Looking back

It's hard for me to believe that this is now my 151st blog post. I would never have believe that was possible when I very nervously wrote my first post in September 2011.

That first post was about the difficulties in making white felt on a white background , my trial piece to show I could make felt at the start of my first ArtyBird City and Guilds courses.

When I look at the posts I have made , the most popular with my readers is the one about making a pair of replacement slipper boots , the first pair made from merino had worn through.

Oh how I hated making these things , I just could not get the supposedly hard wearing norwegien wool to felt. But they have been much loved by my daughter and are worn out now . So much for the hardwearing. Before you ask - no I will not make another pair !

I have had more that 7000 views, and I think over 1000 of these are my mother who is my biggest , albeit silent in the public arena , fan.

I was very excited the day I got a comment , from a friendly felter who was unknown to me and I know I have viewers that I don't know from all around the world .

The purpose of my blog was to record my adventures and discoveries during my on-line felting courses with ArtyBird Carnfoth I think I have achieved this while having a lot of fun and learning a lot about felting . During my journey I have been greatly helped by Kate Horner from ArtyBird , and also enjoyed workshops with Miriam Verbeek , Andrea Graham , Judit Pocs and Lisa Klakulak.

As ArtyBird wins more awards for its felt making courses I am pleased that out there in the ether will remain my few words about my experiences with the courses for future students and friendly felters to read and I am pleased that I took the plunge and became a blogger.

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Holidays stitches

I have been on holiday for the last three weeks , first with my family in the UK , then with friends in France , then cycling in Burgandy. Amidst all this traveling , eating , drinking , sightseeing and relaxing there was no time for felting , but I did manage to sit in the sun and do some stitching.
I stitched and sewed some beads on some cuffs. These include some Harris tweed bought on a previous holiday. Modeled by one of my daughters.

I beaded a small hanging I made at a wonderful workshop with Judit Pocs at Hawar.

For some wonderful photographs of this workshop here at where it has been captured perfectly by my good friend Els. Thank you Els for this wonderful record.

I also completed the stitching on my secret pocket , necklace come belt , started at the same workshop with Judit and finished at home. In its secret pocket is a small pebble.

I have to say my family are not very complimentary about this felted masterpiece , thinking it looks like a sporan.

Back home now , and back to the felting again soon.

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