AUSTRALIAN FELT PUBLICATION

Came across this today at Borders and while it is a bit pricey, $9.99, it has some very nice features. The book reviews, product reviews and photo galleries were quite nice. When compared to Interweave's efforts this one really stands out even though it appears, and to be fair I don't have a copy of their publication here with me, to contain fewer pages. However there are also many fewer ads which is interesting as I am sure that this publication is as expensive to produce and any done by the fore-mentioned company.

Articles cover all facets of felting from wet through needle and includes a translation from a German book, Filz Experiments, that looks interesting.

GOLDEN GATE FIBER INSTITUTE

I just got home from one of those fabu life altering weeks at the Golden Gate Fiber Institute (Carolina Homespun's Morgaine Wilder and Judith the spinning goddess).

Of course I did not remember to take my camera out at all and have lifted these photos. The scenic shot is the one seen each morning on the way to class and of unknown origin. The Institute is held at a YMCA camp on the Marin headlands and lovely. This photo does not show the actuality of the weather though as it was cloudy and wet the
entire week--a lovely respite from the heat of the San Gabriel basin where the temperatures have been in the 100 degree range.

The second picture is me laying out wool for my felted vest project, my afternoon class and the third is the assembled work in progress. These photos I purloined from Lori Lawson's Capistrano Fiber Arts site--thanks Lori for taking pictures of my work. However this one is still a work in progress as it is still too large. I tried it on again when I got home and am not happy with the size but with felt that is not a
problem.

My other class was spinning for weaving and I spun the warp and weft threads for a project which is finished with the exception of the fringe. Hopefully there will be photos by the end of the week. This was a great experience--wonderful classes, wonderful people, lovely location. I'm putting it on my calendar and saving my pennies and vacation days for next year!

GO-FELT-A-FISH

Another SOAR workshop. this one was with Sharon Costello who I had taken a class with at the ASCH conference in Visalia two years ago. Learned how to set stones in felt. Tres fun!