Yes it is true! I haven't picked up a pair of knitting needles in so long I am beginning to wonder if I still know how!  It's not that I haven't been working, but you wear many "hats" as they say, sometimes one thing is put to the side for a while in order to take care of the projects of the moment. I have spent a great deal of time trying to get up to speed on all of the online groups I have joined, and figure out how to connect all of them together!  I have a store on Etsy.com as I mentioned before (http://www.prkdesigns.etsy.com/). Take a look, because that is where you will find all of my pieces that have been posted at a reduced price.  These are pieces that I won't be making again, so you might want to check it out and take advantage. You will also find brooches that I am having so much fun making that you won't find on this site.

I have joined the LA Fiber Guild which meets the first Sun. of each month. I am part of the group that is pursuing various methods of felting. Last week we tried felting several different types of wool fiber to see how each one reacted to the process. I have been around fiber my whole life and yet some of the fibers that some of the other members brought I had never heard of! I hope some of you have experience with what I would call uncommon fibers that you can share with me. I am so excited about learning these techniques and learning about all of the fibers I have been unaware of. If any of you have sources for interesting fibers and yarns that are produced by other artisans, again, please pass them on and I will do the same.

Now I am off to my LinkedIn site, Etsy and Facebook to see what's going on. Next week I will share with you the fibers I worked with last week and how they felted. I will also give you ideas of how I might use each one. Please keep in mind that I am a beginner at this (blogging), but I am so excited that I want to share my experience. I will also share ideas on how I plan to combine the felt and knit together. This will be an experiment!  Until then...