Saturday, April 3, 2010

Now I am hooked...




My older sister ( I have two sisters and a brother ) got an ipod for her last birthday. To be honest her daughter actually won it in a lottery and sold it to her mother and the family contributed so in the end her daughter had made some money on her lottery win to buy her twin sons their 3rd birthday presents. Money –go –round, but what the heck its all in the family. The reason I mention this is because with her ipod she subscribes to Amazons audio books and raves how wonderful it is to sit quietly, eyes closed, feet up and listen to a story being read. Almost like when you were a child and a grown up reads a story with accents and expressions.
So I went shopping and bought a SanDisk Sansa MP3 on which you can listen to stories and music. It is tiny and easily clips onto your clothes or bag without getting you too entangled. . Now I am hooked.

Today I decided to nuno felt a Rags to Riches scarf/shawl in black. . I designed it with an extra long panel of black merino wool and random pieces of flowing silk. When the scarf was complete I added a further piece to create a shawl and nuno felted them together.
The early morning sun rose as my hands beavered away at my craft. My whole being rapt with listening to The Shell Seekers on my MP3. And when the light had faded and the story had ended I marvelled at the lightness of a day of nuno felting a versatile garment.

5 comments:

  1. Beautiful! The scarf is gorgeous. I have a SanDisk mp3 player too, so much more affordable than the ipods.

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  2. Thanks. I agree and so much more convenient.

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  3. I love your work! believe it or not - I thought about you earlier today... happy felting
    Betty

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  4. Great felted scarves! I put the MP3 on my wish list at Amazon. I've been wanting an MP3 but didn't know where to look, or what might work well. Synchronicity! :)

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