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Katherine Keatley shares her stories
Snowy Seedheads.
Cow parsley in the snow.. One of my favourite wild flowers at any time of year. I know there are many out there who do not like the cold and snow, but I love it. I find being out in the snow so exhilarating. It makes me feel alive. The dogs are always happy to join me...
Craft Fairs for 2018
A little update on what I shall be getting up to this year. some very interesting projects, both new and old. At the beginning of February I took the loom and some other bits to the Pene Y Groes Wool and Fleece Festival. It was the first time that the festival had...
Plants as Dyes.
Thousands of years ago people discovered that they could change the colour of wool by making dyes from plants. How? A question I would love to know the answer to. Why? Because, just like modern people, they wanted to look good. As part of my Iron age textile work I...
New Year Resolutions!
Happy New Year to everyone. New Year Resolutions, some of us make them, and break them. Some of us make them and keep them. Some of us just carry on as we were. I have done all three in the past. This year I hope to be in the make and keep bracket. I want to improve...
Yarnival 2
What a great day!!! Yarnival seems to have been a success, we had lots of positive feedback about the atmosphere at the event, how it was friendly and relaxed. People felt happy to try new techniques, and not pressurised. We have also had several requests to do it...
Yarnival
We are all rather excited and somewhat nervous as it is only ten days till we host the first ever Wolverhampton Yarnival. We had our final 'planning' meeting last night, going though who and what will be on display, and tweaking things like 'how shall we run the...
Year of legends.
2017 is the Welsh Year of Legends. There are some amazing stories and I am hoping to be able to do some workshops centred on some of them. One of my favourites tells why Wales has a red dragon, and it is this story that inspired my latest embroidery. The tale goes...
Workshops and exhibitions!!
Well, it has been a while since I put out a new blog, been a little busy, and my laptop had a strop. Sorted laptop! Still busy, but I thought you might all like to know what I am up to. March, I was part of the Landsmark Arts Textile exhibition. This was held in an...
A drab January day.
I love a cold frosty, sunny winter's day. Sparkle and bright all around. so the last week has been just a tad depressing. Grey, gloom, rain, mud. Wash the dogs, wash the towels, wash the floor. Yuk. Then one of the days last week I was out with Ellie, ( Carlos is...
A tidy desk!
To tidy or not to tidy! In a former life I was a primary school teacher, my desk was tidy on the first day of term. After that it slowly deteriorated into a heap of books, papers, toys, pencils and anything else I was using that year. Once a term I would have a clear...