We are currently accepting donations of creative textile works. As the auction event takes place on Sunday, October 11 2010, it is important to receive donation items in September so we may properly catalogue, photograph, and publicize their presence in the auction.
We will accept items through September 22. However, the sooner the better!
“The Mood Gallery” – Craft and Art shop OPENING SOON!!
Gallery will offers a unique and totally different concept from
existing galleries or art & craft shops.
We specialize in selling only hand made items such as jewelry,
pottery, glass craft, wood craft, leather craft, paper craft, clothes,
bags and toys and many others.
Our retail shop will be located in the Mill Lane (opposite Subway),
Castlebar, Co. Mayo.
The Mood Gallery will rent many individual retail shelf spaces ( from
15euro/month + 10% sale commission) in our retail shop, for hand made
art and craft creators wishing to set up a retail presence for their
art and crafts.
Our retail spaces are used for sales, exhibition, advertisement,
information exchange and other sales and marketing purposes giving
retail exposure to your arts and crafts.
Thus means you don’t need to outlay large amounts of money and take
the risk of setting up your own retail shop premises.
If you are looking to;
• Open more business opportunities for your product.
• Increase sales income from your hand made art craft works.
• Advertise your business and reach more customers.
• Expand your existing hand made art craft business.
• Conduct a retail pilot trial for your product.
• Avoid large capital outlays while preparing for your own business.
• Display your hand made works to the public.
• Exchange information with others in particular area.
• Socialize with people interested in hand made art and craft.
If you have a christmas pattern for sale / lend / donation please let me know. It seems that there are many people out there looking for them, and the more tacky the better seems to be the way.
This coming October, we are holding the first ever Pink Auction in Cork City.
The auction will bring together many people with two goals —- to promote creative textiles in Ireland and to raise money for Action Breast Cancer, a programme of the Irish Cancer Society.
People within the community as well as around the country are participating by making and donating handcrafted creative textile items to be auctioned off.
The event will take place at The Imperial Hotel on Sunday, 10th October 2010.
We are on Ravelry, Facebook, Twitter, and have our own blog. The more support we can get the more we can do and the better it is for breast cancer awareness. Our flyer is at the top of this page of our blog: http://pinkcork.blogspot.com/p/media.html
The Pink Auction seeks donations of high quality textile art.
Donations may be in any colour and we actively seek handcrafted blankets, shawls, bags, fashion, baby clothing, mittens, etc…
We anticipate community involvement as we promote creative textiles while encouraging donations. Groups and wool shops can help by hosting small workshops between now and early September, distributing flyers to other knitters/shops in your region, or collecting donations and shipping them to us from your neighborhood textile artists.
We also appreciate donations of wool or textile supplies for pre-auction workshops or to be used in the creation of auction items to fill category gaps (like if we end up with ten scarves and no hats or mittens/gloves).
Thank you so much for taking the time to learn about Cork’s Pink Auction in support of Action Breast Cancer. If you need anymore info, please do not hesitate to contact us at PinkCork@gmail.com and if you do choose to host an event please let us know how it goes or send photos so we can write a blog post about it.
Louisa Harding will be teaching a full day workshop on Saturday the 24th of July at This Is Knit from 10.00 to 4.30pm. The workshop is design-orientated, encouraging participants to play with the colours and textures of different yarns within a piece that will be transformed into a glamorous knitted purse. Throughout the day Louisa will show you how to experiment with these yarns to achieve unique and attractive results in your knitting.
Materials are included in the workshop fee but please bring along a set of 4mm, 5mm and 6mm needles.
The cost for the day is €75. A €40 deposit will be taken at the time of booking. To book phone us on 01-6709981 or contact us by email at info@thisisknit.ie
Tea/coffee and biscuits are also included for the morning and afternoon sessions. Our new neighbours at the “Pepper Pot” cafe will have a special lunch time offer for workshop participants.
This is Knit, First Floor, Powerscourt Townhouse, Sth William Street, Dublin 2.
Phone: 01-6709981
Join one or more of the Crochet Projects Classes in May. Monday Evenings atMarket Square House, Tinahely, Co Wicklow
from 8 – 10 pm
May 10th: Design your own Crochet bag (Tapestry Crochet)
May 17th: Learn to crochet Soft Toys (Amigurumi)
May 24th: Crochet Soft Furnishing from your Old T-shirts
Wednesday Mornings at Market Square House, Tinahely, Co Wicklow
from 10 am – 12 noon May 12th: Learn to crochet Soft Toys (Amigurumi)
May 19th: Design your own Crochet Poncho
May 26th: Crochet Soft Furnishing from your Old T-shirts
Price per class will be €15 (bring your own yarn and hook, or buy from me). You can also get help with your own crochet project.
‘Sheep 2010’ will be held in Lyons Estate, UCD, Newcastle Co. Kildare, on Saturday June 26th. This will be a major sheep event, organised by UCD and Teagasc (as main sponsors), The Irish Farmers Journal, Bord Bia and Sheep Ireland. Although the event will mainly focus on production, there will be a number of related exhibitors – from food stalls and cookery demonstrations to sheep dog trials.
It is difficult to predict volumes of visitors - the event will be advertised in advance of the date for 4 consecutive weeks in the Farmers Journal as well as other trade publications. We would calculate a minimum of 3,000 visitors on a the day, though the last time the event was held (about 10 years ago) there was in excess of 8,000.
My Mum thought us to knit, crochet and sew from the age of 4 and today I have been send a lovely present,…..with a twist.
I had received an email asking for my postal address and this is what I got…
It is all to do with the Vodafone ad that came about when Eilish Tuite, a student from Limerick IT, wanted to cheer up Ireland!
Hurray for someone standing out!
Need to have something to knit…….get more information by clicking on this link:
..then knit an A4 piece and send it to:
Sculpture and Combined Media Department,
Limerick School of Art and Design,
LIT,
Clare st,
Limerick,
Ireland
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Their Aim:
What we want to do is cover an empty building in Limerick City with approximately 3,000 knitted patches, patches that have been knitted all over the country and sent to us by the community. The patches will be A4 in size and once 3,000 have been collected, they will be stitched together to create a blanket over the entire building. Limerick and Ireland is in some serious need of cheering up and this will do just the trick. The project is being supported by Vodafone Irelands Cheer up Ireland campaign. When the project has been completed, the blanket will be separated into smaller knitted blankets which will then be donated to the St. Vincents Community. The charity is very deserving and has helped a lot of people in Ireland, and that’s why this project will give something back to them.
A Day of Fibre Craft. 1 Day Workshop @ €55 Sunday February 21st, 10am—5pmAll materials included. Full payment taken upon booking. Venue: The Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Co Wicklow Booking: www.theyarnroom.com Knitting: Beginners will learn the basics of knitting and start a project. Improvers will learn to design a unique hat, work on finishing techniques or learn cable and lace stitches. You can also bring along any knitting project that you would like assistance with.
Tutor: Stephanie Kennedy Crochet: Beginners will learn the basics of crochet and start a project to work on at home. Improvers will learn classical Tunisian crochet and start a bag or a hat in this exiting technique. You can also bring along any crochet project that you would like assistance with.
Tutor: Irene Lundgaard Wet felting:Felt your own fingerless mittens! In the AM experiment with different colour combinations of fibre and in the PM design and make a gorgeous pair of warm fingerless mittens. Suitable for both beginners and improver felters. Tutor: Nicola Brown
Pick up your needles - but drop the spindle first: Make smooth and lumpy-bumpy yarn from commercial and raw fibers using the drop spindle; preparing raw fleece for spinning or dying and spinning wheel demonstration. No experience necessary but you are welcome to bring spindles, wheels or fibers you already have.
Tutor: Catherine Cronin
Whether you are a confirmed shopaholic or completely phobic about shopping, the annual National Crafts & Design Fair, is just the place for you. For those who love shopping it’s the chance to browse and enjoy the unique work of more than 500 designers, artists, and crafts people who will be taking part in the country’s largest celebration of crafts. But if shopping just isn’t your thing, think of it as a heaven sent opportunity to buy all your Christmas gifts in a single shopping session!
Date: Wednesday December 02, 2009 - Sunday December 06, 2009
Venue: Hall 1
Opening Hours:
Wednesday 2nd December 10am - 10pm(10% courtesy discount available on all purchases this day only)
Thursday 3rd December 10am - 10pm
Friday4th December 10am-10pm
Saturday 5th December 10am-7pm
Sunday 6thDecember 10am-7pm
