Luxury fleece for wool tuffets!

After a long selection process I have finally filled my storeroom with some wonderful fleece from Bodmin Moor in Cornwall.  Beautiful browns and grey fleeces from the Herdwick, brown and white plus black and white Jacobs, beautiful long white fleece from the Scottie to give a lovely raggedy tuffet, the superb twisted fleece of the  Cheviot mule plus a few random crosses have all been stored away awaiting their day of tuffetdom!

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The beautiful weather of the last few days has made it possible to wash and dry the luxurious natural fibre, wool tuffet sleeping rolls that some of you have been so long awaiting! Five foot of pure warmth and comfort, guaranteed to soothe away the aches of the day as your own body heat is reflected back to you throughout these chilly autumnal nights!

Orders taken now in time for the onset of winter - no need to feel the winter chill seeping through the groundsheet any more, length and width to order, just e.mail on tuffets@hotmail.co.uk for specific requests.

If you are not a camper and would prefer to sit in the garden or conservatory bench with the benefits of the insulating natural fibre - an eco-friendly bench runner is just the thing. The titan talan tuffet can be made with the fleece of your choice from the selection above and can be custom made to fit any bench length or width!

   

Tuffet workshops at 2012 festivals deemed a success!!

Welcome back to another winter of exciting blogs and feedback from all the lovely people I have met this year! It is official -  tuffet festival workshops are popular and fun! It has been a year of excitement and experiment, what works, what doesn't - what can be improved! Space has been an amazing challenge with every festival different - from the wonderful indoor space at  the Bristol Folk Festival at Colston Hall in Bristol where apprentice tuffetees ranged from 6yrs to 60+ all walking proudly away with their own mini tuffet to soothe the buttocks on the less than comfy festival chairs, to the van and gazebo arrangement at the Wessex Festival in Weymouth. with the harbour as the most beautiful backdrop. 'Brizzle' tuffetees suggested I start a comments book which I put into action and have been astounded by the wonderful comments from everyone - relaxing, time-out, fun, productive, and more comments are to be found on the Travelling Tuffeteer Facebook page - which if you haven't visited yet then please do and make a comment if you will!!

The biggest challenge of the year so far has to have been Grillstock where the skies emptied and emptied and emptied!! Great music - great rain! Keeping everything dry was very tricky and running festival workshops almost impossible although between the showers action began again! But it did not dampen the spirits of most!

The raffle of the festival tuffet was most successful, bad luck to all those that did not win but thanks for participating. Festival goers are invited to buy a raffle ticket for £2 and spend 10 minutes contributing to the making of this magnificent 5' tuffet!

Roll up lightweight, eco-friendly, natural fibre, sleep, exercise mat pad

Summer is here -albeit in serious disguise! Camping this summer may prove to be a chilly experience so what could be better than the natural thermal properties of a wool bed roll to protect you from the chilly nights and insulate  you and your sleeping bag from the rising damp of the groundsheet! Treat yourself to some well deserved comfort this summer!

In the morning when a little stretching  is required, a period of relaxation and meditation then the Talan sleeping roll can double up as the perfect exercise/meditation mat - giving support yet combining a truly organic connection to mother earth. 

Check out the Travelling Tuffeteer on-line shop for price and detail
http://thetravellingtuffeteer.yolasite.com/

Budding  'tuffetees' have been busy in Devon and Dorset making their own Tam Tuffets in the  festival craft workshops at the Pennymoor Song and Ale fest and the Wessex Festival. The  natural craft workshops have been said to have brought a relaxing 'time-out' from the hub bub and fast pace of life! Young and old have enjoyed participating in this traditional craft creating their own tuffets from the choice of fleece available.

The absolutely best thing about making tuffets is that tuffets make you smile! Sitting on one, making one or just handling them on the stall - everyone smiles! Liam, above, bravely sat with older folk and worked really hard to create a woollen tuffet to be proud of, a brilliant moment of the festival. The biggest problem was holding dad back as he couldn't stop himself trying to help - definitely a 'wannabe tuffetee!'

Luxury Natural-Fibre Bedroll
Camping is the most wonderful natural experience, outdoors, nature, open fires, what could possibly be a downside? Nothing really.....if you are prepared for those cold damp nights. As the heat of the day is replaced with the beauty of the night sky so the condensation begins and as  the night draws to an end the beautiful morning dew refreshes mother earth all around us. It is then that the very cold of the night and early morning can seep into your soul and sleeping bag!! The new luxurious wool bed roll is the answer to this dilemma. Lightweight, natural insulation, deliciously sheepy and 100% organic.

This particular luxury bedroll is approx 5'  x 20" wide and is available at £75.00 (free postage)
Requests can be made for various colours and size (see tuffet stockroom for tuffet range) - price will be set according to requirements.
Please e.mail any queries to tuffets@hotmail.co.uk

Tuffet workshops at Bristol Folk Festival

Bristol Folk Festival proved to be a great experience for concert goers, musicians and apprentice 'tuffetees'!
Each night was headed with amazing bands, Saturday night Show of Hands, Sunday Cara Dillon and Monday night the Afro Celt Sound System - but that was not all by any means! Miranda Sykes and Rex Preston, The Young'uns, Whizz Jones, Tucker Zimmerman, Rory McLeod and the Familiar Strangers, 3 Daft Monkeys,

Mawkin - the list goes on and on........ Not only great entertainers but workshops, craft stalls, good food and great beer particularly Gem from the Bath brewery.

The Tuffeteer had a great workspace to run workshops thoughout the days and to sell a little piece of Bottom Heaven to the folk of Bristol - life is just simply incomplete without a tuffet! Check out more photos on the Tuffeteer's Facebook page.

The 4' Talan was very popular being destined as a rocking chair cushion, a natural fibre lightweight bed roll for camping and another for the perfectly natural eco-friendly mattress topper in a caravan - what more could you ask for than a luxurious night of sleep in deliciously sheepy comfort snuggled into a fine wool super tuffet!

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A beautiful chair, but oh so hard without a wool tuffet!

Tuffet workshops at the Crediton Folk Festival

Crediton festival had such a wonderful line up of diverse performances this year. Amongst the acts on offer were the wonderful tones and songs of the traditional folk singer were heard from the amazing Mike Nicholson - once heard never forgotten.The hard-hitting lyrics from the band Seize the Day, a self-claimed radical English acoustic band with global roots. This band is not afraid to support action groups at any front-line protests, with their songs  being testament to their strong beliefs that celebrate, inspire and support the liberation of life.A totally different Blue grass flavour was to be found with the young up and coming group from Cornwall, Blue Horyzon featured in this video clip below:-

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Another fine artiste that would make any festival complete is the very fine Nicola Clark who began life in a convent school - very strict and spiritual where she  sang in the choir. She went on to complete a BA in Fine Art, Painting in London. Nicola has also lived at an Ayurvedic (natural Indian medicine) Ashram in India for 7 years where she illustrated their local magazine and started to write devotional songs. Today she is a very entertaining and passionate singer and artiste that should not be missed!


If Morris dancing is for you then you wouldn't have been disappointed with sides such as, Raddon Hill North West Clog, Dr Turberville's Morris, Wreckers Morris, Hobos Morris, and a host of Plymothians - Plymouth Morris Men, Plymouth Maids, Plymouth Mummers to delight and amuse you.

Amidst this array of fine entertainment The Tuffeteer ran a craft workshop for the lucky few to learn the ancient skills of eco-friendly tuffet making and  for the nominal charge of £5.00 created their very own rather good wool tuffets to be used throughout the festival and beyond!!