I opened my inbox to publicity galore this morning.
An interview I did a while ago has been featured in Knit Today. (I'll post a pic when I get hold of a copy.)
And a video of my talking about my work for Crafted Creatures has been posted on youtube. Can't watch for squirm factor, but you might like to.
Thankfully there's no pictorial evidence of my appearance on RTE's Elev8. Shaking like a leaf on children's TV anyone?
Right.
Think of three things that you would never expect to hear in the same sentence.
Pom pom.
Yurt.
Place of conflict.
So if I tell you that I'm going to be taking part in Amy Lamé's Pom Pom International Peace Tour, in a yurt, travelling to places of conflict here in Northern Ireland, you might be forgiven for thinking..."huh?"
But it's really happening, Reg!
Here are the dates.
Saturday 23rd August
10am-4pm
Lunasa - Bash at the Bann
Portadown
Co.Armagh
Sunday 24th August
7.30pm-11pm
The Official Pride Ball
(part of Foyle Pride)
The Corinthian Ballroom, City Hotel
Derry
Co.L/Derry
For which I've dyed up some special 'Pride Flag Roving' for proud fibre fiddlers.
Monday 24th August
4pm-9pm
Share Village
Smith's Strand
Lisnaskea
Co.Fermanagh
Wednesday 26th August
Time to be confirmed
Crossfire Trust/Singing Kettle
Darkley House
Darkley, Keady
Co.Armagh
Thursday 28th August
2pm-5pm
UNBCEP Cross Community Sports Day
Woodvale Park
Shankhill Road
Belfast
I'll be teaching folks of all ages and abilities how to spin, make yarns from
recycled materials and to dye wool with Koolaid!
And all in a beautiful yurt built by the equally beautiful Nat at neck of the woods.
So come on, set your cynicism aside and embrace the softness, the fluffiness, the pom pomery that is Pom Pom International's Peace Tour.
Oh, and it's free!
Q: What does this world need?
A: More people that spend time fiddling with fibre and wrapping the world in their yarn loveliness.
I contacted crocheting glamourpuss Amy Lamé 
on her London show. (Yeah, Danny Baker says it's his, but we all know Amy's satin ribbon hairbands hold it together) to chat about some of the crochet projects I'm involved in.
AND WOW, LADY! Does she have a fabulous project of her own, happening?
Step up, Pom Pom International!
A movement to create the biggest pom pom in the world and use it to promote peace love and understanding.
Ahhhh, pom pom fuzziness. Tell me that it doesn't draw you in like a small child, fluffing the soft fibres against your cheek and nuzzling into it.
Amy's initiative invites you to create your own pom pom and send it to be joined into the giant ball of LURVE.
Pure genius.
I've decided to make my own pom pom for the project out of yarn I've spun myself.
Mrs Moon and I carded it from merino, local wool, angelina and the most beautiful, ethically-traded silk sari waste
and banana fibre, bought from ethnic crafts. This is Anees' bulk buy site, but I found him through ebay where he sells smaller amounts.
Other WIP:
My fibre studio is being refurbished and I can't get in there at the moment - beyond frustrating - but I'm working on more stuff for the IFF (check out the page they've put up about me).
My nipple for the nipple project.
The GIANT reef panel I'm making for the gas station project in Syracuse.
How could I be happier? A wonderful husband (He's always top of my list) and a world filled with pom poms, nipples and coral.
Fibre bliss.
x
