What I've Been Working On...

Amidst my funk,

I seem to have gotten some nuno felted scarves embroidered and finished.

I am not the most skilled person at embroidery,

I sort of figure it out or make it up as I go along...

But I think it looks alright.

What do you think?

Also, I have been working on finishing a bag of needle felted owls.

I am trying to get a box full of them and mermaids for the craft fair I am doing at the end of March.

It is a lot of jabbing with a little needle,

not to mention all the work it took to prepare the fiber in the first place-

Washing and picking the wool clean, dying it, drying it, and finally carding it...

Phew!

It sure looks pretty all rolled up and ready for felting in its box!

What I've Been Working On...

Embroidery for the new nuno felted scarves.

Hoping to list a handful soon in the shop.

Finishing up a knitting project for a friend.

Some fingerless mittens (thanks Jane for the pattern).

This is actually a pair, made with Noro yarn.

They are 2 different color patterns from one skein, but they go together.

I LOOOVE Noro yarns!

What have you been up to?

p.s. Don't forget to check out the Giveaway over at Dinosaur Toes!

New work, Costume and the Garlic Festival

Good afternoon!

I am so happy that I found someone to watch the animals while we are away at the Garlic Festival this weekend...

Now I have to pack (ugh, YUCK!)

But its ok, we are going early to have some time to poke around, it is so beautiful out there!

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I am currently saving for an external hard drive so that I can reinstall the photo program on my laptop because it is having an attitude and not letting me upload any photos.

It has been frustrating not being able to use my real camera and not being able to post photos easily.

I have a bunch of new things to put in my shop, but they will have to wait...

Darn computers!

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Anyhoo, thought I would share a little of what I have been working on lately...

These are a few photos I took with photo booth.

This is the beginning of the skirt that I made for my costume for the Garlic Festival.

I am the Garlic Faery (and Andy is the Garlic Giant on his stilts) and we walk around interacting and having a ridiculous amount of photos taken of us.

I have already dome some of the embroidery on it, but have a little more to do.

Don't mind that my house is a MESS!

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This is the hat that I made for it, I need to add a few feathers and haven't decided whether or not to embroider garlic bulbs on it or not.

What do you think?

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Lastly is the vest that I felted.

I have already embroidered a garlic bulb on either side, but I still need to add scapes and maybe roots...

These are among a number of other things that I have been working on lately.

What have you been up to?