Biggest Mistake and a Trip Down Memory Lane....

Well ... the biggest mistake I could have made was to raid my 'stash' to mend my little man. I became side tracked with treasures that had been stored since forever and forgotten I had, and in the process decided to get 'more' organised - yes again! It was like Christmas as a child - bags and bundles of fleece and all sorts of goodies .. and I started a new blog - to help inspire me to cull my stash.

I've felted for about 15 years now and began as we all do -  a fledgling, fiddling with this, experimenting with that.
Way back then (when computers weren't as user friendly as they are today) there were about six felting sites on the net
and I was part of a huge minority.
'FELT?' people would say with a sympathetic frown.
OK then ... she must be some kind of down and out hippie!
I was ashamed to tell anyone that I could be so weird!
... and the image stuck in my mind 'I AM A DAG!'

The word 'FELT' conjured images of that 'stuff' we put under the feet of our chairs to stop that dragging sound.
Why in the world would anyone want to spend hours making that 'stuff' when there were so many better alternatives?
In a world supplied with popular syntheic fibres oozing with easy care qualities, wool was not considered the 'in thing' -  certainly not the weird 'felted' wool anyway.

But I was intrigued by the variety of different fibres and loved their ability to create shapes and textures so far removed from everything mass produced that I privately persevered.

... And now, all these years later, I browse the net and there are so many enthusiastic and talented followers of the magic of felting

that I feel like I'm part of something good, that I can hold my head high and 'play' without self doubt (well, almost).

We all have something to offer - for whatever reason we do what we do and I've decided I'm here for the long haul.

So CHEERS to the years of sanity saving, exhausting, rolling, throwing, stabbing, collecting and creating !

If you read my blog and think I could have tried this or done that - post me a note - I'd love to hear from you and I'm always open for suggestions...

And don't forget to visit my new blog 'A Room Full of Things' where I'll be posting all sorts of things - not just felt.