January felting plans

Happy New Year. I am back from holiday travels, the kids start back to school Monday, and I am suffering from a serious lack of felting. I couldn't do any actual felting today, but I spent some time trying to plan out some goals for 2009, and I looked at the calendar to get a feel for what is coming up.

• January 24th I am teaching Basic 3D wet felting at Crossings in Zumbrota.
• January 22, I am getting together with another Minnesota feltmaker for a day of felting fun. Feltmaking for me is usually a solitary occupation, so I am looking foward to working with someone for a change. This young lady makes hats using Churro-Navaho wool.
• February 7th I am taking a class by Jill Lynn at The Fiber Studio in Minneapolis called Fusion Collage Scarf.
• March13-15 I am taking a scarf workshop by Chad Alice Hagen.

Speaking of Ms. Hagen, the grapevine has it that she will be teaching at the Midwest Felting Symposium in July. Jean Hicks is also said to be teaching there. I can't wait until the schedule is posted.

Our camera started giving us a memory card error of some sort, so it has been sent off for a repair. I hope it comes back soon. Blogging without pictures, even my poor ones, is not nearly as much fun for you readers. And my sitemeter tells me that people have been stopping by from all over the globe. Hello to all of you! I hope you enjoy yourself when you stop by here. Please feel free to comment. It is fun for me to hear from you.

My goals for the week are:

• prepare for the class I'm teaching
• finish needle felting a bowl I've started
• make one scarf using the ultra fine merino I ordered before Christmas

I won a contest!

What fun! Sydnei Moore of Simply Sentimental hosted a contest. The prize was a felted necklace created by Shalana, The Funky Felter. I was the randomly chosen winner. What a nice unexpected surprise.

Just a Little Something

I felted a table runner a while back, using lots of different yarns drizzled all over and a little roving to hold it all together. I had note cards made of this close up picture. Below you can see the whole piece on my table. I'd like to do another one like this.

Company is coming in a few days, and I must get ready. This might be my last posting of the year, but I'll see you in January, and, meanwhile, I'll be reading all your blogs. May God bless all of you in 2009.