Maryland – finally!
Majacraft report from Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival
Author: admin
Next gen Rose
The elves have been busy at Majacraft. This week (actually last week as I type this), we have shipped the next generation of our Rose spinning wheels. While they are still obviously a Rose to look at, very little has not been inspected thoroughly and […]
Majacraft Magic Camp 2011
WOW! What a fantastic time we had at our recent Majacraft Magic Camp. As we have done previously, we held it at Keswick Conference Centre right on the lake side at Rotorua. The weekend was very busy, starting on the Friday morning and continuing until Sunday afternoon. The comments we have had since include – “the best camp I have ever been to”, “I had a wonderful time” and many more equally enthusiastic.
We were very fortunate to have a great line up of tutors who were unstinting with their time and expertise.
Heather Dunn who talked and demonstrated Fabulous Fleece.
Mandie Chandler enlightened many with her innovative ways with a carder for her Walk on the Wild Side batts.
Flore Vallery Radot who lent some Parisienne flair with her beautiful yarns.
Jessicah Win, taking her first workshop(! ) and showing the many ways you can spin space dyed fibre to get different results.
Heather Kearins showed us not to be afraid of rabbits!
Genny Stevens, who encouraged us to cut up our knitting – Eek Steek.
Beth and Kevin Hansen who gave us a talk in the evening about spinners and sailors, as well as showing us their lovely little e-spinner.
Leilani Rickard showed us the use of flax and wool from a modern Maori perspective.
Keswick fed us very well and often, we had a happy hour each evening, and we had lovely walks in the morning before starting classes. A thoroughly enjoyable time for everyone. A specially big thanks must go to my sisters, Anita Thorpe and Pam Collier who spent their weekend in the kitchen doing our dishes, setting tables and serving up food. It was much appreciated.
Thank you to all who attended and especially to our wonderful tutors, we couldn’t have done it without youJ
Here are some photos taken at the camp – you can see how much fun it was!
During the weekend, Owen made a small trip out to a local conservation trust, Wingspan, that is saving New Zealand’s endangered falcons. Here are some photos from the afternoon visit.
Glynis
Is this a royal endorsement?
Hello again! Look what we received earlier this week. I know it is not a royal endorsement but … wow! I wonder if she would be available for a promotional tour? 🙂 If you wish to read the full article on the UK’s Daily Mail […]
Tokyo!
Very long time no write! We have been crazy busy at Majacraft for the last couple of months and it has been a very exciting time. Things are just about under control again so I have finally had an opportunity to post again. Amongst other […]
Hackle-berry Finn
We now make hackles!
After quite a few requests for them we have found some space to build them. I am really pleased with how they turned out. We have again used Baz’s great idea of bonding the pins into the hackle base using resin – it makes all the pins perfectly straight and aligned. They have an excellent cover to go over the pins so nothing gets pricked unnecessarily :-). I am also very pleased with the new clamps we have made for the hackle. Using our ‘Selection of Cleverness’ again, we did things like drill the holes as slight angles so the hackle is held more firmly onto tables. The clamp block is covered with rubber that helps hold the hackle tighter while protecting your table. The hackle has tiny rubber feet for the same reason.
You might also notice the steps at the end of the hackle. They have been provided as a place to clamp the hackle with ‘F’ clamps if you prefer these to the Majacraft ones. As a nice little finishing touch, we laser engraved Majacraft on to the hackle base.
You can find the page on the main part of the web site here.
Until next time
Andy
The Aura-gle has landed
Well here it is, the games and teases are finally over and our 18 month long project has been liberated into the wilds. Our new wheel the Aura has been overwhelmingly well received and we have been really excited by how much people are enjoying […]
Majacraft Maryland Schedule
Hi there Glynis has just passed me the schedule for their travels around the Maryland Show (and the presentation of a certain super secret spinning wheel). I said I would post it and here it is. If you want to come and meet them or […]
They are on their way!
Maryland is approaching, the big reveal is coming and the new wheels are being packed and shipped to dealers from today! After a huge effort (this is why there haven’t been any blog posts for the last couple of weeks), we are nearing the end of this huge project – or is it just the beginning? The testing we carry out on each wheel before packing has been very encouraging as they are performing even better than we had hoped for. So, the big question, are you going to Maryland? 🙂
I have so many more tasks to do, ads, manuals, videos, more blog posts, photography (actually this is Rob’s department, he is a great photographer) and I am going to need to get back to it. Until next time…
Andy
The Pioneer makeover
Two posts in one day! Another of our projects is finally ready for us to show you. One of our primary objectives is to make craft tools that work great and look fantastic too and so based on this idea, we have given the Pioneer […]