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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Meeting some of our future wool suppliers at Ballinclea Farm & Mill #irishwool #irishcraft #wool

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

I’m pretty late to video editing but this week recorded the assembly process of our Seal Cubs. The dry bit anyway. I looked for EU based video apps and tried Splice and Mojo. Here’s 10 mins of cutting and sewing in under 2 in our Dublin shop #irishcraft #wool #dublin #handmade #irishdesign

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

The 2026 restock has started with our wool felt fish. The fins are cut from felt manufacturer scraps so we’ve changed our filling for these to recycled yarn (reverse milled from industry waste) to boost sustainability a little more! #recycling #wool #irishcraft #visitdublin

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

It’s December! Calling last orders for anywhere outside Europe.

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

@annarave.bsky.social all set up in our shop with her own knits. Today’s the the day for trying her jumpers and hats down in Dublin 7! #irishdesign #wool #speirgorm

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

For the last couple of years on our boys’ school fete Sunday we’ve handed over our shop to @annarave.bsky.social who makes our beanies to hold a pop up for her own knitwear. Call down this Sunday 29th Nov to have a look! #speirgorm #irishdesign

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

We have our favourite wools that we make our animals with spun into yarns and work with @annarave.bsky.social to knit simple beanies that are all about the natural shades and texture of the wools.

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

We were recently asked to make a trophy for the Dublin Animation Meet-up (DAM) Audience Award based on their Beaver character. I love bringing other people’s illustrations to life and usually do one or two of these projects each year.

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Our robins are made with natural brown Merino around Galway stuffing with a patch of dyed merino attached at hand felting stage. Beaks and feet are cut from taupe coloured sheet wool felt and they’re all stitched together with natural Shetland yarn which also does the eyes.

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Youngest is on a sick day so I’ve brought robins home to sew while he naps. #wool #irishcraft #speirgorm #robins

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Cutting felt feet and beak pieces for our Robins at home. We need a lot of these this time of year. #irishcraft #wool #robins #dublin

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Our Christmas cards use scraps and offcuts of wool felt, stuck with eco glue over a print of a tree trunk drawing on recycled card and come with a recycled envelope packed in clear cornstarch cellophane. Pick out a selection Instore! #irishcraft #woolfelt #christmascards #visitdublin #speirgorm

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Love Halloween but hate the plastic? Our 100% wool creepy creatures are stocked up instore along with some little limited run ghosts. #speirgorm #halloween #plasticfree #wool #irishcraft

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Natural un-dyed Aran weight yarns for your own projects. These are some of our favourite commonly used wools for our felt animals, sent to a mill for spinning, just back today. Shetland, BFL, Baby Alpaca blend White Romney White (cream) Blue Faced Leicester Brown Blue Faced Leicester

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

We’re settled back into a new school term so shop opening hours will be 10 - 2 weekdays (bar the inevitable few sick days!) We’ve been working on our Autumn/Winter pieces over the summer with customer favourite Robins out on the shelves this week. #irishcraft #speirgorm #wool #robins #visitdublin

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

We’ve been working with 100% Irish Galway Wool for a batch of sheep - it’s normally the just the stuffing as it’s SO hard to work with as an outside layer. A few other favourites that can be all white on the way. #irishwool #irishcraft #visitdublin #wool #sheep

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Puffins were a special request by @cleoltd.bsky.social (though we try to keep a few at our shop). For years I thought there was too many details for puffins to work - all the colours in the beak, the. Icy markings, the shape - it this is how we’ve simplified it for our range #puffin #speirgorm

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I’ve been in Kildare at my father in law’s funeral and met his uncle who is 93 and told me he owned Smithfield Motor Company which was situated on the same road as my shop, Benburb St. I found these photos and it seems to be opposite current Fidelity bar, where Bargaintown is now. #speirgorm #dublin

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

In celebration and in memory here’s to the Mammies, it’s Irish Mothers Day #wool #irishcraft #speirgorm

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

It’s Daffodil Day in support of the Irish Cancer Society, plenty of places to donate around Dublin City this morning. Seems extra significant this year with services being cut in the US. Thanks to all the volunteers and best wishes to all in treatment now. #daffodilday #fuckcancer

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Spring time bunnies in natural white Romney and Oatmeal Blue Faced Leicester with tails cut from our smallest white felt scraps with pinking shears. Handmade at our Dublin store. #wool #irishcraft #bunnies #speirgorm

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

One of our rarer coloured wool creatures, usually found hiding at the back of the shop as they’re one of the more time consuming pieces. Just finished 5 of them, which probably record stock levels. #wool #irishcraft #fox #speirgorm #independentstore

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

A lot of people discover our store for the first time over St Patrick’s Weekend, here’s some of the other non felt animals products by other people and natural crafting wools we have for your own projects. Looking forward to a buzzing Dublin! #wool #irishcraft #speirgorm #knitting #stpatricksday

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Quick stop motion of our new slugs in dark grey Merino wool around our own offcuts. #wool #irishcraft #stopmotion #speirgorm #slugs

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

St Patrick’s Day is coming up, it’s been a full weekend festival last few years, based at Collin’s Square in the museum on our road. We usually see an influx of tourists, particularly Americans - I wonder what to expect this year, are Americans travelling to Europe? #stpatricks #speirgorm #tourism

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Adding Canada and Greenland to our Free Shipping, for obvious non “salesy” reasons. #irishcraft #speirgorm

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

In the studio starting work (a bit behind schedule) on our spring time creatures. #wool #irishcraft #speirgorm #spring

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

This is natural grey Gotland wool, it’s dark and coarse with a bit of a sheen and it’s quick to form a stiff felt. These sheep bodies are made with Gotland on the outside and Galway inside and finished with white Romney parts. Handmade at our Dublin City shop #wool #irishcrafts #speirgorm

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

A few years ago we made Puffling models for promotion of @gerrydalyart.bsky.social and @erikamcgann.bsky.social which go in bookshop windows and to school readings. My boys love the books and the third book in the series is published today as Gaeilge With @theobrienpress.bsky.social #speirgorm

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

We end up with a lot of small offcuts and often have to sort them - working out what finishing features we have helps us decide what body parts to start. The little white triangles will become bunny tails for a springtime special #wool #irishcraft #speirgorm #craftsky

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

9 years ago I posted a prototype of this stork to announce I’d be shut for a few weeks after the birth of our first son - rather than stick his photo on the internet. We do the production version as ‘made to order’ only. Some things are too much work to keep in stock. #wool #irishcraft #speirgorm

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

I like to call Saturdays our reliable day but we’ll be closed today as my 3 week lurgy turned into a teeny bit of pneumonia. Watch yourselves out there, it’s a bad dose! #wool #irishcraft #speirgorm #sickday

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Missed international polar day yesterday, was just reminded on here. Our animals use repeated 3D shapes to create a coherent family aesthetic. Here’s how the Sperm Whale shape is reversed to be a polar bear. #wool #irishcraft #speirgorm #polarbear

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Would be really good to tidy this up before Bsky gets too big. There are 3 speirgorm feeds to choose from in the feeds list, it would be good have two deleted - I’m all for this decentralised thing but if users can create feeds it will get messy if they’re duplicated without checking.

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Other than the dark on the left, which is natural grey merino blended with dyed black, these are 100% natural undyed wools used for each of our mouse shades. Sheep breeds are Finnish, Merino, Shetland and Blue Faced Leicester. The white stuffing is Galway Native breed. #wool #irishcraft #speirgorm

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Labelling 50 natural wool mice for our next wholesale delivery, these are going to a shop in Dingle called Commodum. We use we mix and match several shades of undyed wool with felt manufacturer scraps for ears and tails. #irishcraft #wool #dingle #speirgorm

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

It’s @flashes.blue launch day, I was only ever really a photo sharer and not a Xweeter so I have big hopes for this, having taken my business off Insta. With my hands often in soapy wet wool for hours at a time, I liked the slower pace, looking at craft/design and posting a couple of times a week

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Natural white Merino Doves with feet and beak cut from felt manufacturer waste. #wool #doves #irishcraft #speirgorm

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Natural White Kent Romney wool felt M-L sized Seals for some of our next stockist deliveries. Handmade at our Dublin City studio shop. #wool #irishcraft #dublin #speirgorm #seals

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Making this from @imbibecoffee.bsky.social the studio coffee for the next while. Had it at home mainly as filter, a few as espresso for milk drinks (it’s omniroast) and enjoyed as both. Just to be clear, drinking it not selling it!

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Time for a studio beer while reshaping some parts that are just out of the washing machine. Wool shrinks with moisture, heat and friction - you might have found out with a jumper! The parts we make go in the machine 1/3 bigger than their final size

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

On the wet work table this afternoon, any guesses? #wool #irishcraft #speirgorm

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

A favourite pick up item at the shop our mussels are made by felting natural black wool around a grey filling which is visible when cut open to sew in the dyed merino animal part. Handmade at our Dublin City studio #wool #irishcraft #irishdesign #dublin #speirgorm

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

These just survived a trip to @cleoltd.bsky.social where it started sunny leaving my shop and turned to full on horizontal rain and thunder by the time I’d walked the 20 mins to Kildare St. #wool #irishcraft #speirgorm

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

We’ve dozens of these to label up as part of our first wholesale orders from stockists for this year. We supply design shops, knitwear shops, gift shops, apparel and interiors shops around the country. About 1/2 our pieces go via stockists. #wool #craft #irish #speirgorm

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Birds feet in various shades of natural wool felt to mix and match with our bird body parts. Often stitched on at home while watching a film when they also get their beak and eyes. #irishcraft #wool #ireland #speirgorm

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Cutting birds feet from a thick sheet of wool felt. Sometimes I wish I had a die cutter for this as I must cut thousands a year but I also like I be able to adjust the size. The same shape is used on slightly bigger birds in our range. #wool #irishcraft #speirgorm #craftsky

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Flock Dublin @flockdublin.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

It’s traditionally fairly quiet at our shop this time of year but we spend it making large numbers of our small and medium pieces for our stockists for March. These are bodies for our little birds made 36 at a time on our table in 7 or 8 types of undyed natural wools. #wool #irishcraft #speirgorm

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