Wonder Wools – Celebration of wool craft and creativity
Wonder Wool Wales
The Wonderwool Wales Exhibition took place end of April this year in Builth
Wells for the fourth time.
It is a grand opportunity for the wool enthusiast to visit over 120 stalls
with many different products on display, most of those being in some way
connected to the wool theme.
There are even live woolly animals on show, like Wensleydale and Teeswater
sheep, Alpacas in various colours and fluffy Angora rabbits. Some stalls
sell animal skins, others bags of raw fleeces, and there is of course dyed
wool to be found in plenty of gorgeous colours.
Some stall holders were demonstrating their crafts: peg loom weaving,
spinning, weaving on big looms or felting, needle felting and knitting and
encouraged visitors to have a go.
The atmosphere was warm and peaceful, there was plenty of opportunity to
chat and learn.
Compared to last year there seemed to be an increased interest in naturally
dyed wool products, I was pleasantly surprised how well the organic, plant
dyed wool felt sold at Handmade Present’s stall.
My favourite fleece was the organic, black Wensleydale fleece which is far
less common than the white Wensleydale. I already have plans to use it for
my wool pictures, the horses manes and tails and peoples hair….
Overall, even though the event was said to be quieter than last year, it was
a high quality, wool- related weekend out, hopefully enjoyed by everyone who
took part or came to visit.
You can find all the items we exhibited at wonder wool ranging from small items such as felting needles to huge hand woven peg loom carpet made from 100 % natural wool.
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