Wool: Sustainable, Warm + Breathable

I like wool. I really do. In fact, I'm pretty much in love with wool.

I love that it comes from wooly sheep in the form of a haircut. I love that the sheep locks are what're washed, combed and dyed for making into wool yarn, or wool roving. How can you resist this curly face?! (Lola looks like this right before she gets a haircut :o)

When I order a batch of dyed locks, they come with bits of the barnyard in them. (Love that too) First the cutie pies... then a hair trim... and the wool can end up like this...

I love the fact that you can change a wool sweater into felt by washing and drying it. And I love the fact that wool is sustainable. It is warm and cozy to wear. And it breathes, making it a wonderful all weather clothing choice. Wool is one of the most natural resources available to us.

Wooly Baby made these adorable bootlets. Ooh, I wish Wooly Baby would make some for ME! They looks so cute and cozy.

Here's one of my latest wooly creations. Made from recycled wool and cashmere sweater scraps, they are cozy lovables. I'm making lots of these "Wooly Baby Stuffs" to sell at Artisans' Alley.

Have a warm and wooly fall day!

Hamish and the L.F.

That would be the Lady Friend...

Her name is Penelope, or Penny for short. She and Hamish have been thick as thieves.

They jetted off to Paris on Monday...

Later, I see that they are in Egypt!

Then today, I get this photo. They are in the desert visiting a Graveyard.

Will the fun never cease? All I know is they'd better be back in time for the Mission Hills Craft Fair on Saturday morning. Did you both hear that, Hamish and Penelope? No kidding around now. People want to meet you, so you'd better show up. Or ELSE!

Meet Hamish, My New Love

Hamish is as Hamish does. And whatever Hamish does is all-righty-right with me!

Hamish, and a few of his friends, have made their sudden appearance in my studio this weekend. Hamish is pretty much full of attitude. He's come right out and stated that he's planning on being an Architect. And, he is planning to design a famous monument as grand as the Tour Eiffel (just wait and see). I have no control over Hamish. Once he appeared, he's quite taken over. Wow, no telling what the rest of this week will bring...

So, in my last post, I said I'd been taken over by aliens. (Um, well, that's what the beading was like!) It's taken me exactly 4 days, 3 hours and 26 minutes to feel like a human again. That is one sort of back pain I cannot possibly endure on an ongoing basis. Marcia, just how do you do it? I loved it, but I definitely do not like it. The side effects, that is.

In the interest of regaining my back's sanity, I moved in an entirely different direction. That's how things go 'round here. One day it's one thing and the next it's entirely something new. I can barely keep up... The sewing, needle felting, and stuffing have all come about because of Saturday's Mission Hills Community Preschool Craft Fair , which lasts from 9am til 12 noon. This is the 2nd annual Pumpkin Patch (yea!!)/ Fine Crafts fair, with a performance by Classics For Kids (love, love, LOVE them), a puppet show, and a kids area. How cute is that?!

I took one look at my overflowing sweater scrap bag, and out popped the 'Stuffs': Hamish, along with Toasty, and Little Miss Mommy Sassy-Pants. Like I said before; Wow, no telling what's in store for the rest of the week. So, the deal is, we invite you to come and meet Hamish and his friends this Saturday morning. Better get there early, cause one of those little kiddies might just have to sashay him home. And I hope they do, because I'd rather Hamish boss somebody else besides me... he's mightly bossy 'round here!