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Hot stuff! Wool and fibre are becoming trendy as design and fashion go back to basics, combining local natural materials with modern technology. This was one of trend forecaster, Lij…

Review of 1st annual Yarnfolk Festival, Whitehead  5 August 2017 The quiet seaside village of Whitehead, Co Antrim, was all abuzz on Saturday with the first annual Yarnfolk Festival.  I had…

How can we increase the use of wool among companies and consumers? This was the question 80 Danish and Swedish students got to work with for two and a half…

Wednesday 24 April, Carin Madsén Kollberg, IFA International Officer met about twenty French feltmakers and chairman of Feutre Art Textile in the small town of Felletin. Her task was to…

It is with great pleasure that we announced at the AGM in April at Belsey Bridge in the UK, that Sheila Smith has agreed to be our new president.  The nominations received…

I own a company called Art Daze in Lancashire running art and craft workshops in schools specialising in Felt Making. During the summer I worked with a small group of 11…

Report of the 6th North Atlantic Native Sheep and Wool Conference held this September in the beautiful Lofoten Islands.

The very best felt is fine and soft. It is sculptural. Different wools, and different colours of wool, are combined abstractly, or used like oil pastels to create still life pictures.

To mark the first International Youth Film Festival in Wales a competition was held for trophy designs made out of wool.

Australasia have increased from 34 to 43 members since the beginning of the year and hope to reach 50 members soon!