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I got tired of having different blogs for different things, so everything is now on one single blog. I hope to see you there!

Well, this was a very unusual piece of inspiration! The envelope contained two cords (or dreadlocks) from a komondor - kindly sent to me by some friends who live in the Orkneys and keep two of these amazing dogs.


They gave me the impetus to try felting. I knitted a sheet of fabric using 100% pure wool, and then wet-felted it in the washing machine to produce a sheet of felted fabric. I also braided some cord using the same wool, which was felted at the same time. The result was an incredibly tactile notebook.

This inspiration turned out to be a rather pretty metal bead sent to me by Becky. I loved the pattern on it, but I'm not too keen on yellow - so I decided to use the shapes but change the colours.




I created a small painting, gouache and acrylic on canvas.