I Know, I Know...

No excuses...I'm just not good with routine, and sitting down each day, or each couple of days, and blogging is routine...something I need to work on.  It's a good thing I don't need any daily drugs to survive, because I'd be gone in a month.

I've done quite a lot since we last spoke...the biggest being a dream trip to Ireland:

And, as if going to Ireland wasn't enough, I got to meet one of my felting idols, Nicola Brown and felt in her 240 year old farmhouse - it was an experience of a lifetime!

                                                    Nicola showing one of her complex bags.

In October she came to Michigan and I was again able to felt with her, along with another felting idol Dawn Edwards in Kalamazoo.

                                    Dawn, Nicola, fellow student (forgetting name at the moment) and me
                                    showing of the complex bag I learned to make - obviously this is not at
                                    the class, but at a lecture given by Nicola afterward.



Since felting with Nicola I've been on a bit of felting frenzy.  One of the things that she taught me was inclusions - and I love them:

                                       Purse made with stone inclusion, wool nepps and mohair locks

                                                                    close-ups of inclusion


I've also been attempting a lot of nuno-felting - which is completely addicting:

I tried my hand at making a beret - I'll admit, this is version 2 - the first is now a lopsided pot-holder!

I manage to work at my job - Pages In Time - once in a while:

And I even tried my hand at pottery painting:

OK, OK....enough for one post.  I'll be back, I swear, yes, I'll be back!