Riverside Regatta in Glasgow, on 16th of July 2011

You will find us here on Sat. 16th of July 10am-6pm in GalGael's Marquee: http://www.localnewsglasgow.co.uk/2011/07/riverside-regatta/
Looking forward to see you!

Festivals and fairs

This summer GalGael's  woolcraft is again present on a couple of summer fairs and festivals. this weekend you will find a stall of our group in Portsoy, near Elgin. You are welcome to visit the GalGael clan with boats, wood work and last but not least woolcraft. Come along and have a go on the spinning wheel or the rug loom and buy some phantastic hand crafted products from our stall.   
Watch this space for photos and more information

Come along for another Thursday eve with wet felting: 26th of May 2011 @5.30pm in Galgael

Jenny's felted spiral

Lets get creative with fluffy wool and felt something beautiful and hand crafted. 

For example this:

Laryna's felted spiral

 This is what you can make out of the felted spiral when you cut it in even slices:

Felted spiral necklace and earrings

Blue felted spiral necklace and earrings with felted sphere and wooden beads

Red/orange felted spiral necklace and studs

Or you can make a flat felted piece and make a brooch or a hairpiece out of it or .....There are many possibitities to create something beautiful.

 Felted blossom sewn on a clasp

Brooches out of a piece of flat felted fabric

Wet felting workshop on Thursday 19th of May 2011, 5.30 pm

Laryna facilitating a felt workshop with kids and their mums

Learn how to felt fluffy sheep's wool into a bead, a flower, a hair piece and more. Come along and have fun to learn something new. It's easy and could be done with kids as well!  
By donation. 

Blast from the past: our old 2008 google videos now on youtube

Back in 2008 we published a number of wee video clips on google:
Google Videos now are discontinued, and we have transferred them to youtube.
You might now find broken links somewhere in old posts here. If so - please report them to us, so we can corrcct them. Thank you
Up and running, literally!, are now the ones with Heather and Laryna singing whilst felting the Hebridean fleeces; and Alan Torrance teaching cross sword dance.




Laryna teaching in the nursery weaving and painting, are still available but only upon request in the context of  teaching to children.

"Glasgow's Trees" Find out more about GalGael's Timber Services on Friday, the 22nd and Saturday, the 23rd of April 2011 in GalGael

Please feel free to check out this link to find out more about the event on the Easter weekend on Friday 22nd and Saturday 23rd of April 2011, 10am-4pm. http://galgael2010.blogspot.com/2011/04/blog-post.html

The woolcraft group will be present with demonstrations like spinning on the spinning wheel, with wool processing and more and with our hand crafted products spun, knitted, woven and felted out of natural fibres.  
You are very welcome to come along and experience the very special atmosphere of GalGael's workshop.

The next 2 Thursday evening, 21st of April and 28th of April 2011, from 5-8pm you could have a go on the weaving loom

 

A wee Video of Rug weaving here 
from a few weeks ago

The next two Thursday evenings we will again give you the opportunity to have a go on our rug loom, learn about wool processing: teasing, carding and spinning. We are currently weaving with plied hand spun sheep's wool either natural plant dyed wool or just natural coloured wool.
A shared meal by donation will be on offer too.

That's how it looks now on our rug loom

Woven with plant dyed hand spun wool

Any more questions???
Just send us an email or call GalGael 0141/ 4273070