Summer recap

It's been a tad quiet on the blog this summer, work needed me to cover for people out on vacation here and there.  That has worked out fine since Santa will be here before we know it and it was time to buy a new bed.

A few new things I've tried are needlepunch and felting.  I'll spare you the horror of my first tries, but I did learn a lot and will certainly have second and third tries to show this month.   I have to order a good one-thread needlepunch in order to make mini rugs and such.  The current 3 strand one I have is way too big, but was a great learning tool.  If you can cross stitch you can needle punch!  I used to cross-stitch years ago and even had nice tidy even stitches, but never really enjoyed it.  This I like and can see myself poking away while watching movies this winter.

Then between this book:

(Amazon Link)

and some YouTube searches, I think I've got a decent handle on the how to's.. it' just the implementation and practice portions that need work now. So far I've only broken one felting needle. I consider this an achievement all on it's own :)  My bunny attempt turned out more otter shaped than anything, maybe I'll be really skilled at otters? LOL.

Also, Blogger has been giving me trouble (I see I am not alone). Specifically, it often refuses to let me comment on your blogs.  If it doesn't resolve itself soon, I may start looking for a good alternative.   If you have found one, please let me know!