Heritage Week

I gave a talk today at the Galway City Museum as part of Heritage Week. It was entitled Woolcrafts and the traditonal clothes of the Aran Islanders.

In Button Heaven!

Spinning at the Craft Village

Killarney Summerfest

At Muckross today

Chatting with Eileen, a master spinner and knitter.

Muckross Traditional Farms

Spinning in Ennis

Ennis Street Festival

Listowel Writers Week

sheep dipping in Beaufort

Weaving Demonstration

I went to Macroom Library to demonstrate weaving on a table loom to the Macroom Purlies.

Sunrise

The sun danced over the Clare hills, Easter Sunday morning.

Aoine an Chéasta

It is traditional to plant on Good Friday. I set my sally rods (willow), for making baskets.

Galway City Museum

Mr Brendan McGowan, Development Officer at the Galway City Museum accepting my donation of a traditional Aran crios to the Museum. It was donated in memory of my late husband John Joe Sharry.

Drop Spindling

Waiting for the early morning ferry to the mainland.

Basketmaking

Sue and myself spend a great weekend at Joe Hogan s basketmaking classes in Rosmuc.

School from Cabra

Spinning for schoolchildren from Cabra, Dublin visiting the island.

Out for a stroll!

Na caora

In Spin a Yarn

Lá Fhéile Padraig

Spinning green wool in honour of St Patrick at Listowel Community Hospital.

Arainn fadó

Spin-busking in Killarney

Crios finished

Crios on the loom

Ag caitheamh crios

Felting soaps

Wet felting soaps with yellow wool and decorating them with pre-felted blue circles,flowers.

Homespun

Traditional Aran Costume as worn by the islanders with pampooties displayed on top right corner.

Spinning in Killarney

Spinning with the visiting Macroom Purlies and the resident Crafty Alley Knitting group at the Crafty Alley in Killarney.

The Wheel Magazine

The Wheel is published by Ashfords in New Zealand.

Lovely Aran wool

Washing wool

Buidéil fíona

Celebrating the arrival of spring with some bottles of wine...it is Lent, bottles of wool!

Ranganna/classes

Mrs Sheep goes to the Mardi Gras!

Caora deanta as snáthaid feiltbrait agus olla as an oileáin. Clúdaigh mé na caora le olann dáithe a rinne mé fhéin.

Felting fun.

Great felt pictures from a group of young felters.

Mary

Mary, delighted with the full length crios she designed and wove herself.

Go maire is go caitheamh tú é!

Jonah

Jonah ag obair go crua ag deanamh pictiúr feilt.

Dyed Wensleydale

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