Just needs the floor... Stitching together the pre-felted floor sections

 Degree show set up with my wonderful mum as a second pair of hands

I finally have enough straight Hazel and Rowan rods gathered to try out the bender build. I marked the size of the structure back in Feb...

top to bottom: 1, 2, 3.  Felting trials to see which fleece felts best and the different qualities: texture, colour, density, and ease o...

Second trip to get fleece from the Aladdin's Cave of the Wool Grower's depot. See what I mean about the wonderful huge bins full o...

Teasing and Carding Moorit: a lovely warm brown with sun-bleached tips that occurs naturally in some sheep breads. This is my chosen co...

 Lovely long rods for building a Bender... Watch this space!

Raw local honey Blaeberries ( Vaccinium myrtillus ) Brambles ( Rubus fruticosus ) Geans ( Prunus avium ) Ling Heather flowers ( Call...

Straining off the must  Fermentation is properly under way and I have strained the the juice out of the berries. It's smelling good,...

Fermentation slowly begins... Perhaps the wild yeast is shy? I will be patient, wait and watch, keep it warm and stir regularly.