August Update

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August has been a month of rest for me.

We spent a week at a lovely cottage with nothing to do but relax.
I lie.

I finished off my Santa and the Man in the Moon rug.
Completely. The binding is on the back and it is now rolled up for its appearance at Xmas time.

And completely finished Kessie's Rug.


Otherwise I read a book (11/22/63 by Stephen King) and swam and kayaked and put my feet up.

Since being back home  I have done little in the making end of things.  I am going through the absorb phase of my creative process.  I always feel guilty for a bit that I am just trolling Pintrest or reading  (My Cross to Bear by Greg Allman) or dreaming but it is a stage that i need to go through.

I did do punch hook  "sketch" though.  I looked at several Pinterest pics of fields in winter and then went and "sketched" my impression of what I had been looking at.

Winter Field

I am pretty happy with it so it will go up for sale on Etsy once all the finishing details are done. It is a 14" circle punched in various natural fibre yarns.


Be back in 2 weeks just before I go to England and France!
 In the meantime you can find me on Instagram and facebook.






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