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Pride in my Pom Poms for Peace

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!

Lovely fibre fiddlers make the world go around

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.

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