Beautiful Bags with Lyda!!

What a wonderful treat we had when the very talented Lyda Rump shared some of her many talents at our bag workshop held over the weekend in Hillsborough.  Lyda who is from the Netherlands, had many samples of her creations to inspire everyone and inspire she certainly did!

A beautiful little necklet

  

It was so very good to see everyone turning up on Saturday - we only had one cancellation which was quickly filled.  Lyda got down to business very quickly by demonstrating her method for trapping little objects, glass beads, small shells or stones into the work to add interest.

If you look closely at this bag, you can see where Lyda has trapped little glass beads or nuggets.

Samples of various mixes of wools

We were all very inspired by Lyda's sample books of beautifully executed felting techniques and coveted them all!

The two days passed in a blur as templates were selected and copied, wools weighed, designs finalised and the hard work begun.  Our tutor worked with each participant at every stage, quietly instructing and encouraging everyone.  She was very generous in sharing her skills and expertise and was so relaxed in her support that everyone felt very supported.

These great designs from Lyda with lots of little pockets and folds as well as interesting surface techniques incorporating silks, yarns, recycled knitwear were a great source of inspiration to workshop participants.

So much so that by the end of the second day, everyone had managed to make a second piece, albeit not completed so watch this space for more pictures in the coming days!!

Feltmakers North was very privileged to have such a gracious , generous and talented tutor share her knowledge and skills with its members.  

Unfortunately Lyda had to cut her visit short and return home today rather than being able to spend a little free time in Northern Ireland because of the current pandemic. 

Thank you Lyda from us all.  We hope you will be able to return soon.