Yarnivorous

G'day all! Recently I've been trying my hand at nuno felting. This form of felting uses a backing material (in my case silk chiffon, with one china silk attempt) and wool felted onto/through the backing material. It uses the classic wet felting method (rolling) not fulling (as in throwing a knitted or crocheted item into the washing machine). I took all of these off to the craft faire last week and people exclaimed and ooh and ahhed over them but NOT ONE sold! They thought they would be hard to care for - given that they get bashed about, thrown, soaked in water and soap, they can be handwashed like you would wash any other woolly item. I use shampoo for my stuff. My asking price was not a whole lot either, nothing like what artisans apparently get in stores and on etsy. So here they are: This is one of my favourites, even though it is not in "my colours." I just love the way the top has wriggled and felted. This black window pane is pretty cute. The top is ...

G'day all! There have been Events Afoot today! I went and fixed something up but we are keeping mum on it for the time being. Soon all will be revealed! Plus it rained! This is only the second time it has rained since June. We got rain on Oct 4 - I have Proof! (as long as you can deal with the video being sideways, and I don't know if this will work - time will tell.) Some people might think that rain is dull and boring but when it doesn't rain very often, rain is Exciting! Before the rain came a lot of wind - I guess a cold front swung through. With the wind came a LOT of spruce pollen - cars were covered with it! They were all a funny lime yellow. The ground was/is coated with it. Then came the rain showers. So Exciting! But you aren't here to hear me enthuse about rain. (How I've missed it!) You want to know what was lurking in (and apparently trying to escape from) the box! This was in the box! Maybe if I take it out, we can see it better. Yes, it...