About this Event
Come and make a beautiful square seat pad made from different types of washed sheep fleeces. Includes Breeds – Welsh Mule, Blueface Leicester, Corriedale, Jacob, Black Nose Valais. You can choose the fleece or fleeces you would like to use. Each fleece has a different structure, colour and texture so your seat pad will be unique.
During the workshop you will use a peg loom to make your seat pad. that will measure approximately 50 x 50 cm (19.5x 19.5. inch). This size is perfect for a garden chair, kitchen chair or car seat.
Jeannette will guide you step by step so it is suitable for beginners and people with experience of working with a peg loom.
All tools and materials provided
Hot drinks and nibbles are provided but you will need to bring your lunch or buy in town
Open to ages 18 plus (16 – 18year olds can come if accompanied by an adult also attending)
Please note that you will have to be able to navigate stairs to attend.
Jeannette Forgacova - Bio
Jeannette fell in love with sheep as a child when spending memorable days at her Grandparent's farm. Their beautiful fleeces have sadly been neglected for many years, the value hardly covering the cost of shearing. Yet fleece is an eco-friendly, sustainable material for many uses in everyday life.
Jeannette bought her first flock of six Welsh MuIe sheep for Border Collie pup Meg to work with. She also visited a farmer friend and helped with lambing. She learned learn how to look after sheep and start lambing. She loves to watch her beautiful sheep grazing on her smallholding on the Cornwall north coast.
She makes rugs, seat pads, scarves using a loom weaving process and hats and cushions using dry and wet felting.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bodmin Gallery and Creative Studio, 61 Fore Street, Bodmin, United Kingdom
GBP 92.80
