The Fox and the Hare!

We had a wonderful day at the Butterfly Bright workshop yesterday with Carla from The Mousehole Woolery teaching needle felting to a very keen group of ladies!

Carla brought with her some inspirational creations of her own and set the scene for a day of making

When I popped in towards the end of the class there was such an air of concentration as the ladies were finishing their pieces,

busy grooming and shaping final touches to the animals in hand

there were so many fantastic details like the beard on this handsome fellow

Each animal had a little bit of unique character and a bit like children I would never know which belonged to who, but each creator certainly recognized their own!

I have to say I was extremely impressed with their day's work!

Carla will be popping on Yarn Shop Day on Sat 30th April 2016 to give a needle-felting demonstration and she will  be teaching her next class "Maisey Mole" with us on Saturday 18th June.

Carla will also be back on 20th August to teach the Country Hares and Foxes workshop again for anyone who missed it this time round.

Ali

x

ps. you can check out Carla's amazing creations on her website

The Mousehole Woolery

The Sherborne Artisan Market - April 2014

We held the first Sherborne Artisan Market for 2014 last weekend and it was a beautiful day to showcase all of the amazingly talented stall holders.

You can see a full gallery of pictures from the day on the main Sherborne Artisan market website but here are a few of my favourite ones!

We have three more markets in 2014

Saturday 12th July
Saturday 11th October
and
Sunday 7th December - which is the same day as the Festive Shopping day in Sherborne!

Artisan Markets

I found there were so many talented local artisans coming into the shop looking for a place to exhibit their wares, and was unable to help so many of them due to lack of space in the shop, that we decided the next best thing was to host an Artisan Market in Swan Yard.

The first one we held on a Sunday drew a good crowd, despite having to hold most of the market indoors (thanks to our great British summer!) as opposed to being outside in Swan Yard where we would have liked to have been (thanks to Philip and Gemma at The Arch for hosting us!).

More recently we had a second market on a Saturday which drew an equal number of visitors, creating a wonderfully lively buzz in Swan Yard.

We had a range of Stalls including Stevie-B (pictured above), Funky Vintage, Made by me in my Kitchen, Petite Canard, Fading Grace, Sara Foster Wirework jewellery, Claire Moses Jewellery and lots more!
We are planning the next Artisan Market on the Christmas Shopping day in Sherborne, Sunday 4 Dec 2011.