Felt Story has been going a bit longer than it looks from this blog. We started in March 2008, with short sessions in Glen Lyon primary school and Kinloch Rannoch primary school. Then we got some funding support from Pitlochry in Bloom, Scottish Co-op Community Fund and the Scottish Book Trust to do three whole day sessions. The day with Kenmore primary sc
hool at the Crannog and with Blair Atholl primary school at Blair Castle were supported by this funding, with another session in the beautiful Douglas Pavilion in the Plant Collectors' Garden, Pitlochry. That day we had a bunch of teenagers from Brooklyn, New York, over here with the Ambassador's programme. It was a horrible August day, cold and wet and there was definitely an air of exhaustion and possibly a hint of teenage sulkiness when they arrived out of the rain, but by the end of the morning the girls were smiling and relaxed and had all listened spellbound to Claire's story and were absorbed by the felt making.
hool at the Crannog and with Blair Atholl primary school at Blair Castle were supported by this funding, with another session in the beautiful Douglas Pavilion in the Plant Collectors' Garden, Pitlochry. That day we had a bunch of teenagers from Brooklyn, New York, over here with the Ambassador's programme. It was a horrible August day, cold and wet and there was definitely an air of exhaustion and possibly a hint of teenage sulkiness when they arrived out of the rain, but by the end of the morning the girls were smiling and relaxed and had all listened spellbound to Claire's story and were absorbed by the felt making.In the afternoon some local children came along to help us finish the whole panel, which was one of our biggest so far and was made to celebrate the Silver Branch project. It was made from 3 carded batts for the background, plus more than 25 pictures made by all the youngsters. In total it was made with over 1.5 kg of wool and a lot of soap, water and hard rolling. 
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