* Our Materials
 WOOL - comes from sheep - our fibre Nr. 1 ! - only wool can be felted |
 COTTON - is a plant and grows in warm climate, - it’s popularity damaged the wool market |
 HEMP - also a plant fibre, - it’s a real pity, that the governments block it’s cultivation! |
 ALPACA - the wool of this Southamerican Mini- Lama is sort-after for it’s quality |
 PLASTIC - this oil-product is littering the whole world ! - we re-use it ! |
 INNERTUBE - from bicycles - we recycle them and knit and weave with it |
* Sue’s wool-experiments (a little history along her threads)
| 1968 | A 14 year old girl starts spinning with Aunty Anna in Toggenburg / Switzerland and fell in Love with working wool fibres. |
| 1980 | Living with family, self sufficiently, producing own wool-textiles on Long Island Ireland. |
| 1983 | Spinning demonstration at the Village Fete in West Cork / Ireland |
| 1985 -1992 | Giving workshops and textile-demonstrations in SW-Europe. New challenges followed with restoring ships and sailing around. |
| 1992 | Settling: from Europe to South America, from wool to cotton, |
| 1995 | Planting and experimenting with self planted cotton in Carriacou / WI |
| 2000 | Birth of the Giant Knitting Needles, to promote the wool-market. Textile Holidays with workshops in the Caribbean |
| 2002 | Back in the UK, start of the “Wool-n-Boat” on the River Thames, to support the crafts. Christmas Competition at the London Guild SWD |
| 2003 | “Spinning of Angelshair” / Zatorski & Zatorski. “Knitting and Stitching Shows” in London, Dublin and Harrogate and in the “Fashion and Textile Museum” London Giant Knitting with ‘Castoff’ on the Underground, Pubs and Beaches. ‘spinoff@castoff’ in the Victoria and Albert Museum, “Woodland Wonders”: workshops in Kew Garden, London |
| 2005 | ‘fabrications’ Broadway Market, Hackney / workshop on the street |
| 2006 | Knitting and Stitching Show in Birmingham, Dublin and Harrogate. „Kreative Messe“, Zürich / Switzerland |
| 2007 | Workshops in the Royal Festival Hall (“Re-cycle”) and at the Thames Festival, Textile project with children at the York Puppelton Road school, Knitting workshop at Yorkshire Sculpture Park and in Lord Majors Show, Newham Several workshops in the Negozio Valmaggese, Ticino / Switzerland |
| 2008 | Barbican, International Women’s Day, workshop |
| 2009 | Barbican, felt- and weaving-workshop Stratford Town. International Women’s Day. |
5.2 Links
www.fabrications1.co.uk (mini department store, Hackney, London)
www.twistedthread.com (Knitting & Stitching Show)
www.russelldominian.co.uk (woodwork / domes)
www.knittinghistory.co.uk
www.wooltops.com (wool supplyer, AndrewBowman)
www.fiwo.ch (Schweizer Schafschurwolle)
www.boglesroundhouse.com (Restaurant / Cottages in the Caribbean)
www.piantamonda.ch (eco-village in Ticino, Switzerland)
www.casaantica.ch (Guesthouse for schools & families, Ticino)
www.greenroadshow.co.uk (solar-powered music-stage)
www.artfabrikgrenada.com (batik-fashion)
www.rootnfiber.wordpress.com (Textile-holiday in the caribbean)