Another day indoors trying to shake off the lurgy, and the second part of Linda Misa's online needle felting class is done! The owl now has a pussycat pal, despite breaking two needles and not getting the wool to felt round the pipe cleaner properly, I'm quite pleased with them. Now for the pea green boat...
I've been signed up to this class for two weeks now but so busy with work that it wasn't til I had a real stay in doors 'cos I feel too ill (coldey/fluey/yeuch) to go out day that I got a chance to play. I've always loved owls. I made a pottery one in art in school, bought one in Finland and one in York, so today I made a needle felted one to add to the collection. The instructions said to wet felt the body first, but my sister broke her needles trying that so I decided just to needle felt it all! I had a bit of trouble getting the shape right, and think it's still a bit of a skinny owl really, but maybe it's a young one. 
Before June disappears completely I thought it would be good to visit my own blog for once! Life has been very busy workwise, and I also had a great two week holiday in Shetland with my mum in May -lots of wool bought there, I can assure you! We visited Jamieson's Spinning Mill in Sandness, and were lucky enough to get shown round the mill. We also had a lovely visit to the Shetland Collection - designer knitwear based near Sumburgh airport, where we were shown round the workshop and how to use a knitting belt as well as getting to see lots of samples and fair isle and lace garments. Then there were the wool shops in Lerwick ... the car was packed to the gunnels on the way home! I started a cockleshell scarf when I was there, it took me about 4 goes to understand the pattern but it's about 3/4 done now. I also got the spinning bug again and sneaked a fleece into the car too. But all in all it was a lovely peaceful and rejuvenating time - looking out on seals, lambs, lots of wildflowers and seabirds. The air was so clear, and we were very lucky with the weather too! 
Up to date again! Wonder how long it'll last for this time ... These are the next two in the Bitty Blossoms book of months/seasons, following Willow's prompts. April was about spring, flowers and space. May was about Mayday, Beltane, male and female together and partnerships.
I've made my covers and all the inside pages ... got very messy stamping ... but had great fun... and have now done April's pages. Must remember to take more pics of people next time ... here are a few pages.
They're all variations on a theme so didn't think you needed all 12 of them ... but I have done them - honest! Just need to bind it all now ...
March saw the Spring Equinox, new beginnings and rebirth - so we had to focus on something new. Here I am in my new shirt painting easter eggs.
I've done 20 los now in this Home theme, and I think that's it for a while. I've no more piccies to use, and I've filled the album I started, so it seems a good place to end. I might come back to the theme later, but for now it's put to bed.
This is the title page for my 'No Place Like Home' album - following closely on Shimelle's prompt but without the minibook in the middle. This was a great way to use up lots of pics that just weren't quite right to use on their own. So now I don't feel it was a waste to order them up! And below was the view from my bedroom window last week ... not a bad place to have to go to work I guess!
And I managed to sneak another one in tonight before bed - these are some of the things that always go up on the walls, wherever I live. I made the wooden fish and horse in school, almost 30 years ago now - how did that happen?
Well I certainly have loads of them in my flat! Glory holes too .... More from Shimelle's There's No Place Like Home Class, a prompt on 3 'areas' from the one room, and the second one was really about your favourite room but I narrowed it down a bit (I don't have a big home!) to my favourite place.
This was meant to be a minibook about doors, but I wanted to keep an album of los (and get it done!) so this is my take on it. The door I leave my flat from, and the ones I go to for family and friends.
