Heartful and Handful Day 6 October 25,2013

I am eternally grateful for the lakeshore. Each day the pristine sand reveals the motions of the waves in patterns.  One such pattern is that of an electrocardiogram reading all the way down the beach.

I am grateful for the relationship I share with my two sisters.  Recently texting with them has become a favorite way of sharing photos and such.

I am grateful for the birds who have been visiting our suet feeder delighting us with their antics.  (pileated woodpeckers, chickadees, and red breasted nuthatches)


Visual 1 wave design on sand bar

Visual 2 Jack frost leaf on beach

A newcomer to felting:

Today I felted a wee bit for ten minutes. I just learned a simple felting technique that I enjoy.  It involves stretching the roving and placing down in flat pieces, one color on top of another. Taking one end, I roll all of the pieces into a sausage.  Then I felt the "sausage."  After that, I use scissors to "slice" the sausage.  I get wonderful concentric colors to use as embellishments in my hooking. I learned this technique in a mini class with Marlene Colgrove at the Sauder Village rug show last summer.

Here are  the felted pieces in a pillow that I am currently hooking.  I  fitted them in amidst the actual hooking with a no. 6 cut of melton wool.  It is a Xmas tree and the felted pieces add interest.  I used Wanda's technique of using clear silicone glue (to attach a backing to christmas ornaments) to glue the felted pieces in their place.  I think I may go back and tack them in as well.