colours,
Order more wool at £2.50 per 100g, or if you need less wool please specify and the cost will be deducted from the kit
Adaptable for all sorts of
situations and groups.
(also suitable for community groups and special needs)
"This is magic!"
Kaitlyn, Chagford Primary Schoool
Three felt projects
- Beads, braids and badges
- A cloak of feathers
- Flower form and Woodland bag
♣ Beads, braids and badges - all ages. A first experience of making felt. These techniques can be learnt in minutes, so they are ideal to get you started and are adaptab le for use in other projects.
♣ A Cloak of Feathers - all ages. Depending on numbers of participants this is a whole day project, or it can be split into 2 half days. Adaptable for other themes and for reduced scale.
♣ Flower Form & Woodland Bag - 11 years to adult. Smaller hand-held projects for shorter sessions or as a whole day exploration. Adaptable for scaling up or down in size
What's in the kit?
♣ DVD: including instructions, useful film clips, interview about sustainable textiles,
♣ Booklet: with helpful tips, dye recipes and resources list
♣ Regional wool (The wool: White Blue-faced Leicester, Shetland brown, black and grey)
Learning skills
♣Creativity with recycled materials & yarns
♣Resourceful with use of recycled equipment
♣Natural dyeing - to reduce pollution
♣Use of regional wools