Sheep-friendly felting workshop at The Ceuvel

WORKSHOP | Sheep-Friendly Fleece Felting at De Ceuvel
09:15 – 17:00 | Oil Library & the Square at De Ceuvel
Cost: €95 per person
Number of participants: minimum 4, maximum 8
By: Anke Wijnja

For registration and more information: https://thenatureconnection.nl/diervriendelijk-vachtvilten/

Felt your own soft sheepskin — made from wool of a sheep that’s still happily roaming the fields! In this workshop, you’ll work with beautiful, rescued wool to create a warm and sustainable final result.

Each year, more than 1.5 million kilos of shorn Dutch wool end up in the trash, even though it’s a beautiful and sustainable material. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to felt a fully shorn fleece — without harming a single sheep — by hand into a warm, sturdy sheepskin. You’ll work using ancient craft techniques: from cleaning and shaping the fleece to the actual felting process. Everyone will create their own small sheepskin (IKEA rug size) to take home. The wool comes from a farm in Drenthe, from small brown French sheep, and has been carefully and respectfully saved from waste. This workshop is offered only once a year — because the sheep are only shorn once a year!

Anke Wijnja connects people with themselves and with nature through her company The Nature Connection. She is based at De Ceuvel, where she also manages the Purifying Park. Anke has extensive knowledge of nature and everything that grows and blooms, and she shares it with great enthusiasm. In addition to being a craftswoman, she is an avid wild forager and teaches outdoor mindfulness.
https://thenatureconnection.nl