This weekend I am up in North East Yorkshire teaching wet felting at the E.Y.E.s (East Yorkshire Embroiderers) annual Residential Weekend Retreat. It’s being held at a wonderful venue called Cober Hill, overlooking the North Bay Area of Scarborough.
Out of the 18 ladies attending sixteen are creating wet felted pictures while the other two are here doing their own thing. We met up on Friday afternoon and after a brief introduction got straight on with planning our designs and laying out our fibres.
After a three course dinner the ladies were straight back in the studio and hard at work rolling, throwing and generally fulling their work.
I’d been warned that some of the group would be working all hours and I found myself staying in the studio until 11pm with Ruth who was the last woman standing!
This morning I heard one lady was in the room and working at 6am……I certainly wasn’t!!! Most of us resumed work straight after breakfast adding needle felted elements and beginning to free motion or hand stitch into the felt.
There is some fabulous work being created and I reckon we are going to have a really impressive “show and tell” tomorrow lunch time! Watch this space…….
Lincs In Stitches 
Love the venue and you certainly have dedicated students. This Ruth doesn’t stay up that late 🙂
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Yes Ruth, th ladies certainly put in the hours! The venue is wonderful and I discovered a lovely walk down to the sea once everyone had gone home.
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Great pieces and dedication! I look forward to the finished pieces.
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I’m just about to post some photos from the final day Marilyn.
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What fun and gorgeous creations.
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Looking wonderfully creative so far!
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That is serious dedication – from both you and the owls and larks of the group! Some gorgeous work as always.
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Yes Alex, and with the studio a few steps from our bedrooms and fabulous food prepared for us it meant we could put all our energy into being creative!
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Such a gorgeous venue and what an enthusiastic bunch of ladies! It’s nice to see the reference photos in some of the shots and to see how cleverly they have been translated into felt. We’re really looking forward to seeing the completed works.
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Photos from the final day have now been posted….hope you enjoy seeing them.
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Fabulous pieces taking shape! Thanks for sharing all the photos 😊
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