"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

Workshop: Learn how to spinn sheeps wool on a spinning wheel

On Thursday,10th of March from 5.30pm onwards

Galgaels woolcraft group offers a workshop in spinning on a spinning wheel 

Come, watch and get to know more about this ancient and still popular technique!

Venue: Galgael, based in Glasgow/ Ibrox, 15 Fairley Street
Phone 0141/ 4273070

Workshop in natural dyeing in Galgael in February

10th+24th of February from 5.30 pm
Heather, a member of  
Galgaels woolcraft group offers a workshop in natural dyeing in GalGael. 

Come, watch and get to know more about this ancient and still popular technique!

See post below about a natural dyeing workshop in December last year! 

Magical indigo dyeing

One day before the end of 2010 we had a wonderful evening with the magical process of indigo dyeing. Heather invited us wool craft women in her house where we occupied the kitchen. We were a bunch of 4 women: Heather, Alison, Gillian and me, Laryna. We enjoyed the long preparation of the indigo dye-bath, which took more then 1 hour. For the dyeing afterwards we had many different natural fibers like sheeps wool, handspun lama wool, mashine spun cashmere, bamboo fibers and silk fibers.

The magic in this process is the changing of the colour when the wool after been dyed gets in contact with oxygen: Then it changes from green shades into more and more blueish shades, depending how intense the dye-bath is and how many fibers have allready been dyed in the dye-bath.

Here you see lama wool after been dyed, just in the process of changing its colour.

Heather had some yellow wool dyed with meadowsweet. We dyed it over and a beautiful green appeared..

This photo shows the indigo dyed wool on natural white sheeps wool and the over dyed green sheeps wool.

Thank you Heather for this great experience and the lovely evening in your place.

Cutting down the 3 rugs

A big moment that day: the taking 3 rugs of the loom: months of individual and team effort: the rugs are                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 ready to be getting the last final touches!

watch it as film here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuMgHL8so-8

"They have been many months in the making by many merry hands - and now is the time for the truth: what will they look like on the floor|/ But, first more steps need to be taken: such as.....

see on
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuMgHL8so-8


enjoy!

Thursday eve: Teasing plant dyed sheep's wool

We had a lovely gathering in the bothy last Thursday night: On Tuesday Heather and Alison were dyeing different shades in yellow, using onion skin. Heather brought the yellow wool into the bothy and spread it on the table. It looked so very beautiful when the sunny yellow wool was spread out. (Sorry, I didn't make a photo of it, but will take one next time.) Sitting around the table everybody got involved in teasing the wool to prepare it for carding and then spinning. A crowd of happily chatting women were filling the bothy. It was a very relaxed evening.