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West Cork Yarn Festival 25th May 2019
The West Cork Yarn Festival was a wonderful one day event held on 25th May in Durrus, Bantry. The festival attracts hand dyed yarn enthusiasts from both Ireland and the U.K. This year’s festival is larger than ever with 21 vendors, a mountain of beautiful hand dyed yarn! We have a lovely cafe run by… Read more
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Irish Alpaca Yarns
We were on holiday in New Zealand and were fortunate to be invited to visit one of the largest and indeed most successful Alpaca Farms in the Southern Hemisphere. Within minutes of arriving I was smitten not just by the their cuteness, their friendly impish nature, but most especially their magnificent fleece. It is no… Read more
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Cork Craft Show – 1st and 2nd September
The Guild has been invited to attend the first ever year of a new and exciting craft show in Cork International Hotel. They are hoping to get craft guilds from all over Ireland to participate and are hoping to have a whole room for textiles! We have been offered as much Space as we can… Read more
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Dublin Maker 2018
Dublin maker is a festival for all the makers, it was founded 8 years ago with a view to change Dublin socially. Their focus has always been on education and creativity with tech, coding, 3d printing along side clay, zine creation, spinning and crochet. There was a huge cross section of the public that attended.… Read more
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Project BAA BAA 2018
The guild had a fantastic day at Sheep 2018 in Athenry, Galway on the Teagasc Campus. We were set up in an airy large shed with lots of space for us to spread out with our wheels and weaving supplies. A number of members were invited to sell our wares to the public who came… Read more
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Annual General Meeting 2018
The A. G. M. of the guild was held on the 25th of March 2018 in Dublin and was well attended by members from around the country. Last years success of the rental scheme was discussed as well as the large number of events that are coming up for the guild. It was also discussed… Read more
