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Gallery – Wild about Wool 2019

Some of the stallholders browsing before the doors open at Wild about Wool 2019, Poltimore House
Browsing in the chapel before the event starts.
Stall selling products made from recycled or up-cycled fabric in the chapel at Wild about Wool 2019, Poltimore House
Stall selling products made from recycled or up-cycled fabric in the chapel.
Twisted Fibres stall at Wild about Wool 2019
An explosion of colour from Twisted Fibres
Dress made of crocheted poppies to compliment the Lest We Forget display
Crochet poppy dress – Lest We Forget
Display of knitted baby items inspired from the numerous babies born at Poltimore Hospital.
Baby display in Matron’s office (the Dining Room)
Nearly 1500 babies were born at Poltimore House when it was a hospital. This display explains some of this social heritage.
Toys relaxing in the yarn-bombed pram, Wild about Wool 2019, Poltimore House
Toys relaxing in the yarn-bombed pram.
Time to sit and knit by the Dining Room Fireplace at Wild about Wool 2019.
Time to sit and knit by the Dining Room Fireplace
Lynne Dewberry workshop to make needle felted bees. Wild about Wool 2019, Poltimore House
Lynne Dewberry workshop to make needle felted bees.
Finished bees in Lynne Dewberry's needle felting workshop, Wild about Wool 2019, Poltimore House
Finished bees in Lynne Dewberry’s needle felting workshop
Wet Felted scarf workshop, adding the first layer of wool roving to the silk, Wild about Wool 2019, Poltimore House
Adding the first layer of wool roving to the silk.
Wet felted scarf workshop run by Sherril Olive of Creative South West.
Embellished wet felted scarf workshop, the fulling process, Wild about Wool 2019, Poltimore House
Embellished wet felted scarf workshop, the fulling process
Wet felted scark workshop, adding the layers of wool. Wild about Wool , Poltimore House
Adding layers of wool roving to the wet felted scarf.
Checking the almost finished scarf in the workshop.
Checking the almost finished scarf.
Lynne Dewberrys needle felting workshop to make a cute owl, Wild about Wool 2019, Poltimore House
Needle felted owl workshop run by Lynne Dewberry.
Carolyn Ballard Workshop to make a pieced nuno felted scarf, Wild about Wool, Poltimore House
Adding wool details to be felted.
Carolyn Ballard of Creative South West led this workshop to make a pieced nuno-felted scarf.
Carolyn Ballard Workshop to make a pieced nuno felted scarf, Wild about Wool, Poltimore House
Carolyn Ballard showing how to add the next layer of wool.
Carolyn Ballard Workshop to make a pieced nuno felted scarf
Pieced Nuno-felted scarf workshop, adding the wool to link the pieces.
Pieced nuno-felted scarf workshop,almost finished
Pieced nuno-felted scarf workshop,almost finished
Staircase installation, In the Jungle, Wild about Wool 2019, Poltimore House
In the Jungle.
Staircase installation, Monkey Puzzle tree, Wild about Wool 2019, Poltimore House
Monkey Puzzle tree
Staircase installation, Pocket Handkerchief tree, Wild about Wool 2019, Poltimore House
Pocket handkerchief tree.
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