Category Archives: Embroidery

LNHC Sunapee Fair is 75 Years Old This August!

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The League of NH Craftsmen’s Fair is one of the finest, most prestigious craft events in the country today. This annual nine-day event features both traditional and contemporary fine craft work by juried members of the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen.

Join me and my hand knit felt hats in Tent 6, Booth 610! And don’t miss the CraftWear Exhibit…

A happy hat customer, wearing the work of New Hampshire knitted felt fiber artist, Carrie Cahill Mulligan, at the 74th Annual League of New Hampshire Craftsmen's Fair at Sunapee Resort in Newbury, New Hampshire, August 2007.

A special Craftsmen’s Fair Birthday Bash will be held on Thursday evening, August 7, featuring dinner and entertainment by folk and blues singer Tom Rush, and a celebratory fireworks display.

Check out the new LNHC website for more details…

Spring Snowflake Hat at NHPTV’s Virtual Auction

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Each spring for the past few years, I have joined the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen participating in the Spring Auction for NH Public Television.

Hand knit felt hat #34 of 2007 by Carrie Cahill Mulligan, "Spring Snowflakes"

My donation to NHPTV's Spring Auction this year, "Spring Snowflakes" felt hat.

Along with other League artisans, I have donated my work for auction, and on Gallery Night, I joined with Sunapee Fair Director, Terri Wiltse, and League Marketing Director, Pam Sullivan, to answer phones and take auction bids.

Fiber artist from Canaan, NH, Carrie Cahill Mulligan, joins with Terri Wiltse, Fair Director, and Pam Sullivan, Marketing Directior, for the League of New Hampshire Craftsmen's volunteer night at New Hamphire Public Television's Spring Auction, May 2007.

Volunteering to answer phones during the NHPTV 2007 Spring Auction.

This year, I’m tickled that my donated felt hat was selected to be part of the Virtual Gallery, starting today!

You can now bid on my Spring Snowflake Hat during the early online auction, from Tuesday, April 15th until noon on Tuesday, May 6th. The highest online bid will be posted as the hat is auctioned live on the air on Gallery Night, Wednesday, May 6th, from 6:00 p.m. – midnight.

Detail of freehand embroidered french knot snowflakes on a green and blue felt hat by fiber artist, Carrie Cahill Mulligan, of Canaan, New Hampshire

French knots and stab stitches make up my freehand snowflake embroidery.

This is a great chance to get yourself a one-of-a-kind, art-to-wear felt hat, and support Public Television at the same time, so visit the Virtual Gallery and place your bid today!

Big Green Felt Hat for Dean

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“This hat is The Bomb! It has totally revolutionized my relationship with winter!”

So said Dean Christian, the Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Dartmouth College when I delivered his custom embroidered felt hat last month.

Dean moved to Hanover from Texas last summer, and quickly became interested in the warm hats I make while checking ids at the Dartmouth gym.

After assuring him that men do wear my hats, and agreeing to attempt a new freehand embroidery design in the form of the Dartmouth “D”, I set to work.

Assistant Men's Basketball Coach at Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire, Dean Christian is psyched abouth his toasty new felt hat, with custom Dartmouth embroidery worked freehand by fiber artist, Carrie Cahill Mulligan, of Canaan, New Hampshire.

“I had no idea how cruddy my old hat was, until I put this one on…”