Wise Wool Project
Wise Wool facilitates workshops educating the public on wool being a valuable waste product. The Wise Wool Project is based in County Kerry, Ireland, and is supported and funded by Creative Ireland.
What’s about?
Sheep farmers are told their Irish wool is worthless. It’s more expensive to shear a sheep than to sell it’s fleece and that has been the way for the past few decades. It continues to decline. Synthetic fibre is cheaper to produce in Asia. Wool is considered a category 3 “waste product” in Ireland. The “Irish wool” we see in today’s shops is not actually Irish wool. It’s a softer fiber imported from Australia and New Zealand. Could you imagine if France had all of its grapes shipped in from Australia and called it French wine?
Wise Wool Project is a newly formed project to bring awareness to the wool waste in Ireland. Kerry and Lisa will offer workshops for children aged 6+. They will share the value of wool as they teach the little ones how to wet felt raw wool together to make a square wall decoration.
These workshops need to be booked in advance.
This project is supported and funded by Creative Ireland. Facebook: @wisewoolproject
Upcoming events
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Wise Wool Celebration Day at Kate Kearneys, Co. Kerry
9th November 2024
Wise Wool Celebration at Kate Kearney's.
11am - All ages workshops
12pm - Storytelling
1:30pm - Demonstrations & Lunch
3pm - Movie Screening: Notes From Sheepland
4:15pm - Coffee & Tea Break
4:30pm - Panel Discussion
6pm - Music
Here's the schedule for the day:
11.00am - All ages workshop
12.00pm - Storytelling
1:30pm - Demonstrations/Lunch
3.00pm - ‘Notes From Sheepland’ movie
4:15pm - Coffee/Tea break
4:30pm - Panel Discussion
6.00pm - Music
This is a family free event, but booking is required for the felting workshop and the movie.
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Wet felting workshops at Anam Centre, Killarney, Co. Kerry
20th July 2024, 11-12PM or 12:30-13:30PM
Wet Felting for children aged 6+. Lisa and Kerry will share the value of wool as they teach the little ones how to wet felt raw wool together to make a square wall decoration.
We will all start together with a chat about wool, and then we will teach step by step how to create a wet felting piece.
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Festival of Wool and Cloth in Waterville, Co. Kerry
TBC 4th - 6th July 2024
Wet Felting for children aged 6+. Lisa and Kerr will share the value of wool as they teach the little ones how to wet felt raw wool together to make a square wall decoration.
We will all start together with a chat about wool, and then we will teach step by step how to create a wet felting piece. -
Kfest at Killorglin, Co. Kerry
11:00AM - 12:00PM 2th June 2024
Wet Felting for children aged 6+. Lisa and Kerry will share the value of wool as they teach the little ones how to wet felt raw wool together to make a square wall decoration. This is a closed workshop.
We will all start together with a chat about wool, and then we will teach step by step how to create a wet felting piece.
