It’s a while since I posted because I’ve been away on holiday to Paphos in Cyprus – the
temperature was 32 degrees on a couple of days, so it was quite a culture shock
to arrive back to distinctly autumnal weather.
Still, I’m not complaining, a week in the sun has, I hope, set me up for
the winter.
Since I’ve been back, I seem to have been busy catching
up. Last Friday, I went to the felting
group in Frodsham and made a felt handbag from purple and jade green
merino - the colour combination works really well. I haven’t quite finished it yet,
I just need to put some beads on the flap and then I can photograph it.
Liz has been away too so, on Sunday, I dragged my
long-suffering husband to Burscough to the Fibre Fest which I think was part of
Wool Week. There were some interesting
stalls there, dyeing, spinning, knitting etc.
I resisted the temptation to buy anything but a very kind lady gave me
advice on dyeing wool with a particular brand of soft drink powder! I think it comes from USA but there is a
company on the net which supplies it and I have ordered some sachets so that I
can experiment.
We have been accepted to display some of our items at the
Best of Northern Art Exhibition at a Gallery in Times Square, Warrington
(opposite Games Workshop) so, on Wedneday, Liz and I went to set up in time for
the opening this Saturday. It’s a
lovely space, light and bright and the staff were so friendly and helpful –
they deserve every success. We’ve put
lots of prints, scarves, bags, brooches and books there that I hope we haven’t
left ourselves short for the 2 fairs we have this weekend. I mean to get busy this afternoon and finish
off the felt bag and the glasses case and pumpkin bowl I made yesterday
afternoon. I’m even going to try to make
a couple of book covers as well.
